You people are great!

The Gardner Museum sounds just right for a rainy day, especially since Venice is our favorite place. Although DD hasn't been there yet, she knows how much her dad & I love it, so visiting a mansion syled after a Palazzo should be fun for her. They will probably do the Freedom Trail too even in the rain---after all, we're from Seattle and used to it.

And Neptune Oyster is perfect---I can already hear her order: the Hamachi tartare, tuna ribbons, and seared sea scallops. DH will have the cioppino.

Now I wish I could go too. . . But if she ends up near there for college, I'm sure I'll visit Boston too.

I can already hear her order: the Hamachi tartare, tuna ribbons, and seared sea scallops.

What I would give for a child who would eat like that!!

Hi enzian-

It looks like the Copley Sq hotel deal via Travelzoo is gone already. Maybe lots of people lurk here on Fodors and they all snapped up the good deal!

But another great deal just showed up on Travelzoo for Nine Zero:
http://hotels.travelzoo.com/lodging-hotels/553084
$169/n including FREE upgrade

Have you husband act on it quickly or the deal will be gone soon as well.

If you like mysteries, the Boston Herald is running a series of stories about the unsolved art heist at the Gardner Museum in 1990. www.bostonherald.com

yk---he did try for the Travelzoo deal at Copley Square last night and it was still there but only good for rooms with one bed. The 2-bed room was $169. Then he checked Priceline and found you can't specify a room with 2 beds.

So he decided to just wait until he can call places. I can always get him 1/2 price with Starwood points at the Westin at Copley Square if nothing else works.

gomiki---thanks for the links. We love a good art mystery. We followed the recent Swiss art theft with great interest, as we had been in Zürich with DD the previous summer. Fortunately two of those---a Monet and a Van Gogh --- were recovered. As far as I know, the other two, by Degas and Cezanne, are still missing.

I'll print out the srticles about the Gardner museum theft for them to take along---now they are sure to want to visit that museum!

Here's an article from the Boston Globe a few days ago about the upcoming 19th anniversary of the Gardner theft (tomorrow is the anniversary):
http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...not_forgotten/

DH & I were at the Gardner just a few weeks ago. I swear that up until a few years ago, there were signs in the Dutch Room telling the visitors about the theft. We were disappointed on our recent visit that the signs were gone. There is absolutely no mention, no sign, no indication anywhere in the museum regarding the theft. The empty frames still hang on the walls in the Dutch Room, but for a casual visitor who don't know anything about the theft, there's no reason for them to notice anything unusual.

Newberry's parking isn't free (not expensive though) and is limited to just a few cars - just for the record.