An Excerpt of My Strings: Boston, I want you so bad

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. Boston has a climate that is continental in nature but with maritime influences owing to its coastal location, a phenomenon common to coastal southern New England. The climate is classified as a humid continental climate. Summers are typically warm, rainy, and humid, while winters are cold, windy, and snowy. Spring and fall are usually mild, but conditions are widely varied, depending on wind direction and jet stream positioning. ;)

Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as Boston English, and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy products. So... Uh... What to do??? No matter your interests, you’re sure to find a perfect fit among the many faces of Boston. If you’re intrigued by America’s early days, plenty of sites celebrate the country’s forefathers – and foremothers. The Freedom Trail, the Black Heritage Trail, and the Women’s Heritage Trail put visitors in the midst of the action and breathe new life into history-book names like Revere, Hancock, and Longfellow. Prefer wandering through peaceful parks and manicured gardens? Don’t miss Boston Common, the country’s oldest public park, or the Public Garden – 8 bucolic blocks of trees, flowers, swans and ducklings, a lagoon, statues, and memorials.

Folks with a penchant for architecture also revel in the city’s variety of styles, from the IM Pei-designed Hancock Tower to the Richardsonian Romanesque Trinity Church – disparate neighbors in Copley Square. AH... You can do many things here. Confused? Definitely.