Great piece, I never heard of this museum! I wish I had known about it when I had a chance to visit Boston for the first and only time 8 years ago. Now I have a great excuse to go back! Well TWO great excuses if you'll open your Sweet Valley High memorial library Sheila! ;)
Thanks Marmi! The Gardner is really a lovely place and, as I said, kind of homey and quaint. They rotate out elements from her vast collection, so it doesn't get the sexy "New Matisse Exhibit!" treatment as our MFA. One of those "love it like a local" kind of deals :) Sounds like you are overdue to a trip to BAhhhhsttaaahhhhn where absolutely NO ONE talks like how people THINK the Kennedys spoke....sorry Julianne Moore :) Come visit anytime* (*Disclaimer: That does not include the time between November and one week before Marathon Weekend in April where it is still likely a cold, raw, icy hellscape of concrete and puddles of leaky kegs of Sam Adams #wicked) :)
HA!! Happy you enjoyed this one my friend. The museum is a pretty special place and, like I said, such a boost to your soul to sit with beautiful greenery in the winter :) I may have to make a trip to Boise to see if my theory pans out! XO!
Wicked pissah writing, there Doc! Reminds me of if Good Will Hunting was about ahhtwerrk and Julianne Moore was the Gardner Director. Snarf snarf. Currently binging the Netflix doc on the heist and crikey, it’s riveting.
HA! Thanks Schmoodle! The Gahhdnnaaahh is really such a lovely, interesting, as I said, homey kind of "museum." It really makes you think about how much she cared deeply about art works of all kinds and that she and her husband had the vision of making their collection public is such a gift...still! Yeah..that heist was no. joke. The documentary really hammers home how utterly bananas it is that 1. they pulled it off and 2. NEVAH been caught and the art works unrecovered! Super spooky Mulder...! Enjoy and HAPPY SPRING! #wefinallygotit XO!
It’s now officially on my homeschool field trip list so my kiddos can get a gander at that ahht stuff. Also, we can look for clues and solve the mystery for the cool ten mill reward money…. Cha chinggggg!! 💰
YAY!!! you totallly are going to gettt ittt!! That's awesome! When I visited there was a handful of maybe college students with sketch pads drawing different works, so that's always an activity option as well. If you find that damn Rembrandt, I'm getting 60% :) X!
This is fascinating! And incredible. History is wild (it feels super weird to call something from 1990 "history" but let's go with it). Your pictures are gorgeous!
My absolute favorite is the wittiness of your writing. Your stuff has an amazing voice that is singularly you: warm and friendly; a tad salacious and conspiratorial (in a good way! not a crazy person way); with an appreciation for beauty and a good ribald joke.
What I'm trying to say is you're a triple threat, She.
Eric....seriously am tomato red right now....you are just too kind and wonderful for words; I hold you and your work in high regard, so this means a lot...a lot :) I had forgotten how charming and comforting the Gardner is and was so happy I made it to catch those damn nasturtiums! I have two black thumbs; I was worried just looking at them too long would cause them to shrivel up :) Put it on your list WHEN you come to town (I know you're gonna!) X!
Great piece, I never heard of this museum! I wish I had known about it when I had a chance to visit Boston for the first and only time 8 years ago. Now I have a great excuse to go back! Well TWO great excuses if you'll open your Sweet Valley High memorial library Sheila! ;)
Thanks Marmi! The Gardner is really a lovely place and, as I said, kind of homey and quaint. They rotate out elements from her vast collection, so it doesn't get the sexy "New Matisse Exhibit!" treatment as our MFA. One of those "love it like a local" kind of deals :) Sounds like you are overdue to a trip to BAhhhhsttaaahhhhn where absolutely NO ONE talks like how people THINK the Kennedys spoke....sorry Julianne Moore :) Come visit anytime* (*Disclaimer: That does not include the time between November and one week before Marathon Weekend in April where it is still likely a cold, raw, icy hellscape of concrete and puddles of leaky kegs of Sam Adams #wicked) :)
What a beautiful place! And I loved the history and your account of your love for the museum. But “Try Boise” cracked me up. 😉
HA!! Happy you enjoyed this one my friend. The museum is a pretty special place and, like I said, such a boost to your soul to sit with beautiful greenery in the winter :) I may have to make a trip to Boise to see if my theory pans out! XO!
Wicked pissah writing, there Doc! Reminds me of if Good Will Hunting was about ahhtwerrk and Julianne Moore was the Gardner Director. Snarf snarf. Currently binging the Netflix doc on the heist and crikey, it’s riveting.
Well done, toots.
HA! Thanks Schmoodle! The Gahhdnnaaahh is really such a lovely, interesting, as I said, homey kind of "museum." It really makes you think about how much she cared deeply about art works of all kinds and that she and her husband had the vision of making their collection public is such a gift...still! Yeah..that heist was no. joke. The documentary really hammers home how utterly bananas it is that 1. they pulled it off and 2. NEVAH been caught and the art works unrecovered! Super spooky Mulder...! Enjoy and HAPPY SPRING! #wefinallygotit XO!
It’s now officially on my homeschool field trip list so my kiddos can get a gander at that ahht stuff. Also, we can look for clues and solve the mystery for the cool ten mill reward money…. Cha chinggggg!! 💰
YAY!!! you totallly are going to gettt ittt!! That's awesome! When I visited there was a handful of maybe college students with sketch pads drawing different works, so that's always an activity option as well. If you find that damn Rembrandt, I'm getting 60% :) X!
This is fascinating! And incredible. History is wild (it feels super weird to call something from 1990 "history" but let's go with it). Your pictures are gorgeous!
My absolute favorite is the wittiness of your writing. Your stuff has an amazing voice that is singularly you: warm and friendly; a tad salacious and conspiratorial (in a good way! not a crazy person way); with an appreciation for beauty and a good ribald joke.
What I'm trying to say is you're a triple threat, She.
Eric....seriously am tomato red right now....you are just too kind and wonderful for words; I hold you and your work in high regard, so this means a lot...a lot :) I had forgotten how charming and comforting the Gardner is and was so happy I made it to catch those damn nasturtiums! I have two black thumbs; I was worried just looking at them too long would cause them to shrivel up :) Put it on your list WHEN you come to town (I know you're gonna!) X!