It’s Friday, there’s ten minutes left until the end of your shift, and you’ve somehow managed to get the whole weekend off. All of your work is already done, or at least you’ve done enough that you can pretend it’s done, and there’s nothing to do except sit and watch the seconds tick off the clock. The only question now is what are you going to do once you make your workplace escape? Well, if you’re looking for something to do, you’ve come to the right place. Every Friday, I’m going to talk about an activity, a board game, an event, a movie, or some other form of entertainment that you can check out to make your weekend a little more interesting.
With that being said, if you’re looking for something to do this weekend, you may want to check out downtown Salem, Ma. Now, if you’ve visited Salem, MA in the past, the very idea of visiting Salem in January may seem downright insane. This is because Salem is primarily known for its Halloween celebration and for the witch trials in which 20 innocent people were convicted and executed for witchcraft in 1692.
However, there’s more to Salem than witches and Halloween. In fact, most of the shops, many of the museums, and a few of the attractions that are overrun by tourists during the month of October are actually open year round, but they’re all pretty empty after November 1st. This means that if you want to check out these things, and you don’t mind losing some fingers to frostbite, January may be the time to do it. To further sweeten the deal, if you head to Salem this Friday or on the First Friday of any month, you’ll find that most of the shops have extended hours, so you can go downtown, eat, and check out all of the little shops right after work.