Can I just say that I am probably the laziest person you will ever meet? Really. Don't let the Masters degree or the semi-regular blogging fool you.
Yesterday I told myself I was going to go to Chihuly because the MFA is free (or rather, they ask for a donation) on Wednesdays. But, my day was long. And it was getting hot outside. And the MFA just seemed so far. Ugh. However, even though I can be incredibly lazy, I am also really good at guilting myself:
'You'll regret it if you don't go,' I said.
'But, I'm tired....And maybe it's lame,' I replied.
'However bad you feel now, you'll feel worse in the end if you don't do it,' I countered.
'But it's a far walk and I'm not really sure how to get there and th--'
'Dammit, Emily! Just go!'
'Alright. Jeez.'
So, I went. I walked over from work and though it was long and kind of hot it was, yes, worth it in the end.
First off, I got to see these ducks while walking through the park:
So cute! That alone made the trip worth it. Besides, it's always nice to walk around parts of the Emerald Necklace, even if it did make my walk longer.
When I finally got to the MFA I was happy to learn that photography was allowed. Sadly, I only had my camera phone on me. I apologize in advance. Also, as you can see it was pretty crowded. Everyone is as cheap as me.
Obviously my camera phone pictures don't do the exhibit justice and while you really need to be in person to get the full experience, I just wanted to share a few things:
While I was staring at this giant boat filled with blown glass I realized I had seen it before. When I was in D.C. babysitting for my cousin Maeve the apartment we stayed in had a poster of this. Note: babies loooove Chihuly.
This is one of his famous 'chandeliers'. I've definitely seen a few of these around. I'm pretty sure he did the one in the Bushnell (remember Kimmy?) and maybe even the one at Mohegan Sun. Now you can tell your friends 'It's a Chihuly' and they'll be impressed.
This room was cool. I loved that there were people just chilling out.
This made me lol. Does that make me a bad person? I don't care. Someone get this for me.
Afterwards, I met up with my cousin Katie and her fiance Keith at Toro, a tapas place in the South End. Katie wanted me to mention that she was FIRST to do something with me off the bucket list. She'll probably be second too. Maybe even third.
Toro was too dark for me to take even moderately good camera phone photos. However, a quick image search reveals all you need to see. The corn, my God. The corn! Who knew that grilling it and dousing it with aioli, cheese, and lime would be so delicious? Actually, I'm pretty sure Toro's motto is 'just put some aioli on it'. I mean, it's good stuff but I definitely woke up smelling like aioli this morning. Anyways...yeah, get the corn. Everything we had was pretty good but the corn made it a 'must visit' for me.
Yesterday I told myself I was going to go to Chihuly because the MFA is free (or rather, they ask for a donation) on Wednesdays. But, my day was long. And it was getting hot outside. And the MFA just seemed so far. Ugh. However, even though I can be incredibly lazy, I am also really good at guilting myself:
'You'll regret it if you don't go,' I said.
'But, I'm tired....And maybe it's lame,' I replied.
'However bad you feel now, you'll feel worse in the end if you don't do it,' I countered.
'But it's a far walk and I'm not really sure how to get there and th--'
'Dammit, Emily! Just go!'
'Alright. Jeez.'
So, I went. I walked over from work and though it was long and kind of hot it was, yes, worth it in the end.
First off, I got to see these ducks while walking through the park:
So cute! That alone made the trip worth it. Besides, it's always nice to walk around parts of the Emerald Necklace, even if it did make my walk longer.
When I finally got to the MFA I was happy to learn that photography was allowed. Sadly, I only had my camera phone on me. I apologize in advance. Also, as you can see it was pretty crowded. Everyone is as cheap as me.
Obviously my camera phone pictures don't do the exhibit justice and while you really need to be in person to get the full experience, I just wanted to share a few things:
While I was staring at this giant boat filled with blown glass I realized I had seen it before. When I was in D.C. babysitting for my cousin Maeve the apartment we stayed in had a poster of this. Note: babies loooove Chihuly.
This is one of his famous 'chandeliers'. I've definitely seen a few of these around. I'm pretty sure he did the one in the Bushnell (remember Kimmy?) and maybe even the one at Mohegan Sun. Now you can tell your friends 'It's a Chihuly' and they'll be impressed.
This room was cool. I loved that there were people just chilling out.
This made me lol. Does that make me a bad person? I don't care. Someone get this for me.Afterwards, I met up with my cousin Katie and her fiance Keith at Toro, a tapas place in the South End. Katie wanted me to mention that she was FIRST to do something with me off the bucket list. She'll probably be second too. Maybe even third.
Toro was too dark for me to take even moderately good camera phone photos. However, a quick image search reveals all you need to see. The corn, my God. The corn! Who knew that grilling it and dousing it with aioli, cheese, and lime would be so delicious? Actually, I'm pretty sure Toro's motto is 'just put some aioli on it'. I mean, it's good stuff but I definitely woke up smelling like aioli this morning. Anyways...yeah, get the corn. Everything we had was pretty good but the corn made it a 'must visit' for me.
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