Boston

ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER has been dead for 80 years. Too bad, because last night, she would have been proud of Teresa Heinz Kerry.

Isabella was a rich, obstinate widow who didn’t hesitate to snap up a nice property when she saw one. She spent her life years travelling the world, collecting art and cramming a four-story mansion with paintings, tapestries, historical documents, and ancient marble. She was famous for irritating the press, shocking her friends, and refusing to censor her speech or letters. Sound familiar?