Originally Posted By: etaoin

Vermont, near Barre/Montpelier.
my niece is at Harvard Div, so I'm hoping to see a bit more of Boston myself.


'Tis a pleasant town. Beware the violent, 20-something Caucasian panhandlers and you will do fine (they are more in Boston then in Cambridge, anyway).

On a budget, take your niece to "Dolphin Seafood" near Harvard Square. If the bank is open, spoil her palette for all other meals at "Craigie Street Bistro" (Chef's Whim, sunday night after 9pm).