chinatown gate

chinatown gate
Originally uploaded by wereldmuis.

This gate marks the entrance to Chinatown in Boston. It's a bit grandiose, considering that Chinatown is just a few blocks around...

chinatown

chinatown
Originally uploaded by wereldmuis.

I visited Chinatown in Boston, yesterday. It's pretty small, just a few blocks around. Still fun to walk around, though. This sidewalk map is located just outside the gate.

Dalai Lama teaching

Dalai Lama teaching
Originally uploaded by wereldmuis.

I went with a friend to hear a public teaching from the Dalai Lama at Gillette Stadium, today. It got windy in the morning, and he pulled up his robe over his head, and encouraged everyone else to put on their hats or hoods, if they had one. He is quite charming!

duck herding

duck herding
Originally uploaded by wereldmuis.

For me, the high point of the Garlic and Arts festival was the duck herding demo. One of the little runner ducks in this photo wound up missing some tail feathers when the collie became overenthusiastic. Poor duckie!

pulled pork

pulled pork
Originally uploaded by wereldmuis.

This is some of the good food that I sampled at the Garlic and Arts festival. Delicious pulled pork sandwich with BBQ sauce, garlic baked beans, and homemade rootbeer. Incredibly good!

capoeira

capoeira
Originally uploaded by wereldmuis.

There were some fun demos at the North Quabbin Garlic and Arts festival. I like watching capoeira dancers, and these people were pretty good! (Seeing them reminded me that I've made no progress towards my goal of doing a headstand - even a handstand would be something!)

red russian garlic

red russian garlic
Originally uploaded by wereldmuis.

I went to the North Quabbin Garlic and Arts festival, today. I had no idea there were so many kinds of garlic...

Metropolitan Museum

Museum scene
Originally uploaded by wereldmuis.

My vacation wound down in NYC, with a short visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is a view of a sculpture and a couple of paintings from the Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, now showing there. Definitely worth the trip, it fills numerous rooms with modern paintings, lots of Miro, Klee, Balthus. There's a really beautiful painting by Frankenthaler with salmons, pinks, and blues; a super Pollock; and a few interesting pieces by artists that I'd never heard of before (Esteban Vicente?). I could have spent more time looking around... hope to get back there soon.