Things to do in Worcester (Ma) when you are dead

[iceman]

there are some good steak places, you can go wander around the WPI campus. There is an art museum that has some pretty cool stuff. There are some really good bakeries... you could go ski at Mt. Wachusett. You could sit on your left hand till it goes numb then masterbate.

See?!? There's always something to do!

Worcester has an excellent art museum, Clark College (University?) has some nice museums and shit, and the Higgins Armory Museum has the coolest collection of Medieval armor and weaponry in the world, outside of Europe. Really worth a visit on its own, actually.

If you get bored you could go find the house where my mom grew up, 16 Depot St., East Douglas MA, maybe 18 miles from downtown Worcester, right near the Mass/RI/CT border. While there you could check out Lake Manchaug...(it goes on for a while)...it's the longest place name in America, it's supposedly Iroquois for "you fish on your side, we fish on our side, nobody fishes in the middle"

It's in the Douglas State Forest, you can find it easily.

If you go to East Douglas, you can check out maybe the most interesting factory in America, the Hayward-Schuster Mills. Built in 1904, it closed in 1962 because they were unable to fill orders due to supplier problems. Still, they kept it pristine and in 2005, Guilford of Maine bought it, renovated it, and put it back in production, which is COMPLETELY unheard of. No textile mill in New England has ever been brought back to life as a textile mill. Malden Mills and one or two others have survived, but no other mill has ever been resurrected for its original purpose.

Two years later in 2007 Guilford closed it down again, for undisclosed reasons, after spending ~$50 million to get it back to speed.

I'm actually gonna write an article about that building soon, but whatever. I find it interesting.

So anyways, there's stuff to do.

[Phall]

Northampton is fun, but a decent hike from woostaaa.....try to head to Boston if possible...I grew up in Medfield, just outside Framingham/Natick, not much to do in woosta, check out a show at the palladium?
Scavenge WPI for the two women?
Drive down to 495 and head to Milford and go MTB'ing at Vietnam...

[Speedfreak]

Wear a Yankee cap and seek out the most local of local bars to get wasted in.

^^^^
That'd be Leitrim's (sigh, I miss Wu-rats), but wear a vest. Or you could hit up the legendary Panda Lounge if you want to get the shit kicked out of you by some old guys -- if you can find it first.

If you want Yanks fans, or just good greasy food head for George's Green Island Diner for a kielbasa special. Open from 10 PMish til 10 AMish. Say hi to George for me. http://tasteworcester.com/2007/08/08...-island-diner/

Sports: http://goholycross.cstv.com/

The Get-laid-ium (Palladium) usually has good shows, and for a real bar, you should try Irish Times across the street (walking distance from you btw).
http://www.thepalladium.net/events.html
http://www.irishtimespub.com/

111 Chop House is great for steaks, Flying Rhino is good for random fusion, or just head over by WPI (also walking distance) -- there's a bunch of random restaurants over there -- seafood, sandwiches, and a decent Mexican BYO place.

Scavenge WPI for the two women?

Only if you're into chicks with chest hair.

[BeanDip4All]

I don't know if this is applicable anymore as it has been a few years, but my favorite things to do in worcester:

- drive really fast heading north on 290. Get in Left lane. When left lane separates from highway due to construction and you are really driving on the southbound side of the highway, go faster and pretend you are speedracer. enjoy the thrill.

- have contest with your older sisters while in back of parents car on who can see and scream AKU AKU the first. that person "wins"

- read whatever sign the polar seltzer bear is holding. laugh with family about how the bear used to get stolen all the time.

- listen to your mother's diatribe on "why don't you just meet a nice catholic boy from holy cross"

[Dromond]

Northampton is fun, but a decent hike from woostaaa.....try to head to Boston if possible...I grew up in Medfield, just outside Framingham/Natick, not much to do in woosta, check out a show at the palladium?
Scavenge WPI for the two women?
Drive down to 495 and head to Milford and go MTB'ing at Vietnam...

My roommate works and Worchester but continues to live here (in Northampton) well over an hour's commute away because Worcester is apparently just that terrible! He's been doing the commute for something like 5 years.

[ass-to-mouth]

get a couple hot dogs at coney island. then head next door and watch wormtown's finest shake their piss curtains at the crystal palace. just watch out for the crack dealers & tranny pros on main street.

[ass-to-mouth]

there are some good steak places, you can go wander around the WPI campus. There is an art museum that has some pretty cool stuff. There are some really good bakeries... you could go ski at Mt. Wachusett. You could sit on your left hand till it goes numb then masterbate.

it's the middle of april. chuchus probably been closed for at least a month now.

[Speedfreak]

- listen to your mother's diatribe on "why don't you just meet a nice boy from holy cross"

Got any sisters?

[rideit]

I had really, really good Sushi there a few years ago.
I could have been Zipango's, I don't remember.

[Obstruction]

I like Worcester, fuck you snobs. It's got character.

And if you don't like it, it's only like 35 miles to Boston. Take Rte 9 and you will hit Framingham in like 13 miles. Lotsa malls there. No character at all. You might like it better than something real like Worcester.

Fuck, it ain't Lowell or Haverhill or Fall River, lighten up, boys.

Bullshit, Worcester is like Brockton without the charm.

[BigDaddy]

^ Harsh!!! (But funny as shit!)

[PhishingME]

Skin/hike up WaWa? Then drink Scotch.

[Snowdeprived]

I went to college in wooostaa. I don't know about now, but there used to be a number of classic diners there. I will never forget ordering a "VC red." Ahhhhhh.
(That is, a veal cutlet sandwich with a red sauce.)

Not too many other memories except the Armory museum which I thought was pretty cool.

[dipstik]

I like Worcester, fuck you snobs. It's got character.

