tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24593449089678140262024-03-17T23:03:26.524-04:00Frau Doktor DoctorWelcome to my Album of Photographs and Memories of Travel, practicing Medicine, culinary Experiments, and other Exploits.Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.comBlogger868125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-7268511261081575622024-03-07T20:55:00.001-05:002024-03-08T11:02:39.028-05:00DIY: Rusted Tin Box Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0P9MPpOeuFjVHrduYFjMIu7aR9Pp4UJOmOn3GJ5Ajv-c2OCPmMBhGzZAZPMUHn-HNiqYRV8-7hvLijHAYeJdfDqS2jADyBMk2hd_250aT6Ztc51UDsxpbDmtALdQczw-0t8_P8rWFfYwQsT0-XJ3fNjdOFCX0rWrBHEbDzsHfU2k3HFZTN1UsYWddGIQ/s4000/20231210_191414.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0P9MPpOeuFjVHrduYFjMIu7aR9Pp4UJOmOn3GJ5Ajv-c2OCPmMBhGzZAZPMUHn-HNiqYRV8-7hvLijHAYeJdfDqS2jADyBMk2hd_250aT6Ztc51UDsxpbDmtALdQczw-0t8_P8rWFfYwQsT0-XJ3fNjdOFCX0rWrBHEbDzsHfU2k3HFZTN1UsYWddGIQ/w640-h288/20231210_191414.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkT0j6Y1LhgQz2jPaOZ_fMje7kwMytcl6fDgzygEm38Mx3Qt3wym_a0ld2XC8pzr7gS_f6flgN1jrysajy8iWBUMkWzlhtYs-eT5mDniIEXuI_ZslssaTyo3PNMIhI68UgxX-KkbqoLy0FO7My6vpwTIbcInr-yEBEC8fQkEQyV-cMFyTB7CDTF67TPOLJ/s3163/20240307_094511.heic" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3163" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkT0j6Y1LhgQz2jPaOZ_fMje7kwMytcl6fDgzygEm38Mx3Qt3wym_a0ld2XC8pzr7gS_f6flgN1jrysajy8iWBUMkWzlhtYs-eT5mDniIEXuI_ZslssaTyo3PNMIhI68UgxX-KkbqoLy0FO7My6vpwTIbcInr-yEBEC8fQkEQyV-cMFyTB7CDTF67TPOLJ/s320/20240307_094511.heic" width="182" /></a></p><p>When we purchased our house, which is larger than our apartment was, I spent a lot of time on Facebook Marketplace furnishing it, which is how I found this delightful enameled tin box, which I thought would be perfect for storing my cross-stitch supplies. However, it came with a lot of rust, so I looked up <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Rust-from-Metal" target="_blank">home rust-removal procedures</a>, such as a soaped-up cut potato (?). I decided to try a coating of baking soda and water paste that I applied with an old sock and left to sit for an hour while crafting with a girlfriend by Zoom. Then I scrubbed everything with a toothbrush. It seemed to required more elbow grease to remove the gritty powder than the rust! I finished it off with a coat of linseed oil that a neighbor on our local Buy-Nothing Group dropped off. After sitting for several days, the box was shiny but slightly tacky, and I worried about storing thread unprotected. So while watching a presentation about caring for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, I applied some marble-patterned contact paper left over from a previous DIY project to freshen up an old Ikea shelf for the exercise room / conservatory. It's so much prettier on my shelf than the cardboard mailing box I had been hiding in a drawer!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMH4d4udLWQpLiBoU8Jco2sA83Mux2hCj5cDv-gakG0UK7Gs-OnWzQmJl3aL1gnUdduojdA5PklsJSgFVi_9JWDndk8s3foedaaaM9ua5bIkY9CjcT_5S-BL8Zj_CR1N7DSQDG-qbsTRSnjbxBZ2TH7aJcza7PAEvWKhkqRELPBIi-H32Q16ey8CCtOqH/s3012/20240307_095332.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3012" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMH4d4udLWQpLiBoU8Jco2sA83Mux2hCj5cDv-gakG0UK7Gs-OnWzQmJl3aL1gnUdduojdA5PklsJSgFVi_9JWDndk8s3foedaaaM9ua5bIkY9CjcT_5S-BL8Zj_CR1N7DSQDG-qbsTRSnjbxBZ2TH7aJcza7PAEvWKhkqRELPBIi-H32Q16ey8CCtOqH/w640-h382/20240307_095332.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidbnpAC0qo5FNh3_RiFFfPDD0uklxC9Bb029gWfwgfHlzyi4SWJQJcM5FnAHUWYkzoY3gmQRucMzg8227lxR3QqtduAIjLTHyZ1PkwnPU0VbDUiYO5oc4wiY_28Rlve8IpdJ-wbuL4e6B1uZUjVtmY9Qu5RZS2N0Jpd5MrgWn50gfebQD1zh32KKQN4NE/s3901/20240308_095714.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3901" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidbnpAC0qo5FNh3_RiFFfPDD0uklxC9Bb029gWfwgfHlzyi4SWJQJcM5FnAHUWYkzoY3gmQRucMzg8227lxR3QqtduAIjLTHyZ1PkwnPU0VbDUiYO5oc4wiY_28Rlve8IpdJ-wbuL4e6B1uZUjVtmY9Qu5RZS2N0Jpd5MrgWn50gfebQD1zh32KKQN4NE/w640-h296/20240308_095714.heic" width="640" /></a></div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-31841039590070828042024-01-02T20:38:00.001-05:002024-01-11T21:41:44.370-05:002023 Rememberlutions<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWla_ivuhQt_YZ913K_HMnuGzBcJyZRDuTcoAuy24Nv2oNcPOzbQVwKazDcUGxZb04KLtxkA3_lrGIp7c2Bl4wuDM5zg-dg2WrWICJSXP2-devrRbkdQ36FvyMl54p7bMYsZk5MihL47gpRt8ISZrBXoLlyUU5MQYubCZGhlsX-rNgwmUYgBwGSq2oxibr/s3712/20231207_120019.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="1672" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWla_ivuhQt_YZ913K_HMnuGzBcJyZRDuTcoAuy24Nv2oNcPOzbQVwKazDcUGxZb04KLtxkA3_lrGIp7c2Bl4wuDM5zg-dg2WrWICJSXP2-devrRbkdQ36FvyMl54p7bMYsZk5MihL47gpRt8ISZrBXoLlyUU5MQYubCZGhlsX-rNgwmUYgBwGSq2oxibr/s320/20231207_120019.heic" width="144" /></a>This time last year, I created <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/01/pittsburgh-bucket-list.html" target="_blank">a Pittsburgh Bucket List</a> which, upon reflection, was a complete and utter failure. The only item we completed was <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-little-slice-of-bavaria-in-sw.html" target="_blank">a tour of Bayernhof</a> for my 1-day staycation--and we were 15 minutes late on account of getting lost. However, we will be taking My Awesome Parents to <a href="https://trustarts.org/pct_home/events/series/liberty-magic" target="_blank">a Liberty Magic show</a> this spring as a Christmas gift, and we