Souvenirs
Trip Ideas
- Where to Go
- The Best of Vermont
- Rumblings of Revolution
- New, New England Dining
- Boston’s Artistic Expression
- Vermont Leaf Peeping
- Into the Wild
- Vermont Skiing at Its Best
- Visit Vermont’s Maple Sugar Shacks
- Connecticut for Kids
- Vermont’s Covered Bridges
- A Shore Thing
- Vermont with Kids
- Portland Maine Art Galleries
- Small-Town Flavor
- Connecticut’s Wine Trails
- New Hampshire’s Farmers Markets
- A Weekend of Vermont Art
- Family Matters
- Maine Wilderness Camps
- Vermont Cheddar Houses
- Connecticut Spas
Bostonians may know Shreve, Crump & Low (440 Boylston St., 617/267-9100, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Mon., Wed., and Fri.; 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Thurs., noon–5 p.m. Sun., www.shrevecrumpandlow.com) as one of the city’s luxury jewelers, but it also carries a classy line of made-in-Boston souvenirs, from swan-boat pins to ceramic cod pitchers.
Cross off everyone on your list at once at the stalls at Faneuil Hall, which are filled with Boston mugs, magnets, keychains, and T-shirts.
The Bostonian Society Museum Shop (Faneuil Hall, 617/720-3284, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Mon.–Fri.; 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat., closed Sun.) carries colonial-style quilts and ties, and even tea that purports to be the kind thrown overboard at the Boston Tea Party.
For sports lovers, The Brearly Collection (Faneuil Hall, 800/563-6544, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Mon.–Sat.; 10 p.m.–6 p.m. Sun., www.brearley.com) offers framed and signed photos of great Boston sports moments.
The perfect birthday or anniversary gift: a framed copy of any day’s paper from the Boston Globe Store (1 School St.135 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, 617/367-4000).929-3000, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Mon.–Fri; closed Sat.–Sun).
Known locally as “the Coop,” Harvard Cooperative Society (1400 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617/499-2000, 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Mon.–Fri.; 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Sat.; closed Sun., www.thecoop.com) anchors Harvard Square with a bookstore and souvenir emporium filled with products emblazoned with the crimson Veritas logo.
Finally, what’s a more delicious souvenir of New England than its trademark delicacy—lobster? Before you board the plane at Logan, snag a few ice-packed crustaceans to go at the airport’s branch of Legal Sea Foods (Logan International Airport Terminal B, 857/241-2000; Terminal C, 617/568-2800; 10 a.m.–11 p.m. daily, www.legalseafoods.com).
© Michael Blanding and Alexandra Hall from Moon New England, 2nd Edition
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