Luncheon of the Boating Party painting, combining figures, still-life, and landscape in one work, depicts a group of Renoir's friends relaxing on a balcony at the Maison Fournaise restaurant along the Seine river in Chatou, France. The painter and art patron, Gustave Caillebotte, is seated in the lower right. Renoir's future wife, Aline Charigot, is in the foreground playing with a small dog, an affenpinscher; she replaced an earlier woman who sat for the painting but with whom Renoir became annoyed. On the table is fruit and wine. The diagonal of the railing serves to demarcate the two halves of the composition, one densely packed
Northeast Boating Magazine Northeast Boating Magazine ] Northeast Boating Magazine was a regional magazine focused on boating and leisure in New England and the US East Coast. It was a sister publication to "Chesapeake Bay Magazine" and covered parallel topics, such as boat reviews, information on marinas, marine services, and coastal destinations. The magazine was based in Quincy, Massachusetts. It was renamed "Northeast Boating Magazine" in 2007, having been founded as "Offshore Magazine". The name change was aimed at dialing in on the magazine's key demographic, i.e., northeast boaters. At the 2008 Boating Writers International Excellence in Boating Journalism contest, "Northeast Boating" took