have promises for rollerskating at the Neville Roller Dome and dinner at The Woods House from friends. </p><p>Which isn't to say that we had no fun in 2023! I did keep a few mementos in my <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2015/01/rememberlutions.html" target="_blank">Rememberlutions jar</a>. First up is...a ticket to a performance we didn't end up seeing: <i><a href="https://ppt.org/production/87809/billy-strayhorn-something-to-live-for" target="_blank">Billy Strayhorn: Something to Live For</a></i>. I tried to squeeze this in between travel, but the performance kept being cancelled for cast illness, and finally I took a refund. In no particular order, this is what else I found in the jar:</p><p>We watched the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the St. Louis Cardinals when one brother was pitching against his brother on the other team. That was with colleagues from my work.</p><p>I saw a really great one-woman show about Frida Kahlo in June.</p><p>We finally visited the Pittsburgh Zoo, where we enjoyed the Chinese lanterns.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf23lZweUDBJ5-G2kCa3176jHoJ3U_gFdbDhKYBhU_udzqnGG4nMerqbtKS-Un1REnrBWRN9n5qfVppLu7arhzNrf4jiR7MFNF-MZKtU9elIWVCydLEyg_hpjQjoa0iE7UnBIKO0D7SwVZq0OmCwMH__xskZTO0jy-Tbn2r-QBiLg7XdSrlnAgKgR6rCOw/s4128/20230904_124324.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="1860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf23lZweUDBJ5-G2kCa3176jHoJ3U_gFdbDhKYBhU_udzqnGG4nMerqbtKS-Un1REnrBWRN9n5qfVppLu7arhzNrf4jiR7MFNF-MZKtU9elIWVCydLEyg_hpjQjoa0iE7UnBIKO0D7SwVZq0OmCwMH__xskZTO0jy-Tbn2r-QBiLg7XdSrlnAgKgR6rCOw/s320/20230904_124324.heic" width="144" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>In February, Dear Husband and I had <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-grand-pause-in-heart-of-ohio-amish.html" target="_blank">a "grand pause" at Dogwood Cabin</a> to celebrate his new job, and in March, we had <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-peaceful-friendly-garden-in-phoenix.html" target="_blank">a great second trip to Phoenix, AZ</a>, for Spring Training baseball, hiking, biking, museums, etc.</p><p>A patient wrote this to me in a message: "Just wanted you to know that you were the very best doctor I ever knew and I consider you as my friend."</p><p>Over Memorial Day Weekend, I went <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/06/may-i-remember-2023-edition.html" target="_blank">home to Baltimore</a> to celebrate my father, and over Labor Dar Weekend, I flew to Charlotte to visit my grandmother, aunt, and her family.</p><p>A lovely outdoor lunch at Kaya followed by an afternoon <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/09/tspgh-at-home-in-heinz-history-center.html" target="_blank">exploring the Heinz History Center</a> for DH's 1-day vacay.</p><p>We took a tour of Laurel Caverns with MAP in August and lunch afterwards.</p><p>Sitting at my desk with a breeze blowing sweetly through the window. This is what my office looked like recently, shortly after signing my book contract (!).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrugcWNDfhGa9GgjuwDFNqmUXJAGFpiBqshLI-dlhcjSXbxMD2A3v_GwYNIyNhQdqZMDULiPznkE0vz3rAx7KxFC53RAdU87kxQ0jouFz717yJhFMo1kvWBrDf8Bhtn4LJr2VT1GAT4chSl_qBD0k7rntKaGe6vLPnAjp84rpcPJiH5D8IekURh5N9NsHN/s4000/20240106_143047.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrugcWNDfhGa9GgjuwDFNqmUXJAGFpiBqshLI-dlhcjSXbxMD2A3v_GwYNIyNhQdqZMDULiPznkE0vz3rAx7KxFC53RAdU87kxQ0jouFz717yJhFMo1kvWBrDf8Bhtn4LJr2VT1GAT4chSl_qBD0k7rntKaGe6vLPnAjp84rpcPJiH5D8IekURh5N9NsHN/w400-h180/20240106_143047.heic" width="400" /></a></div><p>We drove to DH's family picnic at the little church by the graveyard, and on our way home, <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/08/everythings-metaphor.html" target="_blank">we spent the night in a tiny cabin</a>.</p><p>When DH leaned over while driving to kiss me not once but twice after I read <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/09/san-diego-day-2-wedding-party.html" target="_blank">the poem I picked out for my youngest brother's wedding</a>. If you search "San Diego," you can find the other posts from our vacation that week.</p><p>Finishing not one but two <i>Princess Bride</i> cross-stitch samplers; I gifted the one I did not keep.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUGH5mtVGxOxeWH5_kofiVTXheB2SZnxtBeTyl0XT_KvOwo-wYGf_ZxS58Axf0EBeWG68X6EpAmf1BUWr0mcsLR2oZfY3zTXscBCbQFBmFG9pjHbbV2I1mvZpG7ZXK60siWhL62Mcejx7xhjGRRZPV_BB7VpCiptfiwbpqt5VyRbNQp-ScMuzm1CD4Fwa/s2973/20231107_143325.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2973" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUGH5mtVGxOxeWH5_kofiVTXheB2SZnxtBeTyl0XT_KvOwo-wYGf_ZxS58Axf0EBeWG68X6EpAmf1BUWr0mcsLR2oZfY3zTXscBCbQFBmFG9pjHbbV2I1mvZpG7ZXK60siWhL62Mcejx7xhjGRRZPV_BB7VpCiptfiwbpqt5VyRbNQp-ScMuzm1CD4Fwa/w400-h243/20231107_143325.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I found out parents of adult children with disabilities refer other parents to me via Facebook discussion threads. Honestly, anytime a patient compliments me on my care is really meaningful. I even had one tell me he had referred some people to me--"but not too many, because I want to make sure I can still get an appointment!"</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdAFhdWfsCRFAGUCsKHYBHdWcCpS4R29FxjkfX5VD-_U7jHDGv0s39m72z0hrl_Ro5koPff0HpeO9JQDod0YE_hj1ANOB4uwCqazpDNiyRn3evcaYXutVx3siCTUiTydgivam4ChJBgPJC_mCxO86q1iX1mEE8w3Ed347jPQdMQFEMzK0UkeMYSLvGdzr/s3712/20231107_143613.