what do e. beck and marie antoinette have in common?

it is day two of allison week......today, allison and i took our kids to the high museum
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1. we saw the gates of paradise exhibit...fabulous bits of a gorgeous door from florence.......
2. we saw the standing contemporary art exhibit (always a crowd favorite, my crowd, anyway)
3. we saw an outsider artist/folk art exhibit .....i've seen it loads of times, but always love it.....the howard finster encrusted bike is a favorite bit for me, as is the room of howard finsterness......also saw the artist mose t.....he has a piece that looks a bit like an ogre to me.....a big round mouth at the bottom corner of the face.....and i always want to have a word bubble there...what is that colorful fellow saying.......grand art.......
4. we saw Annie Leibovitz's photography exhibit....just stunning!

5. we saw the louvre exhibit....louis the xiv, xv, and xvi were all highlighted......decadent souls that they were, i don't imagine i'd have been pals with them, but they had grand ideas about art........marie antioinette, the last queen of france and way big spender had a beautiful bust at the exhibit......of course, my eye was instantly drawn to her headband......so we now have, nancy drew preppy, e.beck earthy, and marie antioinette chic.......who else wears a headband.....apparently a headband has no barriers of age, class, or sophistication......

if you go to ANY museum, i HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY....no, higher than that....i highly recommend getting the headsets....the seven of us listened and learned at the louvre exhibit....it was fab......no mention was made of the head band, and yet, it was a pivotal moment for me......i do think that the kids, especially, get a ton out of listening to the headphones......

then we went to lunch.....einstein bagel's......spinach florentine bagel with a DAB of cream cheese, for me......

then we drove through virginia highlands....allison and i reminisced about our olden days...and that our olden days were in the same spot but separate.....

then....screech....stop the car.....cool gallery sighting.......the outsider inside gallery.......had to do the pull around the block and try again thing...but we went on in......and it was the grooviest coolest TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY gallery.....with howard finsters on the walls....and a mose t. that looked SO just like the one at the high...what are the chances......then allison saw a piece from an artist that she knows and loves, helene lacelle
......and owns some of her pieces.......a canadian outsider artist......what are the chances......then the owner of the gallery looked at allison and said....don't i know you? .....yes! what are the chances? long lost friends ...one an artist and one a gallery owner......and neither knew the other had any kind of art thing in her soul......what are the chances.......

we rounded our day with milkshakes, some dog walking, some polly pocket time, some websurfing of oustider art and howard finster.......

and there you have it......

art field trip accomplished.....

and for those of you keeping track....my headband today is pink red orange yellow and tan......tra la la.......