gail

bp - no Duck Tours in the winter. Regarding snow showers and delays at Logan - get real. We are Bostonians. It takes at least 4 inches of snow to slow us down. It is supposed to be really, really cold this weekend. Welcome to New England in the winter - but at least we do not have earthquakes, forest fires and mudslides.

Regarding taste difference in lobsters. They are easy to overcook - and unless cooked to order are nasty. Also, even though they may start out as the same lobster in the ocean, storage has a lot to do with it - crammed in tiny tanks at the supermarket for some reason does not taste the same as from a decent seafood provider where there is rapid turnover of inventory. In summer, there is also a difference as lobsters molt their shells - and soft shell lobsters have a different taste than really hard shell ones.

I also might call the hotel directly (not the company-wide number) and let them know you are arriving on redeye flight - ask how early you might be able to check in. Possibility they may, with advance notice, let you check in in the morning because January on a weekend at the airport is not really a hot tourist time or location. Likely room is vacant Friday night anyway. While you can drop your bags regardless, it might be nice to have a place to change out of your t-shirt and flipflops before you venture out into real winter.

Have a great trip. Hope you like the city enough to come back some summer - my south-Floridian brother never really appreciated Boston until he visited in the summer.

bp24cali

thanks gail! do you expect alot of laker fans at the garden and if it snows tonight...is boston common a great sight in the snow. or is there still snow everywhere from previous storms or did that melt away already? (question to anyone the lives near boston)

bp24cali

p.s. its not like i have never seen snow. we just ten feet at some of the local ski resorts.

yk

The snow from the last few weeks had completely melted away earlier this week, when we had temps as high as the 50s. Having said that, you may encounter a small patch of ice every now and then. Just watch your steps as you go.

It snowed today for the last few hours, but even in my colder suburb (9miles W of the city), there is minimal accumulation. Snow seemed to have stopped at this point.

tchoiniere

You will see some Laker fans, wouldn't say alot. Don't be obnoxious and you won't get harassed.

AS yk pointed out, not much snow, if any, including today's slush. If there was a lot of snow, the Common would be a great sight.

sharona

sf7307 on Jan 27, 10 at 06:21 PM
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Hi sf. There are many varieties of oysters and I can assure you that they taste very different. Examples: Blue Point, Wellfleet, Olympia, Kumamoto. Some are found off of the east coast and some are found in the Pacific and Olympias are only found in Puget Sound. Their habitat also affects taste, i.e., diet, water salinity, etc. You can almost always get Wellfleets around Boston since they are from the Cape but most good oyster bars carry at least a couple of varieties. I have yet to meet an oyster I didn't love but I think Kumamotos might be my favorite.

Sorry to hijack your thread, bp24cali.

My suburb got a little snow today, maybe an inch. But my husband was in Boston and he said it wasn't sticking there so I'm not sure you're going to see a lot of snow while you're here. It's a wet snow so it's really pretty clinging to the tree branches. And yes, the Common can be really pretty in the snow but with the recent warm weather there's not much left. The weather forecasters are still calling for frigid temps this weekend though.

I don't know that there'll be a lot of Laker fans at the Garden but you'll not be alone.

sf7307

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Sharon, I know all that My question was why the oysters (or steamed lobster) at Union Oyster House would be better or worse than the oysters (or lobster) at Legal SeaFood or any other local restaurant.

sharona

Well, in my 2 recent experiences eating oysters at UOH, I thought they tasted a little off. My guess is they weren't as fresh as they were from other restaurants where I've recently eaten them. I won't be eating oysters from UOH again.

sharona

P.S. I'm allergic to lobster so I can't comment on that.

bp24cali

im getting pretty excited for tommorow

yk

It's good that you're excited, because unfortunately, it's going to be bitter cold this weekend. Saturday high is 22F, but with windgusts 20+mph, windchill will be as low as -12F. Wind will die down on Sunday, but still in the 20sF.

The good news is, you can always buy more clothes and winter accessories here; and help out our MA economy at the same time!

Good luck and hope you enjoy your visit!

bp24cali

do you think i will be fine in my normal flip flops and swim trunks?

bp24cali

(that was a joke)

bp24cali

wow... juat finished packing.... hopefully i packed enough warm clothes..kinda nervous about that but i think i did ok. the main thing is that a get some sleep on the plane so i can enjoy fenway!

tchoiniere

Good luck to the Celtics and enjoy your trip this weekend

bp24cali

woow thats the coldest air i have ever felt 10 degrees!

tchoiniere

With the wind chill, its easily below zero. Its 2 degrees in CT right now before the wind chill

yk

bp24cali, you've been warned! I was in town yesterday, and even with my full winter gear on (double/triple layers; hat, neck gator, ear muffs, glove liners + down gloves etc), I could barely tolerate being outside for more than 10 minutes. This is defintiely the coldest I've felt this winter; not from the cold temp but from the mighty windchill!

[This is coming from someone who goes out for a 90-min walk outdoors 5 days/week; even when it's 15F.]

Stay warm!

bp24cali

thanks. my whole body is warm but my face is frozen

yk

Do you have a neck gator? If no, you can get a fleece one for probably $10. Pull it up so it covers the lower half of your face + your ears.