2008 Boston Regional

[Jessica Boucher]

Originally Posted by Roger

If you want something a bit higher than Taco Bell (~shudder~) there is the Sunset Cantina* across the street. It does takeout or eat-in and the portions are big and good. My boss goes there for lunch all the time, and it's where we have our "office parties", but only because it's right outside our back door.

*Don't worry about the "Restaurant Closed" on the website -- it means it opens at 11:30am.

I prefer their sister restaurant, the Sunset Grill and Tap, a couple stops down on the B line, but both are awesome. The Cantina can get wicked busy because of its prime location.

Koko Ed is coming to Boston?!?!? Now the party can begin! We must find a place with air hockey now!

[kibbs425]

For anyone not familiar with the T visit www.mbta.com

It's the website for the T. They have trip planners on the website too, so you can plan out your commutes, roughly... The T in general is pretty good though. It at the minimum will tell you an approximate time to go across town. This is not perfect though, there are backups occasionally and other things that will cause delays, especially around rush hour.

Also Green line trains can become very packed, around rush hour/busy night times, so make sure you can split up your group just in case you have to. I think in general though you are far enough out going inbound where it shouldn't be too bad.

If you are taking the T to the Museum you'll need to transfer to a Lechmere train. Lechmere trains do tend to be E trains but they are only specific B, C, D or E Trains when they are headed out of the city towards the end of the B, C, D or E line. When they are coming inbound they are either Government Center, North Station or Lechmere.

Just some experiences from taking the T for 4 years. Hopefully this will help some of you.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

I prefer their sister restaurant, the Sunset Grill and Tap, a couple stops down on the B line, but both are awesome. The Cantina can get wicked busy because of its prime location.

Koko Ed is coming to Boston?!?!? Now the party can begin! We must find a place with air hockey now!

Yeah. Wayne asked me to volunteer so I applied late but there may not be any more jobs to be had.

[kibbs425]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Yeah. Wayne asked me to volunteer so I applied late but there may not be any more jobs to be had.

Oh, I'm sure they can find a spot and if not stop by the Ask an Engineer booth! I'm sure there will be many jobs to be had.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Roger

Food is so good, they come up from New Jersey to eat there!

While the food is delicious...I go to school at Northeastern University in Boston, so I did not come up from "the jerz"

[Roger]

Yeah, but "Food so good they come over from Northeastern University" doesn't quite have the same touch.

Just so everyone knows, there are plenty of sub/pizza shops in the area -- this is a college area.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Roger

Yeah, but "Food so good they come over from Northeastern University" doesn't quite have the same touch.

Just so everyone knows, there are plenty of sub/pizza shops in the area -- this is a college area.

haha yes this is true...

and i can vouch for the bountiful amounts of pizza and sub shops in boston...there are a ton

[Brandon Holley]

A little birdie told me that the mainlight curtain is up and running in beantown!

http://mainlight.net/softled/images/

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

A little birdie told me that the mainlight curtain is up and running in beantown!

http://mainlight.net/softled/images/

This curtain is one of the coolest things the Boston Regional sports. I wonder if the Blue Man Group will put up graphics during their show?

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

This curtain is one of the coolest things the Boston Regional sports. I wonder if the Blue Man Group will put up graphics during their show?

The company i currently work for is responsible for the LED technology in these curtains

www.colorkinetics.com ...check out their showcase...they do a lot of really COOL stuff

I will have a small sample of lights on hand that team 125 will be using, if you want to check them out keep an eye out for the changing rainbow of colors coming from the stands or pits.

[alex1699]

rawr im going to be there im so happy im leaving in like 2 hours and 17 minutes to go catch the bus yay! so happy..

[KathieK]

I'll be at the FIRST exhibit at the NSTA Convention tomorrow and Friday, but I'm looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday at the Regional!

[MikeDubreuil]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

I prefer their sister restaurant, the Sunset Grill and Tap

Sunset Grill in Allston is my favorite restaurant of all time! The Cantina across from Agganis is very convenient and serves the same food; except PBJ sandwiches, they are only in Allston. Sunset FTW!

[Greg Marra]

I was just at the venue, and everything looks GREAT! The pixel panel looks awesome, and has a special "OVER DRIVE" logo with little race cars. The field is all set up, and the crates are ready to go.

This is going to be an awesome event!

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Can anyone at the event give updates? How are the teams doing?