Getting Settled
 

Getting Settled / Leisure Activities

SHOPPING GUIDE

This thorough website from the MIT Spouses & Partners Group helps to answer your shopping questions (about supermarkets, pharmacies, toy stores, bookstores, delivery services, and everything else you might need) for the Cambridge/Boston area. This site is particularly useful for international scholars. http://web.mit.edu/medical/spousesandpartners/faq/shopping.html

For a listing of stores and services in the Longwood Medical area, see

http://www.hms.harvard.edu/operations/vh/directory.html

Boston Shopping Centers & Districts

http://www.10best.com/Boston/Shopping/Shopping_Centers_&_Districts/index.html

Pharmacies

CVS (for locations: www.cvs.com or 1-800-746-7287)
Brooks (for locations: www.brooks-rx.com or 617-876-7662)
Walgreens (for locations: www.walgreens.com or 1-800-925-4733)

All-in-One Stores

Target (www.target.com, locations in Somerville, Watertown and Everett)
Kmart (www.kmart.com, locations in Somerville and Brighton)
Walmart (www.walmart.com, locations in Lynn and Quincy)