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On Tinkering with Urban Mechanics, Sean Bender isn't afraid to visit the giant pear in Edward Everett Square or to recommend events that don't happen anywhere near Copley Square.

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Why would you be afraid to visit Edward Everett Square? Does the pear bite back?

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You know, like, the stuff Boston magazine and the Improper Bostonian print. You don't get the sense their readers ever venture much past Symphony Hall.

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I grew up in Dot. Nothing ever happened to me. Got jumped in Harvard Square, broken into in Pembroke. My car has been broken into in Beacon Hill and Kittery ME. Nothing in my part of Dorchester. On another note - Kevin Cullen said about Boston Magazine - You advertise with them... You're the Best of Boston.

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John, he's not saying "not afraid to" because it's "unsafe" but not afraid to in the sense the traditional tourist sites only mention three things: ducklings, Cheers bar, Fenway park. He means "not afraid" as in "willing to take risks".

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...and you're quite right, I'm not afraid nor should anyone be to visit anywhere in Boston. I've spent time on the ground in war zones and I can tell you, Boston is no war zone. But I'll leave the urban "crime" discussion for another time/place.

I simply think that people should get beyond the tourist trap or "Symphony Hall," or their own corner of Boston. So I'm not afraid to go there. If that is enjoyable and of interest to others, cool!

That said, I work in and near Mission Hill but also across the city. I proudly live in the Dot, and coming from the Midwest, I think people need to get out and see more of Boston. It's a great city. So yes, go visit the Pear at Edward Everett Square, and the Kevin Fitzgerald (Pudding-stone) Park in Mission Hill. If you haven't done either you are missing the real, best of Boston.

Thanks for the interest. I'll do my best to simply keep sharing...about Boston and occasionally beyond.

Oh and admittedly I love Duck Tours, they treat veterans to free rides. That and the "boats" come home every day to Dorchester. I fancy the idea of doing rogue Duck Tours past 1010 Mass Ave with pit stops at the likes of Liquor Land and Vicky's Dinner. I promise I won't be hijacking a Duck Boat anytime soon though.

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LOL - For the uninitiated, that's Victoria's Diner, just up from the South Bay Center.

Recall the heyday of the Venetian Garden, at the southern reaches of Mass Ave near Pear Square? Who knows why, but the 80s brought legions of white, middle-class gay men and friends flocking to the VG for its menu of undistinguished but plentiful Italian food and droopy waitresses who would say "Parm" like it's pronounced only in Dorchester.

Apparently ownership changed, as did the crowd, and I believe it's now a Central American cafeteria.

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Maybe I've been in a cave the past month in a half since I was last at Vicki's but it was most decidedly not Central American, at least in food offering or clientele that I could tell. The gay men, well, plenty of us still in attendance though.

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I think you need to reread what he said:

"Venetian Garden ... " not Viki's diner. :)

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