If your mom likes museums, she certainly will like the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Kenmore Square, 280 The Fenway, Boston. 617-566-1401
Is your mom a sports fan?
Don’t miss out on the bleacher seats at Fenway Park in Kenmore Square on Yawkey Way in Boston. 617-267-1700 Box office; 617-267-8661
Is your mom athletic?
Rent at bike at Boston Bike Tours & Rentals 617-367-2345 or 617-367-3766, 35 McCormack Station Boston
If she has never been on a whale watch, put this on the list of must do gifts:
Beantown Whale Watch
Boat Cruise
617-542-8000
60 Rowes Wharf
Does she like history?
Visit Faneuil Hall 617-262-7300 4 South Market, Boston and go to Quincy Market Place where you can treat her to lunch and some wonderful smelling candles and other one of a kind items.
More Ideas for Mother's Day
For a huge splurge she won’t forget for months to come treat her to a spa:
Giuliano Day Spa 338 Newbury Street Boston, 617-262-2220 or
Isoci Salon 8 Newbury Street Fl 3 Boston 617-867-9484
Would she just like a "pick me up" or new hair do? Try
Liquid Hair Design 640 Tremont Street Boston, 617-425-4848
Newbury Street is one of Boston’s most upscale areas. You’ll find Chanel and Armani along with Tower Records, art galleries, boutiques and clothing of all sorts including the famous Louis at Berkley.
Downtown Crossing is closed to traffic and if you take her anywhere to shop it should be to the famous Filene’s Basement Store. You’ll also find the Boston Jewelry Exchange building where you can pick her up a nice chain at reasonable prices.
One stop must be to buy one or both of these books. You can find them at Barnes & Noble Booksellers at 395 Washington St, Boston - 617-426-5184. Here you will find two of the best gifts she’ll ever have that will be past down from generation to generation.
The Book of Myself, a Do-It-Yourself Autobiography in 201 Questions by Carl and David Marshall. And To My Daughter with Love, A Mother’s Memory Book by Donna Green.
We’ve gone from a free picnic on the Commons to Prada on Newbury Street. Whatever your pocketbook is or your mom’s taste you will find treats your mom or the woman in your life will treasure.
Happy hunting, and to you moms, Happy Mother’s Day.
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