Eat a lobster roll. Yes, you could eat a lobster, but Maine lobsters are shipped all over the country and you can get a good one in most major cities if you have the cash. But the lobster roll is a sandwich unique to the region. Jasper White’s Summer Shack does a good one, but there are oodles of choices.

Eat ice cream at Christina’s, Toscanini’s, or JP Licks, or Herrell’s. Bostonians love ice cream, even in the dead of winter, and if you like boutique ice creams in exotic flavors, there’s no better place. I’m partial to Christina’s, but all of them are better than the best place wherever you live (unless that’s Florence or Rome).

Take the T over to Harvard Square and take a stroll through Harvard Yard. The buildings (dating back to 1720) are in daily use today as dorms and administrative offices. John Harvard’s statue isn’t too impressive, but it’s good for a photo. And finally, notice that Harvard students (September-May) don’t look all that different from college students everywhere (meaning you can buy a Harvard sweatshirt and become a faux Harvard alumnus when you get home).

If I had to lose a couple of items on the original list, it would be the Apple Store and Georges Island (not that they’re not cool, but they would be the least important to me).