Travelling to Boston

It’s tricky.  A batch of hotel rooms is currently under investigation.  Parking is being negotiated with a confused bridge troll.  In the meantime:

Pack everything you own!  Boston is alternately scorching and freezing in October, and we’re gambling on the average – a 65°F (18°C) high and a 40°F (4°C) low.  Prepare for all eventualities.  God may smite us with hail or bless us with sunshine.

Amtrak is the best way to get here, followed by bus and then air.  For those who prefer to drive, once you’ve made your peace with God, your destination will be 25 Monmouth St., Brookline, MA 02446.  That’s Brookline not Boston.

MBTA: Take the C line of the Green Line to St. Mary’s Street.  Walk south, across the tracks and away from Dunkin’ Donuts et al., and the take a right, walking up Beacon Street in the same direction in which you just travelled.  Take your next left onto Carlton Street.  The church is at the next intersection.

From 93 North or South: Take Exit 26 to Storrow Drive.  Follow Storrow Drive, staying in the centre lane where there are three, and in the right lane where there are two, to the Fenway/Kenmore exit.  Reciting the 23rd Psalm, take the very sudden right fork to Kenmore Square; at the end of the ramp, provided you’ve survived this long, take a right onto Beacon Street, and follow it through Kenmore Square.  Continuing on Beacon Street (the central of your three options) you will go through two lights, cross a bridge over Interstate 90, and then take a left at the next light onto Park St.  You will then take an immediate right onto Medfield St, which turns into Monmouth St., on which you will find the church, street parking, and, if the bridge trolls are successfully bribed, a parking lot after the church on the left.

From 90, headed East:
Take exit 18 for Allston/Cambridge. Go through the tolls on the right side and you are more likely to survive. Follow the sign toward Cambridge through a four-way, oddly lit merge. At that merge, you will get to the right so that you can get on to Storrow Drive. Follow Storrow Drive to the Kenmore Square exit, staying right on the ramp. Follow the directions above to the church.