Boston
Food/drinks
Sail Loft - cheap and good seafood
Trilium Brewing (tasting room): about a mile from South Station (Red Line). About a mile further away is Harpoon, which inspirations now more of a macro-brewer
Lord Hobo: (probably a mile from Kendall/MIT on the Red Line)
Meadhall: (two blocks from Kendall/MIT)
Cambridge Brewing (CBC): Also near Kendall/MIT
Jacob Wirth: a German Brauhaus (near Tufts Medical Center on the Orange Line)
Museums/Art
If you’re heading up to Ipswich, you’ll pass pretty close to Salem. The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem is one of my favorites in New England. They shipped and assembled a Qing Dynasty home in the museum as a permanent exhibit: http://www.pem.org/sites/yinyutang/
pem.org
Yin Yu Tang, A Chinese Home
Yin Yu Tang, a late Qing dynasty merchants’ home was originally located in southeastern China and re-erected at the Peabody Essex Museum. Yin Yu Tang opens to the public in June 2003. Explore the house to discover this rare example of the region’s renowned architecture and to learn about the daily life of the Huang family who lived in Yin Yu Tang for over 200 years.