It rained alright, all day! Taxi to the Museum of Fine Arts. Extraordinary exhibition of Chihuly’s most recent work (glassware). Incredible in its forms and its colors. Phenomenally good pictures with my new Blackberry tablet, the PlayBook. Hopefully their clarity and quality will be preserved once transferred to PC, posted on Flickr or emailed… (see slideshow on MFA in case http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/chihuly)
A look at Sargent’s The work as well, in permanent exhibition at the Art of The Americas section: The connection to Isabella Stewart Gardner, his Velazquez-like rendering of a family scene, his fresco that adorns the walls and ceiling of the museum’s Rotunda, etc.
Taxi back in South End for lunch on oysters – 8 of them, most from East Coast, 2 from the Pacific Coast. With a glass of Crémant for Cynthia and a glass of Muscat d’Alsace for me. At B&G Oysters on Tremont, a rather tight place at the rez-de-chaussée level, particularly welcoming. Cynthia’s New England clam chowder is simply divine!
Spent the afternoon at the B&B, sheltered from the rain! Ditched plans to go to restaurant (Harvest) in Cambridge and Donkey Show, in favor of nearby Hamersley’s Bistro, a well known choice of French fare (http://www.hamersleysbistro.com); entrée of crispy canard confit, followed by grilled chicken (the best Cynthia ever had, she says) and pork tenderloin in a burnt orange sauce, with a glass of Chilean Pinot Noir (Ritual 2008) for Cynthia, and of Saint-Estèphe, Chateau Haut-Beauséjour, 2005, a combination of Cabernet Franc, Merlot et Cabernet Sauvignon, for me. Highly recommendable (and obviously well frequented – fully booked; reservations were for the day after; lucky to scrap a table by the bar – as it turns out a much quieter section of the restaurant...)
The Bruins beat the Habs 2 to 1 in double overtime – the Bruins lead this playoff series now 3 to 2 games…could not get tickets, and doubt I would be able to get any for next game, which may turn out to be the last one of that series if the Bruins win!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
