I like ride my motorcycle through the AIER campus and rev it really obnoxiously loud.

(Sorry to your gf.)

I live in GB. The AIER has not placarded the town pushing a radical pro-dentist agenda.

Quite the contrary.

There are others - more professional lawn signs - that say things like "Our water looks and smells like shit." And it's true!

"Someone came up behind me clearly in some sort of emergency, but I didn't let them pass because their blinking lights were the wrong color" would definitely be peak Masshole decision making.

The answer is the Berkshires. Take the train to Pittsfield. You can walk from the station to Hotel on North. (That said, you really want a car to do a Berkshires visit. The food is so worth it.)

Don't forget to give thanks for the opportunity to rid the world of another turkey. Turkeys are awful animals; deliciousness is their only redeeming quality.

As other have said, you can get a perfectly fine bird at the grocery store. Give it enough time to thaw.

My aunt used to get up at like 4 in the morning to put the turkey in the oven for like 9 hours. This is an abomination against cooking and renders the bird as dry as the Gobi desert.

Other top Thanksgiving tips:

1. Potatoes: Mashed
2. Stuffing: Yes. (Corn bread stuffing is simple and delicious if you need to make from scratch in order to satisfy disapproving in-laws. Otherwise, you can't go wrong with Stove-Top.)
3. Gravy: Extra fat means extra flavor!

It's well past time for Thanksgiving to finally cast off its eurocentric, colonial historical roots and embrace its true destiny as an exclusively food-based holiday. We should be thankful for putting turkeys to their best, last use, and that's IT.

None taken. There are many reasons why I live here, that's just one of them, lol.

You picked a great time to visit!