Word. And some of us actually have to live there. (well, the next town over....but still.)

Anyway, as others have said:

-Coney Island for lunch
-Worcester Art Museum is surprisingly nice
-Higgins armory is very worthy of a visit
-The brand new Hanover Theater is gorgeous, and is <1 mile from the Crown Plaza Hotel
-A lot of places on Shrewsbury Street for dinner, also just a mile or two from the Crown Plaza
-Lots of nice short hikes around the Wachusett Reservoir <10 miles away

Just don't swim in Lake Quinsig or make eye contact with anyone on South Main after dark.

edit: the local paper is: www.telegram.com - might be able to find something interesting through them

[iceman]

Bullshit, Worcester is like Brockton without the charm.

That's funny as hell, but you have obviously never been to Brockton.

My dad was a doc at the VA hospital there for the first 30 years of my life, trust me man, I know Brockton. Worcester's WAY WAY better.

Isn't it cool how many really shittty cities we have in Mass.? I mean there's a list a page long. No other state can match us, I believe. Possibly NY.

[Brock Landers]

That's funny as hell, but you have obviously never been to Brockton.

My dad was a doc at the VA hospital there for the first 30 years of my life, trust me man, I know Brockton. Worcester's WAY WAY better.

Isn't it cool how many really shittty cities we have in Mass.? I mean there's a list a page long. No other state can match us, I believe. Possibly NY.

Ill give you Brockton isnt Worcester. But whats up with the Worcester loving? The place sucks. If you need to tell someone in Worcester to drive 20 miles to Douglas to have fun...guess what...Worcester sucks. Yeah it has the armory museum. Yay..Clark University...yay local bars. But "Worcester is good cause its near Douglas" is the worst shit ive ever heard, no offense. Awesome...its near Boylston, Oxford, Shrewsbury too...whoopie.

Douglas/Framingham/Northhampton/etc- anywhere else mentiond in this thread is a town with EC town charm or something. Worcester has none of this. Its beat.

There are 3 cities in Mass. 2 suck. Everything else is a town.

[warthog]

Spent most of my childhood going up to the Cross for Football and B-Ball games. Back in the day when they played BC. A long forgotten rivalry. Gordie Lockbaum is a name most people from that era will remember. Two Heisman nominations. Those were the days.

As far as what to do there, I never figured it out. I would have to guess that there is no city in America with that many colleges, and not a thing to do. Stealing the Polar Seltzer B ear and then hitting up Spags, gets old real quick.

The dive bars there are what legends are made of. Pick one with a Shamrock on the side, and (now this is VERY important) NO WINDOWS. Windows let in the light. The true 'core Wo-rats don't expose their skin to the sun. Might I suggest Danny T. Murphy's, if it is still around. Go on Karaoke night- the locals love Karaoke night. You get extra points if you can get them to look up from their Whiskey. Most will never even acknowledge that you are there. Though a particularly awful Downeastern Alexa rendition ( a duet) seemed to get some attention the last time we were in there.

If you are around this weekend, I am pretty sure my dad said he is reffing a Rugby game over at Holy Cross. Not sure who they are playing. He ref'd the girls game last week, and there were two broken arms, and two head injuries. Three separate ambulances, so the men's game should be good.

Have fun. I stayed in that hotel one night, for my sister's wedding. She got married at H.C. It was fine for a night, but I can't imagine being there for any longer. God, I thought my company held their meetings in some shitty places. Smily face.

[ass-to-mouth]

There are 3 cities in Mass. 2 suck. Everything else is a town.

springfield sucks. worcester sucks. brockton sucks. lynn sucks.

thats 4 fo 4 in my book.

edit: forgot about pittsfield. that place really, really sucks.

[Flexon Phil]

Not only is the place shitty, the people are miserable too! Heading to Bah-ston's North End for dinner tonight, then outta here tomorrow.

[ass-to-mouth]

Isn't it cool how many really shittty cities we have in Mass.? I mean there's a list a page long. No other state can match us, I believe. Possibly NY.

pennsylvania and ohio might have something to say about that.

[Obstruction]

That's funny as hell, but you have obviously never been to Brockton.

My dad was a doc at the VA hospital there for the first 30 years of my life, trust me man, I know Brockton. Worcester's WAY WAY better.

Isn't it cool how many really shittty cities we have in Mass.? I mean there's a list a page long. No other state can match us, I believe. Possibly NY.

Nah, I was just yanking. I am all too familar with the "greater" Brockton area as a former habitu&#233; of the South Shore.

The real problem with Worcester is that it is in the Midwest.

However, if we are doing a round up of Bay State hell holes no list will be complete without Lynn. (I see Ass-to-Mouth covered this ground already.)

[philippeR]

I just want to add that I'm NOT interested in a TR.

[yodaottis]

Unfortunately I live in this wonderful place.
Art Museum, Higgins Armory Museum are both interesting places.
If you're on foot pay close attention to what areas you walk around @ night, college campuses typically being safe zones. Don't look at or talk to other people, you'll make them uneasy... It's no Lawrence but there's some places you simply shouldn't be, stay away from the south main. Away.

Some good places to get tanked on Park Ave.
Wachusett still has a snowbank or two, 25min drive.
The reservoir area is also nice for walking around.
Basically, rent a car and drive somewhere else.

[plugboots]

Yes, I'm a dork, but I like ski/mountaineering shops when I'm out of town. When I lived in the NE I liked http://www.strandsskishop.com/ cuz they had cool dogs, and huge piles of skis.

[snowmonster]

Ah, Lynn -- the city of sin.

Seriously, good luck finding parking in the North End on a Friday night. You gotta have a cannoli after dinner -- Mike's is for the tourists, Modern gets the locals and Caffe de lo Sport gets all the folks who watch soccer on the big screen and curse at the players in Italian!