{"id":8677,"date":"2024-02-04T22:59:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T14:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=8677"},"modified":"2024-05-09T23:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T15:27:10","slug":"20240204boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/20240204boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Trip to Boston, Flights and Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first weekend of February 2024, I made a trip to Boston for some errands. This post would be about the flights and Harvard Art Museum, which I visited on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_105712.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_105712.jpg\" alt=\"Charles River from Hotel Room\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Charles River from Hotel Room<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-2', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-major-2', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider2.sync( secondarySlider2 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-3', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-major-3', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider3.sync( secondarySlider3 ).mount();\n} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Ticketing\">Ticketing<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For this weekend trip I only had my schedule confirmed on Tuesday afternoon. By that time, American Airlines had their award spaces wild-open for the DC->Boston direction on Saturday, so I used 8250 British Airways Avios for a 10am departure. (I was used to 7500 Avios for this itinerary, I guessed on this aspect inflation was universal.) I wanted some flexibility for my schedule in Boston so I had hoped to fly back relatively late on Sunday, so it&#8217;s 168USD for a cash ticket on a 5pm departure with JetBlue. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(Actually, I could book a 167USD early morning flight with &#8220;Blue Extra&#8221; and then try the free &#8220;same-day switch&#8221;. I didn&#8217;t want the afternoon flight to end up full, in which case I had to take an earlier flight. By some online reviews this &#8220;same-day switch&#8221; was somewhat of a hassle, so I didn&#8217;t go that route.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"American_Airlines_Flight_2134_from_Washington_Reagan_to_Boston\">American Airlines Flight 2134 from Washington Reagan to Boston<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There was a minor incident as I took the wrong metro train on my way to the airport. After some frantic dashes, I made it to the airport at 9am. The security line was unusually long for a Saturday morning, which took me 22 minutes to clear. After making my way to the gate it&#8217;s boarding time.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fairly full flight, but I had an empty middle seat next to me. Something (gum?) was on the floor mat in front of me, so I used the middle seat next to me to stow my backpack.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines 2134<br \/>\nWashington Reagan (DCA) &#8211; Boston, MA (BOS)<br \/>\nAirbus A319 (N775XF)<br \/>\nSeat 21A<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 10:00am<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 10:08am<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 11:46am<br \/>\nActual Arrival \t    &#8211; 11:16am<br \/>\n1 hour and 8 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=170151416&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of the takeoff:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/POSF-TlqEWQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a clear day over Washington DC, allowing me an aerial tour of its northern suburb which I was rather familiar with. The clouds grew thicker as I neared Boston.<br \/>\nUnlike my previous flights between Washington DC and Boston, which often took the inland route of Philadelphia \/ New York City, both of my flights this weekend took a route further east along New Jersey coast \/ Long Island. I guessed that had to do with congestion over New York City?<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240203_101445.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240203_101445.jpg\" width=\"93.1%\" alt=\"Northern Washington DC Suburb\" \/><\/a><\/br>Northern Washington DC Suburb<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Interstate 95 runs diagonally in this photo.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240203_101530.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240203_101530.jpg\" width=\"93.1%\" alt=\"Northern Washington DC Suburb\" \/><\/a><\/br>Northern Washington DC Suburb<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Russet, Annapolis Junction and Jessup.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240203_101637C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240203_101637C9.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Baltimore Airport\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Baltimore Airport<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240203_101709.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240203_101709.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Baltimore Harbor\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Baltimore Harbor<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240203_103557.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240203_103557.jpg\" alt=\"Seaside Heights, NJ\" \/><\/a><\/br>Seaside Heights, NJ<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240203_104645.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240203_104645.jpg\" alt=\"Flying over Long Island\" \/><\/a><\/br>Flying over Long Island<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240203_101445.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Washington DC Suburb\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240203_101530.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Washington DC Suburb\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240203_101637C9.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Baltimore Airport\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240203_101709.