Burlington VT. College town on Lake Champlain. I promise you’ll love it. Plus the surrounding towns.

Yeah, I was just at the Woods Hole one on Tuesday. One of the seals recently died so only one lonely harbor seal in the pool at the moment. I did get a nice hand exfoliation from the shrimp in the touch tank lol.

Oh yeah, it's otters at New England Aquarium.

The aquarium is run by NOAA and there is a seal outside.

I use Rizatriptan, generic maxalt. I like it because it has a fast acting melt version you put under your tongue. It tastes kinda bad but in my experience does actually work faster than the regular tablets (which still work pretty quickly for me too).

Most of Plymouth is a sham

No idea but I am pissed.

Id suggest plymouth i grew up around there and they have a bunch of nature walks and historical things tho most attraction type things arent doing much right now and the jetti is gonna be quite cold and dangerous.

I say this to say though you cant do any of plymouth right now id put it on a bucket list for the future

Get out to the beach if it’s warm any of those days. We live in Worcester but took a day trip to Horseneck Beach with our kids last month and it was so pleasant, it felt kinda like those old pics from the early 1900’s with bundled up walkers and scattered beach combers. They have an amazing dune walkway that lets you wander and cut through to the water here and there. My son threw a million rocks, we collected a million seashells for my daughter to paint, and I even found a 3.5 foot piece of driftwood that I’m turning into wall art. There’s just something about sea air and waves on a seasonally warm day, I tell ya.

45m from Fall River to BOS during rush hour?

Hahaha.

I will add, hohoho.

If you're expecting to see a rock the Pilgrims "landed" upon... you'll be disappointed because it never happened.

Plymouth Rock was "discovered" 120 years after the Pilgrims arrived.

The Whaling Museum in New Bedford is wonderful!

You’ll be nearly alone on a lot of the beaches on the cape. I love visiting this time of year

Purgatory Chasm in Sutton is a cool place to walk around if you have a nice day.

I mean, it is a rock. In Plymouth. The most famous one in the whole damn town.

I've lived in the area all my life and can't recall it ever being hyped up as something amazing to see (except maybe like a 2nd grade field trip or something).

If you're expecting a rock in a basement jail cell, that's what you get. If you're expecting a song and dance down Main St, you're gonna have a bad time.

Go out west to the Berkshires!

Makes sense - just exposed my broke ass whipping an 02 Cherokee that shakes at 85 lol.

Super easy drive too from Boston. It's basically 95 the whole way and then when you get into Maine the speed limit goes up to 70.

Have you been to the Berkshires?

100%. It might be cold now but there also will be much less people than there is in the summer so you can really enjoy the restaurants taprooms etc

Northampton area is beautiful and great to visit

I work as a consultant as w-2 with a company. Most consultants get crap health insurance from their employer. I went the consultant route because you make more money upfront as a single person. But your insurance benefits are minimal.

So in my current role I had for 5 years if I went none consultant but fulltime with the company my salary would have been 70K but as a consultant I started at 110K, Today I make 125K pre-tax but that position would probably pay me close to 100K if I was fulltime

it's still cheaper with the law. the part of the law I hate is the penalty

I live 15 min from boston, I’m lucky if it takes me 45 min to get in there during traffic. Especially using 93n

If you’re looking for a very underrated area that still has quite a bit going for it (even during the winter), I’d recommend checking out the Greenfield area.

Greenfield itself is a pretty small city, downtown has some nice shops and restaurants. By far the coolest thing there is Poet’s Seat Tower, a brick tower that overlooks the entire city and gives you some stellar views of the mountains and surrounding landscape. You can hike or drive up to it.

There are a bunch of small towns that surround this area, my favorite being Shelburne Falls (part of Shelburne and Buckland). This has the Bridge of Flowers (a pedestrian bridge covered in flowers and plants), the glacial potholes formed during the Ice Age, and a quaint little downtown area.

When you drive in from Eastern Mass, you’ll go across the French King Bridge which connects Gill and Erving…an absolutely stunning natural vista over the Connecticut River. I’d also recommend checking out Turners Falls briefly for some more scenic waterfall views. It’s a bit run-down, but I like the falls.

If you’re looking for something indoors, the Yankee Candle Co. Flagship Store in Deerfield is genuinely a really fun and interesting store to walk around and explore…it’s not just candles. There’s a section of the store that “snows” every couple minutes.

I have fond memories in this area as a kid so I’d definitely recommend checking it out if you haven’t. There’s a lot more I’m leaving out, mostly outdoor hiking and stuff. I’d even say just take the whole Mohawk Trail down to North Adams if you want a full experience, lots to do down there too.