To get to Chinatown, you'll have to walk through the Combat Zone (T: Orange Line to China-town). The Combat Zone is one place you don't want to visit-unless you revel in dirty movies, drug dealing and triple-X rated peepshows.

A good time to visit Chinatown is on a bright, i.e. safe, weekend afternoon when you can enjoy dim sum in one of the neighborhood's numerous Chinese restaurants.

It's hit or miss at these places.

Your best bet is to keep to the seafood dishes-squid and black bean sauce, for instance. The cakes at Chinese bakeries are always delicious, as well.

Fenway Park

The list of things to see and do in Boston goes on and on. Catch a Red Sox game at historic Fenway Park, featured in the movie Field of Dreams (T:Kenmore, green line).

Tour the Boston Garden, home of the Bruins and Celtics (T:North Station, green line). Walk under the trees at the Arnold Arboretum (T:Forest Hills, green line). Watch an Omnimax film at the Museum of Science. Or make a visit to The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library (T:JFK/U.Mass, red line).

But whatever you do, don't forget to send Grandpa Bob a postcard.

Walk along Newbury Street and watch the Beautiful People cruise past dress shops and gourmet restaurants in their BMW convertibles.

A good time to visit Chinatown is on a bright, safe, weekend afternoon when you can enjoy dim sum in a Chinese restaurant