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="1672" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdAFhdWfsCRFAGUCsKHYBHdWcCpS4R29FxjkfX5VD-_U7jHDGv0s39m72z0hrl_Ro5koPff0HpeO9JQDod0YE_hj1ANOB4uwCqazpDNiyRn3evcaYXutVx3siCTUiTydgivam4ChJBgPJC_mCxO86q1iX1mEE8w3Ed347jPQdMQFEMzK0UkeMYSLvGdzr/s320/20231107_143613.heic" width="144" /></a></div>I not only got a co-edited special issue of a journal published, but I had <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/10/montreal-take-2.html" target="_blank">a magical afternoon in Montreal </a>with my co-editor in 80-degree weather.<div><br /></div><div>Every time Rosie purred through a morning brushing session, and the way she flops herself against me in ecstasy.</div><div><br /></div><div>In March, I was invited to Chicago <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/03/chicago-forecast-cold-and-ice-cream.html" target="_blank">as an expert on teaching nutrition</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Watching "Animal Kingdom" in our backyard during dinner on the patio in the warmer months.<br /><p>The time one of the nurses put someone on the phone on hold so she could join the other one in giving me a hug when I was feeling down about the way clinic was going.</p><p>We visited the Phipps Botanical Garden twice this year, <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/05/fashion-flowers-billy-porter-exhibit-at.html" target="_blank">once for Billy Porter</a> and once for the holiday light show.</p><p>Our musical adventures included a trip to State College in July, which I declared <a href="a trip to State College in July." target="_blank">"a perfect summer day."</a> That was made better by the presence of friends, which I also enjoyed multiple times the week between Christmas and New Year's.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZU4Z6eGOAaE1C2U8wOU1jXFE6h0aVc1tzPotEDqCzgzoGlIalHGqNOFI9cbTqrTTgdarc4_bLbLa2_J7IyAopyO7AHwP8FTYaFMJyIoDV97-lciFFv7B3ZahzVWVBVd_zWjQHpVSHE0YUrl_o3q_ue0Doe3xdEofkQA22j7T1XNyZxhK8SxtwreZLOlz/s4000/20230310_103934.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZU4Z6eGOAaE1C2U8wOU1jXFE6h0aVc1tzPotEDqCzgzoGlIalHGqNOFI9cbTqrTTgdarc4_bLbLa2_J7IyAopyO7AHwP8FTYaFMJyIoDV97-lciFFv7B3ZahzVWVBVd_zWjQHpVSHE0YUrl_o3q_ue0Doe3xdEofkQA22j7T1XNyZxhK8SxtwreZLOlz/w640-h288/20230310_103934.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p>So that's the year that was. It was not as terrible for me as it was for some people I know. I hope we all have a better 2024.</p></div></div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-16568220584700075692023-12-28T21:32:00.001-05:002024-01-25T21:20:22.746-05:00Christmas 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="text-align: left;">Editor's Note: If you're following along in real time, this post is dropping one month after the big event due to general busyness of mixing family/friend time with a half-week of work over the holidays, followed by jumping into the new semester with both feet. Also, I was waiting for my new storage items to arrive in the mail, and I wanted to show them to you, because this post is dedicated to the suburban wife I have become. Cheers!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbwEVGnLn3_vLiAIJ5fXSeIOMW2CGVCcS0sK3cVgbbi-CSTOhPgOPEU6zXXz9hFGKVjnIW400cT398TLm8KZYn9H90rZoivTQ3NwOKCvuXrhsyYaY2X5KQCQN1mfXvZYNjl4p6wtcrdGYu0qIAXCEq4jhesG7Av3BgVlOeJtqnLuxMzNi1qKuxcw3uztvL/s3066/20231214_115635.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3066" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbwEVGnLn3_vLiAIJ5fXSeIOMW2CGVCcS0sK3cVgbbi-CSTOhPgOPEU6zXXz9hFGKVjnIW400cT398TLm8KZYn9H90rZoivTQ3NwOKCvuXrhsyYaY2X5KQCQN1mfXvZYNjl4p6wtcrdGYu0qIAXCEq4jhesG7Av3BgVlOeJtqnLuxMzNi1qKuxcw3uztvL/w640-h376/20231214_115635.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Dear Husband and I had a lovely Christmas 2023, in part because for the first(!?) time in two decades, we did not travel. Instead, his immediate family came to us. Unsurprisingly, I made very ambitious plans for cooking and activities, beginning with a great new taco place. Christmas Eve breakfast was waffles with a warm, homemade cinnamon pear compote topped with walnuts and powdered sugar that looked like something from a Williams Sonoma catalogue, but I was too busy serving and eating to photograph it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnEvzs2OetUSomylFwrxH7rf-DmhNemnONgtaGvbzmAealaLa4akChIjVaGBraXsxbjh7E7-UzCRVD6bSEVfSR7tmESmBRr_rZ7pDFLNbADZC4YOhuVTuvqVItMicWX6cxHSRVzs1dZnFjwlYRzWglvIhecGKJ3WZPz3DS0xrPHdhH6Wu7qLBNQYe6mO8/s4000/20231223_135758.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnEvzs2OetUSomylFwrxH7rf-DmhNemnONgtaGvbzmAealaLa4akChIjVaGBraXsxbjh7E7-UzCRVD6bSEVfSR7tmESmBRr_rZ7pDFLNbADZC4YOhuVTuvqVItMicWX6cxHSRVzs1dZnFjwlYRzWglvIhecGKJ3WZPz3DS0xrPHdhH6Wu7qLBNQYe6mO8/w640-h288/20231223_135758.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Moravian star visible in front window.)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHcUIXz6ce5-qUhQbepdqguDgasU2n9JuD6E7vNKS6yg2Dm11ea-qurGGM_ZuRX_ukPwpzxmDipDGRKBk0NKVwe3dPSN77VcDWgAsi2GNWnkIefYefZ_wQ2TABG_8NVj0NadAKEAhNbkOIBVOwmE864x5_34gu5UiIMR6_sABk_Pw1qxU99WF4TmudaZD/s4000/20231223_135110.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHcUIXz6ce5-qUhQbepdqguDgasU2n9JuD6E7vNKS6yg2Dm11ea-qurGGM_ZuRX_ukPwpzxmDipDGRKBk0NKVwe3dPSN77VcDWgAsi2GNWnkIefYefZ_wQ2TABG_8NVj0NadAKEAhNbkOIBVOwmE864x5_34gu5UiIMR6_sABk_Pw1qxU99WF4TmudaZD/w640-h288/20231223_135110.