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Baltimore Harbor\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240203_103557.jpg\" alt=\"Seaside Heights, NJ\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240203_104645.jpg\" alt=\"Flying over Long Island\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos during the flight from Washington Reagan to Boston.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240203_101445.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240203_101445.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Washington DC Suburb\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Northern Washington DC Suburb<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Interstate 95 runs diagonally in this photo.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240203_101530.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240203_101530.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Washington DC Suburb\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Northern Washington DC Suburb<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Russet, Annapolis Junction and Jessup.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240203_101637C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240203_101637C9.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Baltimore Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Baltimore Airport<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240203_101709.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240203_101709.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Baltimore Harbor\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Baltimore Harbor<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240203_103557.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240203_103557.jpg\" alt=\"Seaside Heights, NJ\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Seaside Heights, NJ<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240203_104645.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240203_104645.jpg\" alt=\"Flying over Long Island\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Flying over Long Island<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Once below the clouds over Massachusetts Bay, here&#8217;s a video of the landing:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O36UF69d_m0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Hotel_Hyatt_Regency_Boston_Cambridge\">Hotel: Hyatt Regency Boston \/ Cambridge<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I had a Cat4 Hyatt free night certificate that was to expire in a month, so I picked this Hyatt hotel to stay for the night. (The other Cat4 Hyatt was Boston Harbor near the airport, which I stayed at back in February 2022, back then I intentionally avoided this Cambridge Hyatt as it was under renovation.) This weekend was actually &#8220;off-peak&#8221; on this hotel&#8217;s award calendar, requiring only 12000 Hyatt points per night. With no other travel plans for the next month, I figured my expiring certificate came first.<br \/>\nProbably due to low-occupancy, I was upgraded to a room with Charles River view, under a clear and crisp winter sky.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_105722.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_105722.jpg\" width=\"95.7%\" alt=\"Charles River from Hotel Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Charles River from Hotel Room<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_105737.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_105737.jpg\" width=\"95.7%\" alt=\"Charles River from Hotel Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Charles River from Hotel Room<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_105753.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_105753.jpg\" width=\"95.7%\" alt=\"Hotel Room Facing Charles River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hotel Room Facing Charles River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_105834.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-m\/20240204_105834.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Hotel Atrium\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_105854.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-m\/20240204_105854.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Hotel Atrium\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hotel Atrium<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Giving the common space a very spacious feeling.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240204_105722.jpg\" alt=\"Charles River from Hotel Room\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240204_105737.jpg\" alt=\"Charles River from Hotel Room\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240204_105753.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Room Facing Charles River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240204_105834.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Atrium\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the hotel.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_105722.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_105722.jpg\" alt=\"Charles River from Hotel Room\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Charles River from Hotel Room<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_105737.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_105737.jpg\" alt=\"Charles River from Hotel Room\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Charles River from Hotel Room<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_105753.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_105753.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Room Facing Charles River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hotel Room Facing Charles River<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_105834.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-m\/20240204_105834.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Hotel Atrium\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_105854.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-m\/20240204_105854.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Hotel Atrium\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hotel Atrium<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Giving the common space a very spacious feeling.