Tag: $10

Conversations on Finding a Restaurant in Chinatown or Pork Buns
A couple of recent conversations over on Chowhound's Boston Board addressed these two questions:

Lunch in Chinatown under $10 pp?

Favorite restaurants in Chinatown?

Then, over on Universal Hub, Adam aggregated a twitter conversation with answers to:

Where does one get excellent pork buns in Boston?

These are Friday Links because they show one way to keep up on the food scene around the city and how to get answers to your specific questions. I'll let you click over to get specifics on the questions posed.

Tips on Using These Resources

While there are some things I dislike about the organization that manages it, I do find a lot to like about the locals who take part in Chowhound conversations. I appreciate:
- The time and effort put in by dozens of volunteers who offer information and recommendations so that others can learn and enjoy food in our great city.
- Keeping up with the food scene by reading a daily RSS feed on the Boston Board and the boards for any other place I visit frequently like Cape Cod or Maine.
- The community of mostly very nice people who love food and Boston.
- The moderators who manage to keep things civilized and on-topic and only go overboard occasionally.
Notice that I said I read Chowhound on an RSS feed. This lets me skip topics of no interest to me. I'm not going to be dining in many of the suburban towns that are mentioned. I'm not a cocktail fan – I won't click over to read about the latest and greatest drink.

By looking at the poster's screen name, I can click over when one of my favorite food scouts has a recommendation and skip the people who have never offered guidance of value to me – who have radically different taste from mine.

While Chowhound offers people who are food focused, Universal Hub will get you the widest opinion from the Greater Boston Community. I love that Adam has begun to help food lovers find places and ingredients via twitter aggregation.

Cheers to, and for, both communities!

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10,000 Steps Inside the Prudential Center & Copley Place

One way to achieve your 10,000 steps a day goal in these cold temperatures is to do your walking inside. Some of you may opt for a treadmill but I like to stride the corridors of Boston's Prudential Center and Copley Place.

(With today's weather we're featuring this post from our archives.)

As you can see, so do many others. This corridor that links the Boylston Street entrance of the Prudential Center with a bridge to Lord and Taylor has been much busier the past few days.

Palm trees, tropical plants, and the glow pouring through skylights make it seem warm and welcoming in winter. (Even when you spot a snowman in the garden outside.)

The Prudential Center has created a map to show you the mileage for various paths through the complex.

You can either Download the Prudential Center Walker's Guide or pick up a copy at the Information Booth.

Copley Place is connected to the Pru by a bridge across Huntington Avenue. They don't have a walking guide but your fitness tracker or pedometer will tell you when you are near your goal.

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January 23, 2014
10,000 Steps Inside the Prudential Center & Copley Place

One way to achieve your 10,000 steps a day goal in these cold temperatures is to do your walking inside. Some of you may opt for a treadmill but I like to stride the corridors of Boston's Prudential Center and Copley Place.

(With today's weather we're featuring this post from our archives.)

As you can see, so do many others. This corridor that links the Boylston Street entrance of the Prudential Center with a bridge to Lord and Taylor has been much busier the past few days.

Palm trees, tropical plants, and the glow pouring through skylights make it seem warm and welcoming in winter. (Even when you spot a snowman in the garden outside.)

The Prudential Center has created a map to show you the mileage for various paths through the complex.

You can either Download the Prudential Center Walker's Guide or pick up a copy at the Information Booth.

Copley Place is connected to the Pru by a bridge across Huntington Avenue. They don't have a walking guide but your fitness tracker or pedometer will tell you when you are near your goal.

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Words: Penny Cherubino

Photo: Penny Cherubino ©2014

Screenshot: Courtesy of the Prudential Center

January 23, 2014
10,000 Steps Inside the Prudential Center & Copley Place

One way to achieve your 10,000 steps a day goal in these cold temperatures is to do your walking inside. Some of you may opt for a treadmill but I like to stride the corridors of Boston's Prudential Center and Copley Place.

(With today's weather we're featuring this post from our archives.)

As you can see, so do many others. This corridor that links the Boylston Street entrance of the Prudential Center with a bridge to Lord and Taylor has been much busier the past few days.

Palm trees, tropical plants, and the glow pouring through skylights make it seem warm and welcoming in winter. (Even when you spot a snowman in the garden outside.)

The Prudential Center has created a map to show you the mileage for various paths through the complex.

You can either Download the Prudential Center Walker's Guide or pick up a copy at the Information Booth.

Copley Place is connected to the Pru by a bridge across Huntington Avenue. They don't have a walking guide but your fitness tracker or pedometer will tell you when you are near your goal.

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Words: Penny Cherubino

Photo: Penny Cherubino ©2014

Screenshot: Courtesy of the Prudential Center

January 23, 2014
The Walking Bostonian, Our Friday Link

A very well presented report on MassDOT's meeting about the Bowker Overpass brought The Walking Bostonian blog to our attention. We instantly subscribed and are catching up on back posts.

On the about page, this description made us see a bit of a kindred soul in Matthew, the blogger.

"This blog is a place for me to write down some of my thoughts. I live in the city of Boston, MA and I work in the field of Computer Science. I use my two feet, augmented by mass transit, to get around. Although I am not an urban planner, I try to pay attention to the city around me, many parts of which we take for granted. I am attempting to figure out why some cities decline, why some succeed, and how we can help."

We live in the city, don't own a car, use our feet (goal of 10,000 steps a day), and the MBTA for most of our transport. We're also people who notice things, and we're walking advocates.

We don't understand why walkers are not given top priority in city planning. Hey, we are way less expensive and even more environmentally friendly than bikes!

There is a lot to think about and learn on the pages of the Walking Bostonian. Questions are raised, background information is supplied, throughtful options considered, and some interesting walks are mapped on Google Earth.

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June 22, 2012