Graduate gift idea that is typically Boston?
 

Two high school graduates I know will be going to college in Boston.I would like to get them something they can use and would appreciate that is typically Boston. <BR><BR>I thought of a T pass, but they are only available for a month, maybe gift certificates to a typical college hangout,???<BR><BR>I would love to hear any of your suggestions that would be unique - no clock radios, or dorm stuff.<BR><BR>One is going to Brandeis, the other BU.

Depends on their interests. A membership to Museum of Fine Arts (some of the colleges get their students in "free", need to check. Get travel guides to Boston with T maps, etc. At most colleges the students can get low cost T passes for the semester.<BR>gift certificates to restaurants in the area.<BR>Good outdoor wear for the inclement weather they will face during winter.<BR>

John - do you know which restaurants college kids would like and also would you know of a specific title of a really good travel guide that includes the T map?<BR>Thanks,

Why don't you get them a gift certficate to the Prudential Center? There's restaurants (Legal Seafood, California Pizza Kitchen, Dick's Last Resort)and all kinds of stores. <BR>Here's a link and you can buy them on Yahoo.<BR><BR>http://shop.store.yahoo.com/prudenti...hops/info.html

Sandy - how about House of Blues - there might be someone playing there sometime during the year that they'd like to see. Also - Hard Rock Cafe has local music events sponsored by radio stations that a college student might want to attend. <BR><BR>

Don't get them an MFA pass - that will almost certainly be included in their tuition.<BR><BR>I would suggest the Time Out Guide to Boston as an excellent resource. Its also the guide most likely to be of interest to students. A map easy or equivalent plastic folding map of central boston would also probably be useful.<BR><BR>THis is very thoughtful of you, and am sure will be appreciated.

All good suggestions. One of the "hot" restaurants with college students (we have 2 in our house in Lexington) is Fire and Ice. 2 restaurants, one near Copley Sq, other in Harvard Sq.

They have a web site (doesn't everybody?) www.fire-ice.com

While I'm not at college in Boston, I do have a couple of ideas that any student would love. Maybe you could buy a laundry bag with the school logo on it and wrap a roll of quarters really silly/fancy. A really cool guide book, like TimeOut, isn't a bad idea, but their school might already be giving them guidebooks. Ours did. Zagats Boston guide has a list of places "favored by 20s crowd." Maybe a gift certificate for one of those. You will be absolutely loved and remembered for the quarters--no one ever believes how much you need them before they get to school. The one thing I wanted to buy for myself last time I was in Boston but didn't were the stuffed animal lobsters. Absolutely hilarious and some of them even wore little Boston bibs!