The week began in Boston and ended in New York. Until Wednesday I was basically at work, attending the International Trademark Association annual meeting. From Thursday onwards it was vacation.
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I immodestly start with a picture of me, taken with my camera by a colleague. Various law firms and associations host receptions at the INTA; the one given by a large Japanese law firm is among the most popular:
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This is one of the reasons for the popularity of this party, freely flowing sake:
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At another reception, this time at the Boston Museum of Science, cultures are mixing. INTA is a truly international event:
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This picture is all about light and shadow:
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One early evening we took a taxi to Boston’s Chinatown. Somewhat atypically, the taxi driver played only classical music and conversed in French with the French members of our party. Turned out that he was indeed a classical music buff, and an immigrant from Haiti:
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Boston skyline during a walk from our hotel to Anthony’s Pier 4 restaurant:
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Oysters at Anthony’s Pier 4 restaurant:
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One of the things I loved about Boston was the city’s beer culture, far more advanced than anything I could remember from my 13 years of living in the US, and also much better than what I found in New York later in the week. Here we are at a brew pub in Cambridge:
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This is the waitress who was bringing me the excellent product in the previous picture:
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A street scene on commencement day at Harvard. Everyone in this image looks tense in their own way:
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A father and daughter listen to musicians at the Boston Common:
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The little girl was delightful, as was the overall scene:
On Friday morning I flew to New York and spent the rest of the weekend there.
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My taxi on the way from JFK to Manhattan:
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Walking around Manhattan on Friday afternoon, I happened upon a demonstration outside a BP gas station:
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Activist being interviewed:
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Washington Square Park in the evening:
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Subway station in the evening:
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On Saturday morning my cousin from Florida (she had come up to NYC to spend the weekend with me) and I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge:
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This woman was wisely watching out for the cyclists, some of whom are quite reckless:
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One of the reasons why walking across the Brooklyn Bridge is a popular activity are views like this:
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On the Brooklyn side, waiting outside a coffee shop:
The final two pictures are from a shop called Economy Candy, a wonderful old-fashioned place on Rivington Street, where I was buying Chick O’Sticks and Peanut Butter Chews for my daughter.
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Bulk candy:
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Señorita in a candy store:
Here I am away from my new home, and starving for OM news; then I remembered what extra I had to do to get the modem of my old IBM Thinkpad to work – so here I am.
Really enjoyed all this set; agree with somebody’s comment that it might be your best yet. I love virtual tours; armchair travel. Not so keen on actual travel …
Thanks for the trip … 🙂
Comment by Brian Swale — 15 June 2010 @ 12:42
P.S. This site is viewed very well using Opera 3.62, a 10-years-old version which is good mostly only for fairly basic html. There’s not a lot of space on this little HDD. 🙂 so Opera 3.62 is handy.
Comment by Brian Swale — 15 June 2010 @ 13:02