Downtown Area   The next stop on our tour is Chinatown, the home of plenty of great Chinese restaurants from expensive to very reasonable. Chinatown is a happenin' place to go for late night eats, since most restaurants are open 'til 4 AM. After the bars close, you can get a meal and "cold tea"(beer). Want to shop for a bargain? Just a few blocks from Chinatown, is Downtown Crossing. Let's stop in at Filene's Basement, One of the most visited places in Boston. Hey, Let's stop by the The Orpheum Theater Box office and see who's coming to town soon. Next, If we go a couple blocks up Tremont Street, and go left on Beacon Street, we come to the Massachusetts State House. I don't know why they call it the State House, because it is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but that's what they call it. The State House dome was originally sheathed in copper by Paul Revere but now has a brand new covering of Gold Leaf. If it's not too late, how about a stroll through the Boston Common, the Nations oldest park. We should keep to the right and head over to the Bull and Finch Pub in the Hampshire House, the inspiration for the TV show Cheers, "Where everybody knows your name". Let's stop in and have a couple beers. And maybe buy a teeshirt or some souvenirs. Just across Charles Street from The Boston Common is the Boston Public Garden. Filled with beautiful flower gardens, many varieties of trees and the home of the World Famous Swan boats and the World's smallest suspension bridge. In the Spring and Summer, many couples choose to get married in the beautiful settings of the Public Garden.         Our next few stops on out tour are just to the South of the Boston Common along Boylston Street. First we come to Emerson College. Emerson is the only college in America dedicated to communications and the arts and boasts Norman Lear, Henry Winkler, Denis Leary and Jay Leno among it's famous alumni.         Right next to the college is an alley called Boylston Place but simply referred to as "The Alley". Some call it the Bourbon Street of Boston. There are several clubs in the alley including the Big Easy, the Sweetwater Cafe and the Alley Cat.

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