Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Dining Out While in Boston

To avoid waiting in long lines, try calling ahead of time or using an app such as OpenTable.


Apple Users: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/opentable-restaurant-reservations/id296581815?mt=8


Android Users: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opentable&referrer=mat_click_id%3D07504fbb46c57ca1ef5687dc639eb0db-20170628-5490


Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Area Food & Attractions


Thank you to Heather for putting this wonderful list together! 

Places around Renaissance Hotel: (pulled from Hotel Website and Google) 

Shopping/Groceries 

  • Walgreens
  • Rite Aid Pharmacy
  • Shell Gas 
  • 7-Eleven
  • Stop & Shop
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Bob's Grocery Store
  • Beacon Capital Market


Transportation 

  • Silverline Way (bus)
  • South Station (train)


Food/Drink 

  • Coppa 
  • Butcher Shop
  • Atlantic Fish Company
  • Bukowski's Tavern
  • Cheers Boston
  • L'Aroma Cafe
  • Morton's Steakhouse 


Food around Convention Center

  • Jimmy John’s 
  • Dunkin Donuts
  • Fargo’s Deli of Course 

Suggested Places to Eat around Boston

  • Durgin Park 
  • Union Oyster Bar & Grill 
  • Eataly 
  • Summer Shack 
  • Back Bay Social Club Back Bay area-restaurants are good in this area 
  • Legal Test Kitchen 
  • Empire 75 on Liberty Wharf 
  • Babbo 
  • L’Osteria 
  • Bricco 



Suggested Things to Do/See 

  • Salem-day trip 
  • Boston Common and Public Gardens
  • The Freedom Trail 
  • Paul Revere’s House 
  • Old North Church-walk up Hull Street in front of church, cemetery on right good views of Bunker Hill, on left Skinny House (smallest house in Boston)
  • Any Museum 
  • Duck Tours or Swan Boat 
  • Fenway Park

Monday, June 12, 2017

Registration Help


Please see the below images if you are having problems using the NEA RA registration system.


If you have not received an email from NEA RA (email would be from RASupport@nea.org), please contact Maggie!



State Contacts Needed!!



Below is a list of the states we still need state contacts for - if you would like to add your name, please contact Maggie at maggie.brueggemann@mnea.org!


REMAINING STATE CONTACTS
Connecticut

Delaware

Georgia

Idaho

Indiana

Kentucky

Maryland

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

North Carolina

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

West Virginia



Please contact Maggie at maggie.brueggemann@mnea.org if you would like to be a state contact!


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