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Yes, that is a flock of flamingoes; alas, their days may be numbered--</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">they really should have flown south for the winter, as snow and ice do not agree with them.)</div><p>Since buying our house almost 2 years ago, we have been purchasing more Christmas decorations. Last year was a reusable wreath with matching garland for the light pole in the front, and a sparkly light-up deer for the back. This year I discovered "urn fillers" for the concrete containers on either side of the driveway and scoured the internet to find a set that DH liked with battery-operated timers that didn't require a second mortgage. (Our first picks cost $170! EACH!) I also leaned into some kind of country kitsch with two oversized black metal lanterns with battery-operated candles to hang in the back yard--for ambience? DH seems to like them.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcw5X7UXm_2414bW836Ss4e96WGvwDKhtvmngEaUmpX7JfLFYtYFo8SAheO87v5vJBoaEUVDZr3du5h-bmgjBZe7Baw8AGmTrZGAjy5rK333SPInjWhyphenhyphenQyShL110VUPX_H2QdPo5v3Hoqd49zMSIgXXvNY7mE5yfeUhtNGchaA0em8BeuVab2FSTg7UYq/s4000/20231223_135008.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcw5X7UXm_2414bW836Ss4e96WGvwDKhtvmngEaUmpX7JfLFYtYFo8SAheO87v5vJBoaEUVDZr3du5h-bmgjBZe7Baw8AGmTrZGAjy5rK333SPInjWhyphenhyphenQyShL110VUPX_H2QdPo5v3Hoqd49zMSIgXXvNY7mE5yfeUhtNGchaA0em8BeuVab2FSTg7UYq/s320/20231223_135008.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSfbnOxpFji8OyDBc_c7HlkMOzcVgVJ5YZg-2rNIVwM17KUQVutVLXA0NIk-OS_z9HKMpPwHm6flE6vNuYEUA0jXKUMIv9xOyW8hXCQV5WWPPp5t2ssmhnaFs32wth3fN7knAendEvVxu4ej1uC3xxyG1zaMzv4omuD83cbriRQpCxenyCP1t1v4nsoXx/s4000/20231223_135021.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSfbnOxpFji8OyDBc_c7HlkMOzcVgVJ5YZg-2rNIVwM17KUQVutVLXA0NIk-OS_z9HKMpPwHm6flE6vNuYEUA0jXKUMIv9xOyW8hXCQV5WWPPp5t2ssmhnaFs32wth3fN7knAendEvVxu4ej1uC3xxyG1zaMzv4omuD83cbriRQpCxenyCP1t1v4nsoXx/s320/20231223_135021.heic" width="144" /></a></div><p></p><p>For Christmas Eve lunch (DH would already be at church by dinnertime), I decided to re-create <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2021/02/this-pie-will-phyllo-you-up.html" target="_blank">that phyllo pie recipe</a>. This time I made chickpea-with-spinach and chicken-(leftover from chicken soup)-with-peas, served with homemade cranberry sauce and my in-laws' German cucumber salad. Demerits for forgetting to defrost the frozen dough sheets overnight, although it turns out you can nuke them in their plastic wrappers in the microwave for 60 seconds (thanks, Alan Brown!).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYAlr04sfWnRddUGXYfJhMFvPNNz7H6Di4F9PnSHsJzIWh_wXbLPUe1MjdHdCAqY9ExGl0QksJrGNXrFXf_UxY91C3zC_hFEPgoWwQ7jxtUodblVn9tjqCS8pr088s9aNf6we-ayvyXC5KE_Ccy2LPJCKbcG4R6RyDAHprwPQHlBoz80iXDQVAT4i3jg9/s3264/20231224_100623.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="3264" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYAlr04sfWnRddUGXYfJhMFvPNNz7H6Di4F9PnSHsJzIWh_wXbLPUe1MjdHdCAqY9ExGl0QksJrGNXrFXf_UxY91C3zC_hFEPgoWwQ7jxtUodblVn9tjqCS8pr088s9aNf6we-ayvyXC5KE_Ccy2LPJCKbcG4R6RyDAHprwPQHlBoz80iXDQVAT4i3jg9/w640-h288/20231224_100623.heic" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxr0rkyPZatjU-bSfpkzkygB65y1OCOn_OerIlsE7GkmGo67Xi9Y9jt2F3t_XQa7QQdTu3qOVq8jcMVldHLS3-LR5oCrQ-2bS0EPp6YjiOC40SqqdUNfixy6QavvcEK33IEjpKdxXryg6pyN0yAmaG4sZQmqOsZ4-0s7hTzOU6dTqRUTXEJuzs8I6mHWS/s4000/20231224_122447.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxr0rkyPZatjU-bSfpkzkygB65y1OCOn_OerIlsE7GkmGo67Xi9Y9jt2F3t_XQa7QQdTu3qOVq8jcMVldHLS3-LR5oCrQ-2bS0EPp6YjiOC40SqqdUNfixy6QavvcEK33IEjpKdxXryg6pyN0yAmaG4sZQmqOsZ4-0s7hTzOU6dTqRUTXEJuzs8I6mHWS/w640-h288/20231224_122447.heic" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUMqSsf08brDsSABSKSmgc5Lnds9YCtc5uzEgo_kT_f3iMEM049DLnedH7zOc2uTRC1BQ2RHxFApTOPsibBJHskTTKzVe_RPL5aHunelLhcy4BtmrfeL_V7JQmvpBFKYRIsbuDvPKFWa0xK_fY0PKmHFWsCkMiYkYyCTzz_KDHF0e2_yM27o5uUX_3xMX/s4128/20231224_121929.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="4128" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUMqSsf08brDsSABSKSmgc5Lnds9YCtc5uzEgo_kT_f3iMEM049DLnedH7zOc2uTRC1BQ2RHxFApTOPsibBJHskTTKzVe_RPL5aHunelLhcy4BtmrfeL_V7JQmvpBFKYRIsbuDvPKFWa0xK_fY0PKmHFWsCkMiYkYyCTzz_KDHF0e2_yM27o5uUX_3xMX/w640-h288/20231224_121929.heic" width="640" /></a></p><p>Christmas Day breakfast was cinnamon rolls with grapefruit. More demerits to me for hustling us out of the house at 9am to be early for the 10am service at St. Paul's Cathedral, when actually we wanted to attend the noon service with the special music that started at 11:30am (whoops). So we gave up our spot in the parking lot and drove across town to Homewood Cemetery, where we hunted for <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55252857/clara-belle-campbell" target="_blank">the grave of a distant relative</a>, then dawdled over hot drinks from the Starbucks that was open in the Jewish neighborhood. It felt so nice to give ourselves the gift of "no stress." (Kudos AND TIPS to the baristas who were working hard!) We were in good time for the brass, choir, and organ music and came home to a late lunch of phyllo pie with my MIL's raspberry pie for dessert.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvNInTJFeu_aHjVm9GZ4UE2p7F95bvMEKT2wH9kYBFGtQtsv_WWtap0Rysw3aqs2V6sAyU4gd6UkyvelFcnsmgo5EPnq9X33mZZ6Ym_984ZDFlUTKqYUw5PJGl-_0WWq777Ukh2V75X5Fg7uvRIbhOvHGLrQdYoL_8meEs4Qwo2orfaOWHiOI85oaFSWq/s4000/20231225_081352.