Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Boston Day 3

It was very wet this morning and we arrived for breakfast at the Four Seasons rather drowned! Nevertheless, they made us very welcome and we had a great breakfast and benefited from some insider advice from our waiter. At last the rain seemed to be letting up and we made our way out onto Newbury Street, known for it's posh shops housed in mansions that line the road. There were shops up the steps on the first floor as well as down steps at a sort of sub-basement level - but all the well known brands are here.

It was a long walk down to the Museum of Fine Arts and we were glad to arrive! It is a really great Museum to visit, housing some outstanding art and it was difficult to know what to see on our first and only visit this time. One of the first things we saw was a Dale Chihuly glass tower (lime green icicle tower) hanging in the café. We decided to look at some of the special exhibitions being held at the moment and found ourselves, via several areas, in an exhibition called 'New Blue and White'. Very interesting how modern artists and designers view and use this ancient art. We also saw a poster display and a fascinating installation called 'Endlessly Repeating Twentieth Century Modernism' by Josiah McElheny, 2007. He placed hand blown glass vessels in a mirror box, so that they are endlessly reflected. There was a van Gogh, some Tiffany glass and fascinating Asian galleries. So much to see!

At last we left and walked down Boylston Street to Copley Square. We had hoped to see the Singer Sargent murals at the Public Library, but arrived just too late! Instead we saw many interesting buildings, including, of course the John Hancock Tower. Then we retraced our steps through the Public Gardens and Boston Common, where we at last took some photos of the sculpture, Make Way for the Ducklings (Nancy Schön).

Tonight we had dinner at Lala Rokh, a Persian Restaurant on Mt Vernon St., Beacon Hill. This was a super experience with its warm welcoming atmosphere, attentive, but far from intrusive service and delicious flavourful food.

Museum of Fine Arts 
Dale Chihuly
Boston Public Library
Lala Rokh

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