Hurricane Arthur turned out to be a boon for businesses on Cape Cod, but with the festivities already over on Boston's Esplanade, Back Bay businesses missed out on the throngs of revelers the Fourth of July usually brings.
Mark Kielpinski, who owns By the Bay Designs and the Village Toy Store in Brewster, said he nearly tripled the number of staff at his stores for the day because on the Cape, at least, "cloudy weather makes the ultimate shopping day."
"There's no doubt that when the sun shines on the Fourth of July, it tends to be quieter," he said.
In Boston, however, the opposite appeared to be true.
"We're probably a little less busy than last Fourth of July, probably because of the bad weather," said Elizabeth Christensen, a shift supervisor at the Pavement Coffeehouse on Newbury Street. "I hope we'll have a better day tomorrow."
Many people in the city for the holiday headed instead for museums or the New England Aquarium, where there was a 50-minute wait to get in by mid-afternoon.
"The line would normally be closer to 15 minutes," said Christine Rohrer, manager of visitor experience, "but because of the rain and because the fireworks were moved up by a day, all of those things tend to increase attendance."
A little more than three hours after it opened, the Boston Children's Museum already had sold more than 2,000 tickets and, like the aquarium, had a line that stretched out the door.
Said museum spokeswoman Jo-Anne Baxter, "When it rains, people want to find something fun and educational to do with their kids."
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