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvNInTJFeu_aHjVm9GZ4UE2p7F95bvMEKT2wH9kYBFGtQtsv_WWtap0Rysw3aqs2V6sAyU4gd6UkyvelFcnsmgo5EPnq9X33mZZ6Ym_984ZDFlUTKqYUw5PJGl-_0WWq777Ukh2V75X5Fg7uvRIbhOvHGLrQdYoL_8meEs4Qwo2orfaOWHiOI85oaFSWq/w640-h288/20231225_081352.heic" width="640" /></a></p><p>There was jigsaw-puzzling, various rounds of card games, and we visited the large train set that is up in the living room of the older couple next door. The husband grew up in our house, and that train set used to be in what is now our living room.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pOX5XOsmMQ0rWdM3RL-xT8bogs27lW1BaDi5Q7dTm16JG0dKJDrvbL4hKhLYwUEULP_VdN0KS-bCpm5E1zSqmXZSNSbQARX-gImeSI1Tsv4TsU_3AOY7-6IFyXB5p41c8yyf06VjgyR6VIFsmhhwBAaH0At2VFzfcgn6UxDFaT49zn_U-dzJYTpq0Y-9/s4000/20231226_153320.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pOX5XOsmMQ0rWdM3RL-xT8bogs27lW1BaDi5Q7dTm16JG0dKJDrvbL4hKhLYwUEULP_VdN0KS-bCpm5E1zSqmXZSNSbQARX-gImeSI1Tsv4TsU_3AOY7-6IFyXB5p41c8yyf06VjgyR6VIFsmhhwBAaH0At2VFzfcgn6UxDFaT49zn_U-dzJYTpq0Y-9/w640-h288/20231226_153320.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpYbJO1ZhyphenhyphenCKkiytbBpJrrI5EU174TTwbyBGTtnPwCkcqo5kuGn3Ys2M2-VlDsYOD-xJCXZSIBlSSuENd0M0XJMt7KgomJMo-GFoc2ZsIMFe24YSPF-VR3YqhbOtrZFQEShCklkyJshpDRLT4aRJDrEgSz68t_Ve6aW5F5o1xorbxnFzmvrXB1TGBPF8e/s3264/20231226_155233.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="3264" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpYbJO1ZhyphenhyphenCKkiytbBpJrrI5EU174TTwbyBGTtnPwCkcqo5kuGn3Ys2M2-VlDsYOD-xJCXZSIBlSSuENd0M0XJMt7KgomJMo-GFoc2ZsIMFe24YSPF-VR3YqhbOtrZFQEShCklkyJshpDRLT4aRJDrEgSz68t_Ve6aW5F5o1xorbxnFzmvrXB1TGBPF8e/w640-h288/20231226_155233.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Christmas Day dinner was London broil with <a href="https://therecipecritic.com/london-broil/" target="_blank">this excellent marinade</a> (not shown), mashed potatoes with my in-law's mushroom gravy, and Brussels sprouts that I thought would continue to cook while they rested on the stovetop but didn't (whoops).</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeTqfz-WXgD7oA7dgIad2MPQB4C-TrDZoHil8klWzD8OClFfh8zJJEv5vGt5t5v4KWdv9KqxD-4tvcfooUpeCdhGHOsJTfH6r6Hzx3aybLZQdyLOWuY-oBRmHCXgf_0aqosg3H9rBESv1mtgKarGPEQRLPfMeBQ_ivpHIAC7VVk4oJJZIZI-om9zc-84g/s4000/20231226_181316.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeTqfz-WXgD7oA7dgIad2MPQB4C-TrDZoHil8klWzD8OClFfh8zJJEv5vGt5t5v4KWdv9KqxD-4tvcfooUpeCdhGHOsJTfH6r6Hzx3aybLZQdyLOWuY-oBRmHCXgf_0aqosg3H9rBESv1mtgKarGPEQRLPfMeBQ_ivpHIAC7VVk4oJJZIZI-om9zc-84g/w640-h288/20231226_181316.heic" width="640" /></a></p><p>On Boxing Day I took two meals off and only cooked for dinner, since DH's brother had come to town. I made <a href="https://www.marthastewart.com/1541399/cajun-shrimp-and-rice" target="_blank">this Martha Stewart "Cajun shrimp" recipe</a> (above), except I swapped out the Andouille sausage for water chestnuts to lower the salt and fat content for my FIL, and I skipped the celery altogether, since only my MIL and I like it. I also tossed in the green pepper chunks last so they would stay crunchy. Served with roasted carrots and cumin. This filled our stomachs before we headed out to the Holiday Lights at the <a href="https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/" target="_blank">Phipps Botanical Garden</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5q8-_2coX1vPUHaDJzKsi5kl8Tbk9M5xKPGhcARCZer-wkYe-FfxhLdTyvL9iyfMsMXOSiR9lyEIzTeBgGaimABU6dn8BswydUREkB1X03EALw3RCcapt04whM8U8aFcVAlY3lxfV85iFJEad9kl4FAUMqgV_9ttpISGWRBRHyj3KFZTmnLYI6CbBqaFm/s4000/20231226_185450.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5q8-_2coX1vPUHaDJzKsi5kl8Tbk9M5xKPGhcARCZer-wkYe-FfxhLdTyvL9iyfMsMXOSiR9lyEIzTeBgGaimABU6dn8BswydUREkB1X03EALw3RCcapt04whM8U8aFcVAlY3lxfV85iFJEad9kl4FAUMqgV_9ttpISGWRBRHyj3KFZTmnLYI6CbBqaFm/w640-h288/20231226_185450.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Here you can see Rosamunda "helping" me sort everything into their new containers. There's a little space to grow, but we have more than enough ornaments to fit on a standard-issue live fir tree, so it's mostly about being able to see what you're looking for when you're decorating and feeling neat and tidy when everything is put away. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOt9RsQ3bdhfzcRttI3vi5zRq4ib-racZFd3hoOqHaPirmsjMS11qORbL_mfY2hdp44TKzRC2xdrcDJ9oIPucLrilpotgb3r8tOjZnABiI8eNOcOrZpnr-vVoCIyRIKxQmqmWGRB8ydZ5AGTVtI6yAZ94vKwIX-SGWrCE72CvTbFG8tP9oinFqPVvGwfH/s1280/37189.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOt9RsQ3bdhfzcRttI3vi5zRq4ib-racZFd3hoOqHaPirmsjMS11qORbL_mfY2hdp44TKzRC2xdrcDJ9oIPucLrilpotgb3r8tOjZnABiI8eNOcOrZpnr-vVoCIyRIKxQmqmWGRB8ydZ5AGTVtI6yAZ94vKwIX-SGWrCE72CvTbFG8tP9oinFqPVvGwfH/s320/37189.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5weoajqiheVz31pl-Ul1dwyZ_U934HIreSJsM7dJi1vOIdSN0EOw_p4Gh7QzKx1ZKYfzh9R8XjjMECwbAzBqHBZN5resGlOtZA9pabBdvZDgjTgQeeVd1GqFzJBn37JK_DO8OH94b8Uuq3Okv8qVuEvtbAkiDAk8j_eP8ffJKKxL0XN6K4kW3seQAySW/s2583/37188.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1937" data-original-width="2583" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5weoajqiheVz31pl-Ul1dwyZ_U934HIreSJsM7dJi1vOIdSN0EOw_p4Gh7QzKx1ZKYfzh9R8XjjMECwbAzBqHBZN5resGlOtZA9pabBdvZDgjTgQeeVd1GqFzJBn37JK_DO8OH94b8Uuq3Okv8qVuEvtbAkiDAk8j_eP8ffJKKxL0XN6K4kW3seQAySW/s320/37188.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kIr710KE7a3I9HFj_0KkgTh4ySaiKobXYggu0JSOLflcZiQ_s20Xo-9FCD77jRa95VrHCrtgZH4FoqV1Rm6d2I4OOTONZJSvhwD9mHW_c9sGsjQyIR62wfj2dopMC-6KyW2pG_2ItSnQTKGWU0Czg1PL6FuANE9uh_8Ny2YUgBsGA3SChHZLPayukMIL/s4000/20240123_094031.