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Weekend Plans: Please Go Away

Posted on August 25, 2017 by theparrotumbrella

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Katherine Hepburn, 1985. Getty Images.

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With our first official freezing temperatures, dahlia days are numbered at the market, but what a happy surprise when they keep showing up.

Very few shows have been as enthusiastically *my jam* as Serious Play at Milwaukee Art Museum. #midcenturymoderndesign

Opera on the point courtesy of @frescoopera

Ok. I know I’m posting a lot, but this was cool. Since writing exhibition reviews in grad school, each visit to a museum or gallery is both about the art or information on display and also, how the team decided to display it. #Bronzes at @mmocamadison is the first exhibition I’ve seen that openly addresses the second. The second picture is a model of the exhibition space on display, and was used to plan the space and interactions between the pieces themselves. #gottaloveacoolthing

Pro to waking up to temperatures in the forties: that Fall smell, dead mosquitos, hot cider, butternut squash. Con: not one person would sing “Sunrise, Sunset” with me to all the Farmers’ Market flowers that probably won’t be there in a month. #wheresmyTevye #nofilter #danecountyfarmersmarket

27 dollar baby. #madisonfitnessweek

Tonight I tried glass-blowing, and on my first attempt, the instructor told me, “your stance at the flame is a little...dance-y?” Which feels right and correct and true. #yourestuckinametaphor

So Wisconsin and I did some business today (see my 6373724 other posts), but here are some honorable mentions: - the women in front of me on my hike that talked for 20 minutes about Bible verses that argue “don’t be a drunkard” - the firework shop called the “Cheap-o Depot” - I already regret not buying all of the appliqué patches from the shop I found in Viroqua. - There was a booth at an antique shop that only sold fish, and fishing adjacent, shaped decanters. - The antique store that was ALSO a gun store! - The carrot cake at the Driftless Cafe. Seriously. I made a fool of myself devouring that thing.

Number of times I’ve said, “oh ok, so *this* is where I get murdered” since moving to Wisconsin just went up. . . This is the graveyard of all the fiberglass molds to make statues for different companies around the Midwest. Equal parts fascinating and creepy and why is that bear dressed as the Statue of Liberty?

Wegner’s Grotto. . A really lovely detour, but maybe better on days where you didn’t just take a hike and your muscles aren’t shot and you don’t reach out for balance to a railing covered in glass shards. #imfine

Signature hiking style: slow and not particularly steady, and you won’t win the race, but you’ll get a participation medal.

This morning I woke up and yelled, “art, Jeeves!” And then I remembered I don’t have a Jeeves, and drove myself to the museum. #wheresJeeves

The thee-yah-tah!!!* . . *the theater

Tonight I went to a book talk and won a copy of the Drunken Botanist for no other reason than my general aesthetic is “vaguely vintage lady detective.”

Scientific illustrations by Orra White Hitchcock at the #americanfolkartmuseum #thingsyoudowhenflightsarecancelled

Traveling with my emotional support babka.

The ancient ruins of Rhode Island

3D wallpaper at #cooperhewitt #continuestobethecoolestplace

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