USS Constitution offers a chance to tour “Old Ironsides” of Wendell Holmes’ poem
In 1797, the USS Constitution was sent to sea, one of the first ships of the U.S. Navy. The frigate fought in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812, then was forgotten until 1830 and Oliver Wendell Holmes’ famous poem “Old Ironsides,” which became the ship’s mantle. Today, the restored ship sits in the Charlestown Navy Yard, where it is maintained by a U.S. Navy crew. The ship sails once a year, on the Fourth of July, into Boston Harbor. Free tours begin every 30 minutes. USS Constitution, 1 Constitution Road, 617-242-7511,
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San Francisco, California
Yoshi’s opens a second location so jazz fans can find their beat in the Fillmore District too
Jazz fans have been beating a path to Yoshi’s in Oakland for nearly 30 years, but another option sits on the other side of the bay. Co-owners Yoshi Akiba and her ex-husband Kaz Kajimura have opened a second venue in San Francisco’s emerging Fillmore Jazz Preservation District. Built on the site of a ’40s and ’50s jazz neighborhood that flourished after the original Japanese- American residents were sent to internment camps, the new district is partly financed with city redevelopment funds. Yoshi’s anchors the first two floors of the new 12-story Fillmore Heritage Center, with a restaurant in front, a second-story overlook bar and, in back, a two-story, fan-shaped club that holds 420 excellent seats. Condos fill the top floors, and a street-side jazz museum is planned. December and January lineups include Taj Mahal, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Cassandra Wilson, Cyrus Chestnut and Pat Metheny. Yoshi’s, 1300 Fillmore St., 415-655-5600,
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Austin, Texas
Koriente Restaurant and Tea House is a mostly Korean eatery dabbling in other ethnic foods
In a city where new eateries seem to pop up every other minute, here’s one decidedly worth noting: Koriente Restaurant and Tea House, family-owned, MSG-free, where those in the know go for good food at decent prices. As the name implies, the cuisine is basically Korean, from Japanese miso soup and Mediterranean hummus to vegetable tacos from Latin America. They also offer traditional bibimbap; you can add meats or tofu and still come away with a mound of food for just under $10. That includes a serve-yourself bar with miso soup and kimchi (spicy pickled cabbage). Koriente Restaurant and Tea House, 621 E. Seventh St., 512-275-0852,
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