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Went to DC for Thanksgiving since my stepfather is still recuperating post-surgery, and couldn't even manage the trip to Virginia, let alone NYC. So for the first time for years I didn't cook anything. Most times I would have no complaint, but I do feel a little wistful about all the recipes that I wanted to try
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Although he was at first merely asked for advice about what color to paint the shutters and doors, Whistler took over and eventually transformed the entire room into a "harmony in blue and gold," adorning its shutters with gorgeous golden peacocks and painting every inch of the ceiling and leather-covered walls with a pattern of peacock feathers.
Some people, she says. Some people Do Not Get It.
Ah well. museums and small children do not go together unless the children are stroller-bound age and/ or can play quietly with their Leappads while the adults look at the exhibition.
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The museum notes on the peacock room was more entertaining than the room itself, going into detail about the feud between Wistler and his patron, but yes, the room looks like the result of the feud.
But the museum notes in the Smithsonian is a lot more middle-brow than the Met. It's all about introducing art to the masses, and explaining what a taotai is, rather than assuming that the audience should know.
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the entrance to the Sackler is in fact through the cloakroom of the Freer. I was secretly delighted, it almost felt like a scene out of Ima Ichiko.
I love that of all things. Small room suddenly turns out to be entrance to a Whole Different House.
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Now that both your daughters are away at college you should take a trip to the East coast sometimes, and we can go together. ^__^
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