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kIr710KE7a3I9HFj_0KkgTh4ySaiKobXYggu0JSOLflcZiQ_s20Xo-9FCD77jRa95VrHCrtgZH4FoqV1Rm6d2I4OOTONZJSvhwD9mHW_c9sGsjQyIR62wfj2dopMC-6KyW2pG_2ItSnQTKGWU0Czg1PL6FuANE9uh_8Ny2YUgBsGA3SChHZLPayukMIL/s320/20240123_094031.heic" width="144" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-13998251376434644442023-11-25T14:35:00.001-05:002023-11-26T13:06:53.099-05:00Well-Dressed at The Frick Pittsburgh<p>A girlfriend and I made a date for the Saturday after Thanksgiving to try a new restaurant for lunch (Hemlock House: great mocktails, food almost too salty to eat) and then take ourselves to <a href="https://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/" target="_blank">the Frick Museum</a>. We were pleasantly surprised to discover that while their <a href="https://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/Exhibition-Pittsburgh-And-The-Great-Migration" target="_blank">special exhibition on The Great Migration in the automobile section</a>, and of course tours of the house itself, require tickets, the art pavilion is now free!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYgAVbx_oDmO5JrZs-ySsNIOFQs6u1FGKxn9Xo3Id5NIU2RTqDT8pVBno6SHg8sDjyjH6TBU2mL3y5XNIgI1O7Z5RLmLKBmvmZkyJtSQTVhch23kyP9N_VQL5Sx9EAehqSa_Th8-Wrug4hPoKrTC65ckMJAIn0us5Ifu5kyE7A5QCJi_pycBXDwBGSrGl/s3332/20231125_132708.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3332" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYgAVbx_oDmO5JrZs-ySsNIOFQs6u1FGKxn9Xo3Id5NIU2RTqDT8pVBno6SHg8sDjyjH6TBU2mL3y5XNIgI1O7Z5RLmLKBmvmZkyJtSQTVhch23kyP9N_VQL5Sx9EAehqSa_Th8-Wrug4hPoKrTC65ckMJAIn0us5Ifu5kyE7A5QCJi_pycBXDwBGSrGl/s320/20231125_132708.heic" width="173" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZSH2VVtUTWrY8unSulavBbZJTsFULkygWWYiB27v3iV4M-oFDgnkvt995QVF34Df-KdcNtBsKdxQ-u-_ZCWnE67cRklEuFnNpWZ3fLWicbgXb0HgIwaXCckYToYbSEy5xPO83Crm-orWrjqzinqpgZLTvv8AdCyxEPCXNhmGE6YgG20_A0FV0rFuKOo4/s4000/20231125_132730.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZSH2VVtUTWrY8unSulavBbZJTsFULkygWWYiB27v3iV4M-oFDgnkvt995QVF34Df-KdcNtBsKdxQ-u-_ZCWnE67cRklEuFnNpWZ3fLWicbgXb0HgIwaXCckYToYbSEy5xPO83Crm-orWrjqzinqpgZLTvv8AdCyxEPCXNhmGE6YgG20_A0FV0rFuKOo4/s320/20231125_132730.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>In front of the museum is <a href="https://www.beyondgranite.org/vanessa-german" target="_blank"><i>Of Thee We Sing</i> (2023)</a>, a new installation from vanessa german (1976- ) of Marian Anderson, in a blue-bottle gown, surrounded by flowers and hands reaching up from the mass of Black Americans who relocated from South to North to realize their dreams in the early 20th century.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsJk9k1Ppm4MZo1e70w6Xy3Pc0DWnqhyhUfZQHiX1ZXOasZmr9sMJWOosoUZpf66CJw1VcixmatXf1brzzp92sYc2zGPTLjzPTFcOQJm59bwwQ8ijq1yBFQ6t9e8oSdIfjCjjBQ3LCHopp9RcWh9bP_URs6hC0kpyrTPFDVAlFE0tGfIkQ-ExNEHpqp2N/s2764/20231125_135111.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2764" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsJk9k1Ppm4MZo1e70w6Xy3Pc0DWnqhyhUfZQHiX1ZXOasZmr9sMJWOosoUZpf66CJw1VcixmatXf1brzzp92sYc2zGPTLjzPTFcOQJm59bwwQ8ijq1yBFQ6t9e8oSdIfjCjjBQ3LCHopp9RcWh9bP_URs6hC0kpyrTPFDVAlFE0tGfIkQ-ExNEHpqp2N/s320/20231125_135111.heic" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">My friend wanted to see </span><a href="https://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/Exhibition-The-Red-Dress" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">The Red Dress</a><span style="text-align: left;">, which is the product of 380 embroiders from 51 countries over 14 years. The brainchild of English artist Kirstie Macleod, who started it in 2009 by wearing the dress and sewing on it as performance art, it became a way to connect women as artists, immigrants, entrepreneurs, refugees, and survivors of many kinds of violence to showcase their hopes, dreams, and selves. Each was paid for her time and continues to receive a fraction of the exhibition fees.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zXGSHQC4oSX7WKynPo6tK0tJ_JcTcy3cUEXIpWZ3TLyi9eC5oxC4UjKeT9ysPCwL-G4k5wTw4xj7ZzZgwpTIu0pp9B4fxU8kaalkvUGlfSQQsjZGLUHurRHVOhtp6QH_98cySNq-0BME7zJV7pVXM2fPnXAsgnvlXv21y8MTKriPtGislh6NR60Pf6Rj/s4000/20231125_135122.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zXGSHQC4oSX7WKynPo6tK0tJ_JcTcy3cUEXIpWZ3TLyi9eC5oxC4UjKeT9ysPCwL-G4k5wTw4xj7ZzZgwpTIu0pp9B4fxU8kaalkvUGlfSQQsjZGLUHurRHVOhtp6QH_98cySNq-0BME7zJV7pVXM2fPnXAsgnvlXv21y8MTKriPtGislh6NR60Pf6Rj/s320/20231125_135122.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35-hUIoiJIrHtxsSCG5DXIEuAzvwZ0cDhkMLB-7gfGR77dDSKC9yA7U99dXgtcqeH1IcDOHgSUC6QOhDWuQLvj8UjoD9mf14j5zoZ-SpHe454X1qFHya9a8X026Jp_LnEIu0rgc2Bfc4QIuBSQPl0LA4amQqW1DE3JFs-lBX0XK-TpG0BPaqqa7vWtiQ8/s4000/20231125_135640.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35-hUIoiJIrHtxsSCG5DXIEuAzvwZ0cDhkMLB-7gfGR77dDSKC9yA7U99dXgtcqeH1IcDOHgSUC6QOhDWuQLvj8UjoD9mf14j5zoZ-SpHe454X1qFHya9a8X026Jp_LnEIu0rgc2Bfc4QIuBSQPl0LA4amQqW1DE3JFs-lBX0XK-TpG0BPaqqa7vWtiQ8/s320/20231125_135640.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are all different styles of stitching in a rainbow of colors, women, animals, birds, flags, flowers and vines, stars, and creative abstract designs in thread.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fGMBdTCuflOKRfhejTMaawazGJQG8h1Y7wgSk3ZWlXJboN1DEv7g38mC_QZo9E79L496TvJfYGMfbqm0HVgKwj7uvbEagv9pU2QnGiKlWGDnUOyOKh08KUT-07Zce08PJ2fAMg-K9Z416nH8jFvYvByWnrqaLs2m8yasr1JBmq7rRdcPkTc6rskVooeK/s4000/20231125_135522.