I think they mean Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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~Neshomeh

A date would be nice though.

If it helps, I hosted a Gathering before, with a grand total of zero casualties (apart from Mrs. Leggy). Also, some things to keep in mind:

• The Boston public library, my proposed initial meeting place, has security guards stationed by the entrance. If anything suspicious happens, they will know. So, if you meet up with us and decide you're not comfortable going anywhere else with the group, you can just wander around the library with us and be perfectly safe, then bid us a fond adieu.

• At no point will we be going into...
- My house
- Any house
- A bar or club of any kind
- Any property that's off-limits to the general public

• You will not be getting into a car with a stranger, because I do not have a car. Nor do I like throwing money away on taxis. Short of a major natural disaster, we will be using public transportation.

• This is not a sleepover, an overnight visit, whathaveyou. The last Gathering began between 10:30 and 11:50 in the morning and was over at around 4:30 in the afternoon. We can stretch or shift those hours a bit, depending on everyone's preference, but I don't anticipate it lasting until sunset, let alone the wee hours of the morning.

• We will not be touring any unsafe areas of the city. Mostly, I see us walking near Copley, Park Street, the North End, and/or the waterfront.

Hope that helps!

~Araeph

I'm a twenty year old dude. Is it going to be wicked skeevy for me to be there?

Dear Glod, the Freedom Trail...so many elementary school field trips...

Don't worry, Vixenmage. I've worked in Boston for two and a half years now, and I know my way around the touristy and non-touristy places. A tenative schedule would be the Boston Public Library, maybe Borders books or the botanical gardens, and then wherever we want to go, really. The MFA or the aquarium would be nice, if you wouldn't mind forking over $20, but we could also just walk along the wharves, visit the best dessert places in the North End, get lost in the down-towniest part of Boston where the streets all crookedly converge, take the T to Revere Beach (if we make the Gathering later, the week of July 15, we get to see these), or Harvard Square in Cambridge...a $9 day pass on the metro will take you practically anywhere.

There's also just plain puttering around and talking. That's what we mostly did at my first Gathering, and it worked out pretty well. :)