Today started leisurely, got up, watched a movie (it was way to early for both of us to be up) while I cross stitched, Safe..Jason Statham! Then DCM got up, we finished watching the movie, then got ready to greet the day, lots to do.

After we showered, packed and made sure we had everything, we headed out. We were meeting DCM’s middle daughter, AT and her boyfriend at Fellini’s on Ponce. It’s been a while scene we’d been there together, a tradition that I started a long time ago, whenever I would come back to Atlanta, I would stop at Fellini’s on the way home from the airport. I introduced DCM to this tradition and it’s stuck, well, since we seem to get in about 10:30 pm, it’s a little late by the time we would get to Fellini’s, so this time, on the way out. In addition, AT had never been there and it’s always nice to introduce people to things you like.

After we parted company DCM headed to the airport and I headed to The High Museum of Art to meet CKM for the “Girl with the Pearl Earring” exhibit. I had been looking forward to the exhibit and if you brought your Peachtree Roadrace bib, you got in free, sounds perfect.

The exhibit was nice, different Dutch Paintings from the Mauritius, which I enjoy, a lot of landscapes, still life’s and then we got into the self portraits and tronies, the face. One of the things I like about the Dutch paintings is the clean lines, sometimes, so clean, it looks like a photograph, as opposed to the impressionists, with great flourish and flair in their brush strokes. One thing I was disappointed with was that that there was only one piece, or very few if I am mistaken, by Vermeer, and The Girl With The Pearl Earring was the very last piece, on a wall to herself, behind glass, kind of like seeing the Mons Lisa the Louvre, except this was much easier to get close to!

It’s always nice to go to a museum with someone to get their perspective, see how they view differs prices and how their views differ from yours.

The exhibit is there until September 29th.
http://www.high.org/Girl-With-A-Pearl-Earring.aspx

Then it was off to the airport, drop off the car, get through security, hop on a plane, not sure what happened, when we booked we were sitting together…get off the plane, get on the shuttle, get in the truck, eventually get home, check the mail, check on the cats, unwind, blog, go to bed.

Good night!