[art] Barnes Museum, 11/15/14

On November 15 (yes, I know), I went to the Barnes Museum with friends! And without my child! Mike and Sarah left their daughter with Sarah's dad for the day, and my mom came over to watch f so that the four of us could go out. I'd never done the Barnes before and it was really cool, and really exciting to be out somewhere definitively grown-up.

I took some notes on my phone that day, but now it's been a little too long for me to accurately decipher exactly what I was so excited about. I'll give it a go, though:
- Pascin, Corot, Modigliani (painters I'd never heard of before but liked, and kept finding myself liking as I went through the galleries)
- Renoir: The Apple Vendor (painting that I stopped dead and stared at and almost cried because it was so beautiful and so perfect)
- Soutine: disturbing and compelling (I bet I could figure this out with a quick Google search but I kind of like it better as-is)
- Glackins: Woman in Red Blouse with Tulips (just really liked this painting, so colorful)

After visiting the Barnes, we went to Vetri nearby for pizza. It was decadent and amazing. We got four pizzas to split among the four of us, plus several desserts, until we were all stuffed and had delicious leftovers to take home. A really nice day.

books 2014: The Dangerous Alphabet, by Neil Gaiman and Gris Grimly

Got this for Christmas and read it on Christmas day. It was fun, and the art was great. I was just a little sad that, in a boy/girl sibling pair, it's the girl who gets lured into danger and has to be rescued. I wanted a page where she's brandishing a sword and fighting off a zombie. But overall, fun.

The Yearly Meme: Year 11

Year 1: 2004
Year 2: 2005
Year 3: 2006
Year 4: 2007
Year 5: 2008
Year 6: 2009
Year 7: 2010
Year 8: 2011
Year 9: 2012
Year 10: 2013

Wow. I've been doing this for a long time. Someday I'll appreciate the historical record.

( This year: 2014 )