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fGMBdTCuflOKRfhejTMaawazGJQG8h1Y7wgSk3ZWlXJboN1DEv7g38mC_QZo9E79L496TvJfYGMfbqm0HVgKwj7uvbEagv9pU2QnGiKlWGDnUOyOKh08KUT-07Zce08PJ2fAMg-K9Z416nH8jFvYvByWnrqaLs2m8yasr1JBmq7rRdcPkTc6rskVooeK/s320/20231125_135522.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwo4VbIVyYY8wM0SOcEwCQP-t711RBE8U_-cRlysgHPGzD38wFZHX6HKg4ITxcoVa_wvoH6ZC9LIWrAtZL0dD6auw2uvQRSlksfl86ss7A4yrQ2wuEfmKZxfIItJOGo4ZUJ6Z-EbJmoJhh4fg6HIS8bROsmJjcSUmH4lXL4tTdrcZRT2_DBH8fCRC7hyphenhyphengY/s4000/20231125_135302.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwo4VbIVyYY8wM0SOcEwCQP-t711RBE8U_-cRlysgHPGzD38wFZHX6HKg4ITxcoVa_wvoH6ZC9LIWrAtZL0dD6auw2uvQRSlksfl86ss7A4yrQ2wuEfmKZxfIItJOGo4ZUJ6Z-EbJmoJhh4fg6HIS8bROsmJjcSUmH4lXL4tTdrcZRT2_DBH8fCRC7hyphenhyphengY/s320/20231125_135302.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSb5hBwiFlM2MZ6EgI67is1_55JqK8-mvm4CP7ssEmGcEKu_N1oAlvpFjFIfQfETFKiwdGoLG7oXIrVgd1h6wD35zIJ7AGtlbWbH60pDtZgHeIKCV9J7N2LB83POYMx-rQB2GABpGDZa4h8oy6oEhebiy6STei1ZvBoib7nT7LwIIFC1nnjJrluV7UmYVm/s4000/20231125_135429.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSb5hBwiFlM2MZ6EgI67is1_55JqK8-mvm4CP7ssEmGcEKu_N1oAlvpFjFIfQfETFKiwdGoLG7oXIrVgd1h6wD35zIJ7AGtlbWbH60pDtZgHeIKCV9J7N2LB83POYMx-rQB2GABpGDZa4h8oy6oEhebiy6STei1ZvBoib7nT7LwIIFC1nnjJrluV7UmYVm/s320/20231125_135429.heic" width="144" /></a></div><p>As part of the exhibition, the Frick commissioned a local piece, The Calico Dress, which includes pieces from people of all ages and abilities who live here. Among the designs on it are one of the yellow Three Sisters bridges, the Frick building, a Steelers logo, flowers, a seahorse, a peacock, fancy fish, a rainbow, hearts, a cat, smiley faces, and big black buttons for contrast.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1YzluNknBAjyjoyZ5Pkq4xVanHsTEFyxXR-LA1wQY7OcYequdQd3dfRMg3eddK-IIDIQf750WZOPAF4XVkYT6My0xLzAygF8OP12EipfTHCaVZ2meFRBHAdRl5FlTunS1sgaZqMNZT8J0n3Zni4GT_LJ-Uh9tTT_zPN9m3PAH_WN826MkrNTtFcvppv4/s4000/20231125_134109.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1YzluNknBAjyjoyZ5Pkq4xVanHsTEFyxXR-LA1wQY7OcYequdQd3dfRMg3eddK-IIDIQf750WZOPAF4XVkYT6My0xLzAygF8OP12EipfTHCaVZ2meFRBHAdRl5FlTunS1sgaZqMNZT8J0n3Zni4GT_LJ-Uh9tTT_zPN9m3PAH_WN826MkrNTtFcvppv4/s320/20231125_134109.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuxRu-MW-a0XgUAxsFe6bsY8WHWCiqxcSpZ4SM3I48krUf4ukVg2iucPAlhKMnNBuPpXQnfh0jQfEFQ3FXMTG7ztADVUyN-BLs-_avjjqWYnO94Is8CHjnsmILzKwJCU14MysRl6fsC7oNl8mz8RuoneTDEhJ5074bvG1GzUl3G5_x_jYwLgKIdYRqAH9/s4000/20231125_134036.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EoHL7BPNnB0HtOliH-kiU3mHz5Bu0ovrgsm8kmT_ZDTodPif2E3zRRuK3gbafBsVDtmCVdJnbw_kOprF0s8MfYP1eSAAm43GIZDbbYwNd-_SGUJkqVatdVhQK8KIKADsagBttixui34TqHP4q4YYmrvJF2Eskvdr62AfuwQd0ZW7iiw6NYApjY8oMPaE/s320/20231125_133916.heic" width="144" /></a></div><p>We also got to (re)visit Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave's exquisite paper sculpture based on Peter Paul Ruben's <i>Portrait of Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency, Princess of Conde</i>, which hangs in the same gallery.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNhMoyfdayNPjzFnvis2B_Fx3b0dFpPIvy-v0BAK44TChtcXUJxZ9dlVeyLRg2jxhrmkdt13lsCJBTMWOFCPT7QQUjf2KRa6z94vgRncqRiNmfnMTDv03t1e4d6x5vEiUydaRM9LFFh_0m1BWakVfMqhq7E_sKtX3GBlWlKp-MoBQQVIlrbIgHqrkQwOr/s4000/20231125_133234.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNhMoyfdayNPjzFnvis2B_Fx3b0dFpPIvy-v0BAK44TChtcXUJxZ9dlVeyLRg2jxhrmkdt13lsCJBTMWOFCPT7QQUjf2KRa6z94vgRncqRiNmfnMTDv03t1e4d6x5vEiUydaRM9LFFh_0m1BWakVfMqhq7E_sKtX3GBlWlKp-MoBQQVIlrbIgHqrkQwOr/s320/20231125_133234.heic" width="144" /></a></div><p>While there, we enjoyed some Chinese vases and a nice little exhibit on <a href="https://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/Event-shakespeare400" target="_blank">Shakespeare's Folios</a> on the 400th anniversary of the printing of the first one, from the Carnegie Mellon University Library. I thought my maternal grandfather and -mother would have particularly liked this one, although probably they already knew that John Milton's first publication was the dedication in verse to Shakespeare in the Second Folio (1630).</p></div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-16479210973290386052023-11-07T17:44:00.004-05:002023-11-07T17:44:56.198-05:00I made that!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFufsREOF1mzZEkSd7YVoqrVRm8iLX_TgXGcJrcPpOSwI3VxiGam9QFzAExszSQR3tIWzX5kPSSavOB40iHEOAH1CDROzhwOWE32GImdd4eC_wBIYbt755q6HYp-pzc1uwCF8K_1rMdBYkKAqfhyYUS4RpleVwKnxxZerYgDg2Jo5ZRAtSGff42q4sVF9/s3712/20231107_143613.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="1672" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFufsREOF1mzZEkSd7YVoqrVRm8iLX_TgXGcJrcPpOSwI3VxiGam9QFzAExszSQR3tIWzX5kPSSavOB40iHEOAH1CDROzhwOWE32GImdd4eC_wBIYbt755q6HYp-pzc1uwCF8K_1rMdBYkKAqfhyYUS4RpleVwKnxxZerYgDg2Jo5ZRAtSGff42q4sVF9/s320/20231107_143613.heic" width="144" /></a></div>I've been a busy bee and want to share some of my "honey." <p></p><p>First up is a special issue of a German-studies journal that I co-edited with a colleague at another institution. Neither of us had edited anything before, so we figured out together how to write a call for papers, publicize it, sift through the abstracts, and select a group of papers to shepherd through the writing, editing, and publication process. The two of us wrote the introduction and selected artistic images for the cover and between the essays, which is why I was disappointed not to receive the finished product initially. Finally, after the annual meeting, I reached out to the press, and they mailed us our paper-back copies. It's so pretty! And now that it's done, I can devote my precious writing time to turning my dissertation into a book.