IRISH You can't puke Magners out your nose around here without splashing that shit all over the bright red walls of some faux Irish pub or another. That's because — and don't quote me on this — I'm pretty sure there are more Irish people in Boston than in all of Ireland. That means every day is like St. Patrick's Day here, which is great because it combines three cool ideas: religion, national pride, and drinking like a homeless street fighter.
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INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART Here's another insider scoop: the famous contemporary-art museum in a big city has interesting art. Shepard Fairey farted out some of his phony bullshit here recently before getting arrested for sucking. I mean tagging.
INMAN SQUARE Inman is like what would happen if Harvard and Central squares had a baby, but they didn't really want it and were sort of dicks about the whole thing.
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