The Clark Institute is, as the expression goes, Worth the Trip. The “Arrangement in Grey & Black” was certainly more interesting in the original (and I’m not likely to be visiting Paris in the near future), but the Renoirs in the main gallery were infinitely more charming. (His talent for capturing light just can’t be reproduced… and it’s obvious he liked women, which is rarer than one would think.) Also, the grounds are gorgeous, even though the leaves haven’t started turning yet.
As a programming note, my laptop accesses Balloon Juice just fine here, and the hotel’s insecure wi-fi led Avast to (successfully) implore us to sign up for a personal VPN, so it might even work back on home turf, cross fingers. I didn’t bring my keyboard, and the wi-fi is as sluggish as it’s apparently insecure, so I can’t promise you much style for the next couple of days regardless…