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09/07/2003: "Margaret's Boston Travel Tips"

Here are a few things I learned on a recent trip to Boston. I thought I would share them, in case you ever get up that way.

1. Despite what your mother told you about wearing clean underwear when you travel, do NOT wear new underwear. No matter how comfortable they are before you get on a plane, you don't yet know what hellish ways they can twist and turn when you sit in cramped quarters for four hours.

2. When the hotel desk clerk asks if you and your traveling companion want one bed or two, ask what size the beds are before you answer, even if you're a couple. Otherwise you end up with one bed the size of a postage stamp for two plus-sized people.

3. A room with a view means the people in the corner room can see right into your window.

4. If you see a homeless woman with three small dogs, just keep walking. Giving her a few quarters is like crossing the Energizer Bunny and Chatty Cathy. She keeps talking and talking and talking. Oh, and she thinks she has four dogs.

5. Carry a walking stick. People treat you better. I'm not sure it's because they think I'm disabled or if they just feel intimidated. (I have unpredictable, arthritic knees, but I'm not disabled. Yet. )

If I think of any others, I'll be sure to let you know.