Ritz-Carlton Magazine - Summer 2012 - Chinese - (Page 32)
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BOSTON
KRIS FRIESWICK EXPLORES THE SECRET PLACES THAT QUIETLY DEFINE THE ESSENCE OF BOSTON
Summer is the loveliest time of year in Boston. The weather turns inviting. The students depar t. The leaves burst into fullness along the Esplanade, and the flowers begin their annual riot in the Public Garden and Back Bay Fens. You can literally watch Bostonians relax and star t to smile again. We of fer directions to strangers. Outdoor cafés fill up, even when temperatures advise against it. You can feel the entire community rejoice. And so it is with some trepidation that we watch the summer visitors arrive. They come for the same magical Boston experiences we take for granted. Drawn by our celebrations — the North End’s weekly feasts, the Fourth of July’s Harborfest and Boston Pops concert, the Scooper Bowl Ice Cream festival, Chowderfest — tourists add significantly more bodies to a city that seems full enough already. Or maybe it just feels that way. Bostonians are notoriously insular — all those new faces throw us for a loop. That’s why each summer we seek out the city’s more meditative spots. We retreat to our private version of the city, where we can bask in the season’s beauty without having to wait in line to do it. This may be one of
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