Help plan my post-ANA adventures ...

Ken Barr

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Aug 7, 2010, 2:27:18 PM8/7/10

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[BTW, thanks to those who made suggestions re lodging in Boston a few
weeks ago. None of the specific suggestions panned out, but I did
manage to find a $55/night chain motel considerably outside downtown but
convenient to public transit ...]

I'll be renting a car after the ANA closes on Saturday and spending a
few days driving around Noo England (the last time I spent much time
there was after the 1982 ANA in Boston ...).

So, what do y'all think I should do and see? Tentative plans are for
finding the "best" (subjective, I know) flea market for Sunday 08/15 and
then spending a few days shop-hopping (coin shops, antique malls, book
stores, etc.) and historical site-seeing. Geographical limits are
probably southern Maine through southern Vermont, central Massachusetts,
Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Anyone have suggestions for flea markets on Sunday the 15th and "must
visit" shops in New England? I'm mostly looking for exonumia (but don't
turn down screaming bargains in US coins, furrin coins, numismatic
literature, vintage coin albums, historical documents, advertising
ephemera, etc.).

TIA.

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Ken Barr Numismatics email: k...@kenbarr.com
P. O. Box 32541 website: http://www.kenbarr.com
San Jose, CA 95152 Coins, currency, exonumia, souvenir cards, etc.
408-272-3247 NEXT SHOW: ANA Boston 8/10-14 (at SCCS table 20)

sgt23

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Aug 7, 2010, 6:31:22 PM8/7/10

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See a Boston Redsox's game if they are in town. Baseball games are
always fun. Besides that I don't know, I've never been to Boston or
Massachusetts for that matter. I probably need too get out more.

Peter

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Aug 8, 2010, 2:19:07 PM8/8/10

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On Aug 7, 2:27 pm, Ken Barr <k...@kenbarr.com> wrote:

Roast beef at Durgin Park?

Jud

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Aug 8, 2010, 2:38:24 PM8/8/10

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On Aug 7, 6:31 pm, sgt23 <bravesfandevo...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> See a Boston Redsox's game if they are in town. Baseball games are
> always fun. Besides that I don't know, I've never been to Boston or
> Massachusetts for that matter. I probably need too get out more.

Red Sox are out of town.

Jud -Red Sox fan since 1955-

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Aug 8, 2010, 5:46:59 PM8/8/10

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In article <459a4f10-8095-47cd...@q22g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Peter <w2...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Aug 7, 2:27=A0pm, Ken Barr <k...@kenbarr.com> wrote:
>> [BTW, thanks to those who made suggestions re lodging in Boston a few

>> weeks ago. =A0None of the specific suggestions panned out, but I did

>> manage to find a $55/night chain motel considerably outside downtown but
>> convenient to public transit ...]
>>
>> I'll be renting a car after the ANA closes on Saturday and spending a
>> few days driving around Noo England (the last time I spent much time
>> there was after the 1982 ANA in Boston ...).
>>

>> So, what do y'all think I should do and see? =A0Tentative plans are for

>> finding the "best" (subjective, I know) flea market for Sunday 08/15 and
>> then spending a few days shop-hopping (coin shops, antique malls, book

>> stores, etc.) and historical site-seeing. =A0Geographical limits are

>> probably southern Maine through southern Vermont, central Massachusetts,
>> Connecticut and Rhode Island.
>>
>> Anyone have suggestions for flea markets on Sunday the 15th and "must

>> visit" shops in New England? =A0I'm mostly looking for exonumia (but don'=

>t
>> turn down screaming bargains in US coins, furrin coins, numismatic
>> literature, vintage coin albums, historical documents, advertising
>> ephemera, etc.).
>>
>> TIA.
>>
>> --

>> Ken Barr Numismatics =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0email: =A0k...@kenbarr.com
>> P. O. Box 32541 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 website: =A0http://www.kenbarr.co=
>m
>> San Jose, CA =A095152 =A0 =A0 Coins, currency, exonumia, souvenir cards, =
>etc.
>> 408-272-3247 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0NEXT SHOW: =A0ANA Boston 8/10-14 (at SCCS=

> table 20)
>
>Roast beef at Durgin Park?

oysters at the union. many, many oysters.

sgt23

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Aug 9, 2010, 5:50:22 AM8/9/10

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I bet if he just did a quick search on Wikipedia he could find a ton
of things to do under Boston. Don't get me wrong it is best too talk
to someone who's been there first, but it doesn't seem too many people
here have been to Boston or no one is interest in conversation anymore.