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Jackson Square
Glass-blowing, Sasquatch, grits and cracklings
By LIGAYA TICHY
del.ico.us
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Chances are you probably don't consider Jackson Square (hint: it's on the orange line) a prime destination. Yet the ballyhoo about a few special establishments from folks on Yelp.com inspired us to rethink the area's offerings and brave the trek. And it was amazing.
A jaunt to a class at Diablo Glass and Metal [123 Terrace St., Boston. 617.442.7444. diabloglassandmetal.com] easily scores cool points with that intensely jaded but highly wooable beauty by your side. As Jessica K enthuses, "It's easy to be impressed when you're dipping a pipe into a 2200 degree Fahrenheit kiln and pulling it back out with molten glass that drips like honey." But if you prefer to hang by the sidelines, demonstrations include vino tastings and viewing access to the smoldering glory hole! (No, dirty bird. That's the name of the furnace.)
Round out the excursion down the block at Mississippi's [103 Terrace St., Boston. 617.541.4411. mississippis.com], whose soul food has won the praises of Adrienne T. If the munching mood continues to seize you, Vanessa C leads us to sublime fulfillment of even the worst "cardiac-arrest craving" at Yely's [284 Centre St., Jamaica Plain. 617.524.2204], where the chicharones, tostones and other Latin delights are so phenomenal they're often cleared out by mid-afternoon.
Belly full, check. Now the Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute [3035 Washington St., Boston. 617.442.5400. 826boston.org] calls. Created by 826, a Dave Eggers-founded organization aimed to stimulate and cultivate the writing skills of youth, here visitors can partake in a simulated Yeti hunt while peeping unicorn tears, leeches and other oddities that left Kabir H "jaw agape, wild-eyed and fully engorged." Giant crab wrestling makes tutoring much more fun, don't you think?
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