[racket] [racket-dev] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September

From: Greg Hendershott (greghendershott at gmail.com)
Date: Sun Sep 22 11:59:14 EDT 2013

p.s. The walk I described is mostly parallel to the Rose Kennedy
Greenway that Sam mentioned, just a block apart, so you could head out
one way and back the other.

On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Greg Hendershott
<greghendershott at gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 to all of Sam's suggestions.
>
> I'd also add the waterfront as being a nice area (relatively new to
> Boston). If you head to the water from Quincy Market, there's the
> Aquarium. Then you can turn right and walk along the water through
> Rowes Wharf and to the old rotating bridge that's pedestrian only.
>
> From there you can turn left to go past the courthouse and Barking
> Crab, and to the ICA. Or keep going straight to the area with the
> Children's Museum and the Boston Tea Party museum. ;)
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
> <samth at cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>> Things I really enjoy in Boston:
>>
>> - The Museum of Fine Arts, right across the street from Northeastern
>> - The Freedom Trail, a self-guided walking tour of many historic Boston sights
>>   This goes through the North End, which is a nice place to walk
>> around all on its own.
>> - The Boston Harbor Islands (requires a ferry ride)
>> - The Rose Kennedy Greenway, if it's a nice day
>> - The Public Garden and Boston Common
>>
>> More conventional touristy areas, which are all still nice:
>>
>> - Newbury St, the main upscale shopping area, which also has some nice
>> places to eat
>> - the Aquarium
>> - Harvard Square
>>
>> Sam, ex-Bostontonian
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> My wife and I will be in Boston a day early (Friday).  Does anyone
>>> have a "must-see" touristy suggestion for us?
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Asumu Takikawa <asumu at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>>>> RacketCon 2013
>>>> --------------
>>>>
>>>> We are pleased to announce that (third RacketCon) will take place on
>>>> September 29, 2013 at Northeastern University in Boston.  This year, we
>>>> plan to bring in several speakers from industry, as well as host talks
>>>> from Racket developers and users.
>>>>
>>>> Lunch will be provided.
>>>>
>>>> On the Saturday (28th) before RacketCon, we plan to hold a hackathon to work on
>>>> various Racket projects.
>>>>
>>>> Registration will open during the summer, and we will post a detailed
>>>> schedule of events around the same time. The conference website is at
>>>>
>>>>   http://con.racket-lang.org/
>>>>
>>>> Asumu Takikawa and PLT
>>>>
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