The Top 5 Summer activities of Bostonians... in the movies

It's another hot, sultry summer day... the kind when the humidity drives you crazy. It's enough to make a New Yorker throw a trash can through the pizza shop window.

In Boston, we have our own ways of handling the heat:

The TOP 5 SUMMER ACTIVITIES of Bostionians... in the movies.

5) ROMANTICALLY WALK THROUGH BOSTON PUBLIC GARDEN.

Nothing establishes Boston quicker than a walk-and-talk through the Boston Public Garden... unless you're chasing a girl and trying to apologize. Either way, this is a lovely way to spend the moments after your meet cute.

4) GO TO CHURCH.

Yes. Because, according to film lore, everybody in Boston is a devout Catholic. A lot of soul searching goes on in the summer. You might even run into the Boondock Saints.

3) GO TO THE BEACH, BUT DO NOT SWIM.

New Englanders like to go to the beach just to look at it (The Bostonians), or to make sand donuts with their sports cars (The Thomas Crown Affair), but we do not EVER go in the water. For starters, it's too cold. The waves aren't that great. There's pollution sometimes. Also, there's this:

Let's go swimming!

(Why haven't we reviewed THAT movie yet...? We will. Coming soon, Jaws!)

2) WATCH A PARADE.

Boston has plenty of summer festivities, from the 4th of July celebration, to the North End festivals, to the "Oh No, I Think I Just Killed My Husband Parade" that Marcia Gay Harden's character is marching in here.

And who doesn't love a parade?

1) FINALLY KILL THAT GUY YOU'VE BEEN WANTING TO MURDER.

We know, we know, it's the lazy days of summer. But if you don't hurry up, pretty soon it's gonna be September, then October, and before you know it the ground will be too hard to dig that shallow grave (Practical Magic). It's best to just kill him now. Lure him up to a rooftop (The Departed), or over to the quarry (Gone Baby Gone), or into the back room of the bar (Monument Ave). Take advantage of the nice weather while it lasts.