On a recent trip to Boston I stood for hours in the Quincey Market, just outside Faneuil Hall and listen to audditions for Street Entertainer Permits. Two hours of great fun and fabulous and not so fabulous entertainment. The City of Boston gives out the permits.

I'm of two minds here. If I want to busk up a couple of dollars I should be able to and the City shouldn't be able to stop me. But the City allows busking within certain guidelines. Otherwise, why the audition? I don't know the guidelines so I guess I can't be very balanced here.

The point is one of the reasons this tourist takes his tourist $$$ to Boston is for the Busking. Its part of the show that makes Boston a treat for me.

That and the Duck Tours.

Don