Reading and Roaming
PORTLAND INTERLUDE As is our wont, our annual trip to Maine included about 36 hours in Portland. Portland is red brick and squawking gulls (Florida seagulls don’t seem to squawk, at least I haven’t heard them). It’s also home to a branch of the ubiquitous Sherman’s (books lowercase, gifty items uppercase), the seriously good Longfellow …
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UNEXPECTED EXHIBIT The exhibit was titled, “Los Alamos” and mentioned to us by a good friend. She has visited Los Alamos a number of times and was interested, but couldn’t get to the museum before the exhibit closed. We were also interested and so went to the Metropolitan Museum to see it. It’s an exhibit …
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HUMAN BODY SCULPTED Like Life: Sculpture, Color and the Body. This exhibit at Met Breuer of people from about 1300 to the present takes up two floors of the museum. Classical sculpture of human figures was done in marble, almost always white. This exhibit explores examples of white sculpture, but also instances of tinted figures and …
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TULIP TIME With the cold, somewhat snowy March followed by cool April weather, the trees here are just leafing out. But, there are tulips galore! I love the little fenced square and rectangle gardens along the streets with their big bold tulips. Jefferson Market Garden was also a riot of tulip beds. Makes for a lovely …
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