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Harvard_Art_Museum\">Harvard Art Museum<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On Sunday, after my errands, I still had some time before my flight back to Washington DC, so I decided to check out Harvard Art Museum.<br \/>\nThis was a small museum located on Harvard&#8217;s campus, with mainly two floors of exhibits that opened to the public with free admission. Given the prestige of Harvard and the museum&#8217;s free admission, it&#8217;s sort of crowded during my visit. Its exhibits, although limited in quantity, did not compromise on quality. I spent just under two hours touring it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_134305.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_134305.jpg\" alt=\"Piazza San Marco, Venice, c. 1730-34\" \/><\/a><\/br>Piazza San Marco, Venice, c. 1730-34<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto.Italian, 1697-1768.<\/br>Canaletto, celebrated for his views of Venice (vedute), depicts the city\u2019s principal square of San Marco, which was described by Napoleon as \u201cthe finest drawing room in Europe.\u201d The Basilica of Saint Mark, with its Byzantine architecture, and the imposing bell tower dominate the scene as symbols of the rich history of the Venetian Republic. Canaletto adjusts for the trapezoidal shape of the piazza by reinforcing the perspective created by the ornamental marble pattern of stone pavement that had recently been laid. This painting represents a timeless view of Venice while also capturing a slice of eighteenth-century daily life.<\/br>Among Canaletto\u2019s most important patrons were English aristocrats who visited the city on the Grand Tour, often bringing home as souvenirs contemporary depictions of the cities they visited. This painting was bought by the fourth Duke of Leeds after he visited Venice in 1734. When the duke returned to England, he had the painting placed within this type of Scotch pine frame that he favored for works in his collection.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_135404.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_135404.jpg\" alt=\"Gloucester Harbor at Sunset, late 1850s\" \/><\/a><\/br>Gloucester Harbor at Sunset, late 1850s<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Fitz Henry Lane.American, 1804-1865.<\/br>Lane\u2019s maritime scenes are among the most enigmatic paintings in the history of American art. This work depicts the outer entrance to Gloucester Harbor, a busy trading port north of Boston. Two double-ended fishing vessels, or \u201cpinkies,\u201d maneuver around a pair of large schooners toward the harbor, which is visible in the background. Though their sails are unfurled and their hulls weighed down with cargo, the ships appear motionless. No wake disturbs the glassy surface of the ocean. Lane alludes to the world of commerce and exchange but replaces the bustle of the marketplace with an atmosphere of calm..The facture of Gloucester Harbor at Sunset is as distinctive as its subject. Lane eliminated almost every sign of his hand and brush from the painting. Nothing, not even traces of the artist\u2019s labor, disturbs the serenity of the scene..<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_140018.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_140018.jpg\" alt=\"Lake O\u2019Hara, 1916\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lake O\u2019Hara, 1916<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">John Singer Sargent.American, 1856-1925.<\/br>In this closely cropped view of the Canadian Rockies, John Singer Sargent explored the materiality of paint. With its rough, gestural brushwork, thick layers of pigment, and thin washes, Lake O\u2019Hara exemplifies the artist\u2019s late style. The painting verges on abstraction, and is in stark contrast to the work of earlier painters who freighted their images of the Rockies with symbolism..<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_135336.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_135336.jpg\" width=\"96%\" alt=\"Apotheosis of Louis-Adolphe Thiers,c. 1878\" \/><\/a><\/br>Apotheosis of Louis-Adolphe Thiers,c. 1878<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Jehan Georges Vibert.French, 1840-1902.<\/br>Shrouded in the French flag and surrounded by symbols of national grief, Louis-Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), president of the Third French Republic, lies in state. To his left, a mourning figure representing France bows her head, while to the right, a nude, winged figure of victory gestures toward the glorified wars of the past unfolding in the heavens. The allegorical composition was disparaged by several critics at the time, reflecting the ambivalence surrounding Thiers\u2019s legacy because of his brutal suppression of the Paris Commune uprising (March\u2014May 1871).<\/br>This is a smaller, grisaille version (painted in shades of gray) of the colorful painting that was exhibited at the Salon of 1878. Vibert was a painter, printmaker, and amateur photographer, and the unique American frame surrounding his painting underscores its playful mimicry of reproducible media. Constructed in New York in the 1890s, the frame is an enlarged version of the \u201cshadow box\u201d frames that collectors used to exhibit daguerreotypes and other works on paper in their homes..<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240204_134305.jpg\" alt=\"Piazza San Marco, Venice, c. 1730-34\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240204_135404.jpg\" alt=\"Gloucester Harbor at Sunset, late 1850s\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240204_140018.jpg\" alt=\"Lake O\u2019Hara, 1916\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails-s\/20240204_135336.jpg\" alt=\"Apotheosis of Louis-Adolphe Thiers,c. 1878\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_134305.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_134305.jpg\" alt=\"Piazza San Marco, Venice, c. 1730-34\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Piazza San Marco, Venice, c. 1730-34<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto.Italian, 1697-1768.<\/br>Canaletto, celebrated for his views of Venice (vedute), depicts the city\u2019s principal square of San Marco, which was described by Napoleon as \u201cthe finest drawing room in Europe.