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Edward Hopper
Aug. 13th, 2007 07:40 pmWe spent pretty much the whole day with Mum and Bruce. We decided a couple weeks ago to go see Edward Hopper at the MFA. Mum gets, I think, free tickets since she's a member. This was one of the few special exhibits that I absolutely wanted to go see, since he's one of my favourite artists.
It was absolutely, 100% worth it, even with the aggravation of wading through 9 million stupid people on head phone. His paintings, especially his lighthouses, are absolutely stunning, as are his women. The collection they had was enormous, as well, though it looks like a lot of it is actually the MFA's and Harvard's, which is a good oppurtunity for me to go and see most of it again.
Mum bought us two prints as anniversary gifts, one of a few men windsurfing on this gorgeous blue water and another of a cyclist. The colours of the seascape are unbelievable. I'm planning on putting it in the office. So awesome.
We went to Chinatown after for dinner at Chau Chow's and then stopped at the coffee shop just round the corner from it for dessert. Bruce and I split a sweet melon cake and I have a red bean cake for later. Mum got a coconut cake, Bruce got another red bean cake, and Steven had to be weird and get pork buns. Then we stopped in a store who had teeny turtles the size of a silver dollar. I wanted one, but alas, Steven said no. No teeny turtle for Samantha.
I'm actually going to be back in the city tomorrow with Dawn and Mike before there game. I'll be heading back to Lush to get some more face scrub and/or wash. I'm thinking about trying a Big Blue and Steven wants a Honeybee, as well.
In conclusion, Edward Hopper = teh awesome, no teeny turtle for Samantha, and lots of Boston.
It was absolutely, 100% worth it, even with the aggravation of wading through 9 million stupid people on head phone. His paintings, especially his lighthouses, are absolutely stunning, as are his women. The collection they had was enormous, as well, though it looks like a lot of it is actually the MFA's and Harvard's, which is a good oppurtunity for me to go and see most of it again.
Mum bought us two prints as anniversary gifts, one of a few men windsurfing on this gorgeous blue water and another of a cyclist. The colours of the seascape are unbelievable. I'm planning on putting it in the office. So awesome.
We went to Chinatown after for dinner at Chau Chow's and then stopped at the coffee shop just round the corner from it for dessert. Bruce and I split a sweet melon cake and I have a red bean cake for later. Mum got a coconut cake, Bruce got another red bean cake, and Steven had to be weird and get pork buns. Then we stopped in a store who had teeny turtles the size of a silver dollar. I wanted one, but alas, Steven said no. No teeny turtle for Samantha.
I'm actually going to be back in the city tomorrow with Dawn and Mike before there game. I'll be heading back to Lush to get some more face scrub and/or wash. I'm thinking about trying a Big Blue and Steven wants a Honeybee, as well.
In conclusion, Edward Hopper = teh awesome, no teeny turtle for Samantha, and lots of Boston.
