There's a man from Boston who treks Brazil's Amazon River, hangs out in Nepal with the Himalayan Rescue Association, and climbs Mt. McKinley with the Ranger Patrol in Alaska's Denali National Park. His name is Dr. N. Stewart Harris, M.D.
When he's not out adventuring, Dr. Harris wears the ubiquitous uniform of a white coat over blue scrubs at Massachusetts General Hospital as an attending physician in the Emergency Department. Harris is also Chief of Wilderness Medicine at MGH. But, as you might have guessed, he's not the typical uniform-wearing type. He is, however, a strong advocate for dressing properly as you trek outside to enjoy these last sparkling days of summer.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, also known as Fenway Court, is a calling card of sorts. It reminds residents and guests from around the world of its former owner's vivacious presence in more courteous times.
The exuberant Isabella began collecting the works now housed in the museum on her travels throughout Europe and the Far East with her husband Jack. According to Donna Wayne, one of the docents who delivers inspiring gallery tours of the palatial Venetian styled museum, the permanent collection includes more than 2,500 priceless object d'art. Rare textiles, manuscripts, letters, sculptures, etchings, furniture, and paintings are housed within Fenway Court's sun splashed, flower filled atrium and galleries.