\u201d The Basilica of Saint Mark, with its Byzantine architecture, and the imposing bell tower dominate the scene as symbols of the rich history of the Venetian Republic. Canaletto adjusts for the trapezoidal shape of the piazza by reinforcing the perspective created by the ornamental marble pattern of stone pavement that had recently been laid. This painting represents a timeless view of Venice while also capturing a slice of eighteenth-century daily life.<\/br>Among Canaletto\u2019s most important patrons were English aristocrats who visited the city on the Grand Tour, often bringing home as souvenirs contemporary depictions of the cities they visited. This painting was bought by the fourth Duke of Leeds after he visited Venice in 1734. When the duke returned to England, he had the painting placed within this type of Scotch pine frame that he favored for works in his collection..<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_135404.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_135404.jpg\" alt=\"Gloucester Harbor at Sunset, late 1850s\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Gloucester Harbor at Sunset, late 1850s<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Fitz Henry Lane.American, 1804-1865.<\/br>Lane\u2019s maritime scenes are among the most enigmatic paintings in the history of American art. This work depicts the outer entrance to Gloucester Harbor, a busy trading port north of Boston. Two double-ended fishing vessels, or \u201cpinkies,\u201d maneuver around a pair of large schooners toward the harbor, which is visible in the background. Though their sails are unfurled and their hulls weighed down with cargo, the ships appear motionless. No wake disturbs the glassy surface of the ocean. Lane alludes to the world of commerce and exchange but replaces the bustle of the marketplace with an atmosphere of calm..The facture of Gloucester Harbor at Sunset is as distinctive as its subject. Lane eliminated almost every sign of his hand and brush from the painting. Nothing, not even traces of the artist\u2019s labor, disturbs the serenity of the scene..<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_140018.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_140018.jpg\" alt=\"Lake O\u2019Hara, 1916\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lake O\u2019Hara, 1916<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">John Singer Sargent.American, 1856-1925.<\/br>In this closely cropped view of the Canadian Rockies, John Singer Sargent explored the materiality of paint. With its rough, gestural brushwork, thick layers of pigment, and thin washes, Lake O\u2019Hara exemplifies the artist\u2019s late style. The painting verges on abstraction, and is in stark contrast to the work of earlier painters who freighted their images of the Rockies with symbolism..<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_135336.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_135336.jpg\" alt=\"Apotheosis of Louis-Adolphe Thiers,c. 1878\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Apotheosis of Louis-Adolphe Thiers,c. 1878<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Jehan Georges Vibert.French, 1840-1902.<\/br>Shrouded in the French flag and surrounded by symbols of national grief, Louis-Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), president of the Third French Republic, lies in state. To his left, a mourning figure representing France bows her head, while to the right, a nude, winged figure of victory gestures toward the glorified wars of the past unfolding in the heavens. The allegorical composition was disparaged by several critics at the time, reflecting the ambivalence surrounding Thiers\u2019s legacy because of his brutal suppression of the Paris Commune uprising (March\u2014May 1871).<\/br>This is a smaller, grisaille version (painted in shades of gray) of the colorful painting that was exhibited at the Salon of 1878. Vibert was a painter, printmaker, and amateur photographer, and the unique American frame surrounding his painting underscores its playful mimicry of reproducible media. Constructed in New York in the 1890s, the frame is an enlarged version of the \u201cshadow box\u201d frames that collectors used to exhibit daguerreotypes and other works on paper in their homes..<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"JetBlue_Airlines_Flight_2055_from_Boston_to_Washington_Reagan\">JetBlue Airlines Flight 2055 from Boston to Washington Reagan<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After checking out Harvard Art Museum, I made my way to the airport. I managed to catch an earlier silver line bus at South Station (than Google Maps predicted). With some time to kill, I checked out Chase&#8217;s Sapphire Lounge.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to my previous visit to this lounge last October, this time the food offerings were much more appetizing. The lounge was also more busy this time, probably because Sunday late afternoon was peak travel time.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/20240204_163009.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/02\/thumbnails\/20240204_163009.jpg\" alt=\"JetBlue ERJ190 at Gate\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>JetBlue ERJ190 at Gate<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">N334JB, my plane to Washington DC.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>JetBlue Airlines 2055<br \/>\nBoston, MA (BOS) &#8211; Washington Reagan (DCA)<br \/>\nEmbraer ERJ-190 (N334JB)<br \/>\nSeat 21C<br \/>\nScheduled Departure &#8211; 5:00pm<br \/>\nActual Departure    &#8211; 5:04pm<br \/>\nScheduled Arrival   &#8211; 6:48pm<br \/>\nActual Arrival \t    &#8211; 6:12pm<br \/>\n1 hour and 8 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/2;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=170152354&#038;measures=off&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This time I sat on an aisle seat (no seat selection with their &#8220;Blue Basic&#8221; fare), so there&#8217;s not much to talk about the flight except it went smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>END<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first weekend of February 2024, I made a trip to Boston for some errands. 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