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Thing #71 To Do in Boston: EXPLORE

Whether you're tired of dining hall food or looking for something to do Friday night because college isn't "lit", it's definitely time to check out Boston and take in those big city vibes. Here are the hints, the stories, the tip-offs we’ve heard and collected.

Chinatown:  Several streets of delicious noodles, stir-fries, bubble tea, and dim sum await you in the slightly jank, but always unforgettable neighborhood right off the Chinatown stop on the Orange Line. 

North End: If you’re going to be consuming all the calories and carbs Italian food suggests, at least make it worth every bite. Mike’s Pastry, cheese and meat shops, creamy pastas, wood-fired pizzas, the pier, gelato…need we say more? Take the Green Line to North Station or Haymarket. 

Instead of running along the Charles, go to Boston Common! Two giant green expanses lie in the middle of the city, for your running, walking, swan-boat-riding, picture-taking pleasure. It’s beautiful in the summer because the flowers are blooming, and it’s also fun to go ice skating in the winter on Frog Pond. Get off at Park St. 

Instead of watching a movie in Kendall Square, go to the Theater District! See a musical or ballet at the Opera house, Blue Man group at the Charles Playhouse, or a concert put on by the New England Conservatory. Get off at Downtown Crossing or Chinatown on the Orange Line. 

And to make sure you don't feel too homesick being all the way on the other side of the Charles, be sure to throw on your MIT gear and take a piece of home wherever you roam. 

So there you go: Rep your MIT apparel. Get into the city. Put on your game face. Grab your Charlie card. Don’t wear a Yankees cap.