</p><p>Second is a trio of balsa-wood nightlights that were an impulse buy at the craft store. I picked out the moth, the brain, and the ribcage with flowers. They are colored with paint pens, and I haven't decided yet whether to keep, gift, or donate them.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRoutTL63dvcMsBARJ7ztMCuF_3fk4c4LuSvCT_xd2544Pj04uYglvqrPIiGlnpTIakmNYJ8fzjuFRknJgPtmim7qzBcVF8hbHCJCW7nBZ4kXVZsXUcqL6P6_IgBLqFYa4zTwYa2IDFuEDkmHjlG_JC1PE2En1nVaygdTs6EsgD3gt1vgdIVYfWyeekfkJ/s4000/20231106_201814.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRoutTL63dvcMsBARJ7ztMCuF_3fk4c4LuSvCT_xd2544Pj04uYglvqrPIiGlnpTIakmNYJ8fzjuFRknJgPtmim7qzBcVF8hbHCJCW7nBZ4kXVZsXUcqL6P6_IgBLqFYa4zTwYa2IDFuEDkmHjlG_JC1PE2En1nVaygdTs6EsgD3gt1vgdIVYfWyeekfkJ/s320/20231106_201814.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEAvsZhwbhnBr5cVWuw0LSFIzmVaRr-gtKqyBE3scdqcfdvmhkk0E0KVYL5vBKt32XGnaj93T_r21tfulN7ws57xa448y-ZRmeFuoTOW9eud7luMOEqqIEn3HnuHNEBtpvSauWbeHX3sx7BGhHa3zvgswuq4_p9yiImxnk4WmsX1fk6YwlNjgMWObaijO/s4000/20231106_201906.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEAvsZhwbhnBr5cVWuw0LSFIzmVaRr-gtKqyBE3scdqcfdvmhkk0E0KVYL5vBKt32XGnaj93T_r21tfulN7ws57xa448y-ZRmeFuoTOW9eud7luMOEqqIEn3HnuHNEBtpvSauWbeHX3sx7BGhHa3zvgswuq4_p9yiImxnk4WmsX1fk6YwlNjgMWObaijO/s320/20231106_201906.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Third, I finally finished the second copy of the <i>Princess Bride</i> cross-stitch sampler I was working on. I received the first copy for Christmas last year, but it was missing some of the thread, so the Etsy seller sent me a whole new kit, which had enough supplies to finish both. This one is on the side table in the entranceway but will probably eventually be hung in my office. A woman at church made the knitted cactus, which I just love. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpo_fcrmlLg6pWp81j1Kob5PwWtJy6VfzO1En7hWoUG67jd8eH6ni2Z2OKarM2EzdyqjiR1pYEFrh2TTT_yXpNuyjOMH6RI7NU4fITpG_2kHlS0W1OA3nL_6aNpXpzTKY1LEoJxOMJd8N0prWfCy_JAGAu7-Yec48-WyjyJe6GjAJrRSWLMnIp_GwkQ4A/s2973/20231107_143325.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2973" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpo_fcrmlLg6pWp81j1Kob5PwWtJy6VfzO1En7hWoUG67jd8eH6ni2Z2OKarM2EzdyqjiR1pYEFrh2TTT_yXpNuyjOMH6RI7NU4fITpG_2kHlS0W1OA3nL_6aNpXpzTKY1LEoJxOMJd8N0prWfCy_JAGAu7-Yec48-WyjyJe6GjAJrRSWLMnIp_GwkQ4A/w640-h388/20231107_143325.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-60746197849845805552023-10-08T17:36:00.000-04:002023-10-08T17:36:31.795-04:00Montreal, Take 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-zhR5ybSMxA4TKBcxlnypLLJLHyLYW9qDsM3iYczo0TEv3K9Os1QjcHWzJEJAbUOs94Sbwisiv6TK1G3yqM1G-pKxO9iWAl35_3I6YMKgv6fJf8vWxGvlhpuKGM1RQBydbIcKTIP2YZV1yaafax2NRL86lR73q-MNripHGrSfyNEE-ipwHGtn3x6dZ9G/s3712/20231005_143730.heic" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="1672" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-zhR5ybSMxA4TKBcxlnypLLJLHyLYW9qDsM3iYczo0TEv3K9Os1QjcHWzJEJAbUOs94Sbwisiv6TK1G3yqM1G-pKxO9iWAl35_3I6YMKgv6fJf8vWxGvlhpuKGM1RQBydbIcKTIP2YZV1yaafax2NRL86lR73q-MNripHGrSfyNEE-ipwHGtn3x6dZ9G/s320/20231005_143730.heic" width="144" /></a></div>Way back in early graduate school, I attended a history of medicine conference in Montreal. However, to my lasting regret, I only left the hotel once, to get drinks with a group, and I never saw the city itself. I rectified that lack of curiosity at the most recent German studies conference, arriving early to have a half day of sightseeing, and planning my schedule to leave time to catch up with friends new and old.<p></p><p>The conference hotel was in the more-English-speaking part of downtown Montreal, and it impressed me as an urban space (with a Metro!) unlike Pittsburgh, which seems gritty in some specifically American way, whereas this is clearly a European-inflected place, from the architecture to the buskers.</p><p>After checking in, I took myself to lunch at the <a href="https://www.marchespublics-mtl.com/en/marches/jean-talon-market/" target="_blank">Jean-Talon Marché</a>, named for the first French administrator, Jean Talon (1726-1694). Marveling at the stalls with their produce, cheese, meats, books, flowers, etc., somehow the cartons of tomatoes, potatoes, lemons and limes, or onions were equally beautiful whether there were arranged with like colors or in alternating bands. I thought of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/196067/the-belly-of-paris-by-emile-zola/" target="_blank">Emile Zola's novel <i>The Belly of Paris</i> (1873)</a> and hoped there was a lot less despair and intrigue. It certainly helped that it was sunny and above 80F/30C.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRBN55hNgGiKrKGwsN41k8xg3eiArVlMaEtFaC6c_f5n2gJBPxSKvV3EaoGkQH2cpeVOCKNNUsKPdXxDPTTD-bKmrPNGt_RK6qrmICPU8MzkKgXSbXsQlHFbLTVgQ_0MiDV0qe5BHF8OndosOPDVHuZr_clZABvtxOvlddp2-j7OIXsEg1hg6_2-G7stT/s3942/20231005_123954.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1774" data-original-width="3942" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRBN55hNgGiKrKGwsN41k8xg3eiArVlMaEtFaC6c_f5n2gJBPxSKvV3EaoGkQH2cpeVOCKNNUsKPdXxDPTTD-bKmrPNGt_RK6qrmICPU8MzkKgXSbXsQlHFbLTVgQ_0MiDV0qe5BHF8OndosOPDVHuZr_clZABvtxOvlddp2-j7OIXsEg1hg6_2-G7stT/w400-h180/20231005_123954.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiijU7JAD9jiLDAN4pwZbQ7raWgXBiHJFMA_ZRcQaZMTUGjvntm731wUeddljFi_DTXbfRoOrQI9kzaoPqtBltjKkzKUr7lPm7fKUmbOqaaSbBnxsh6Tv6UguUZu5kxmcjJD30Uv2vV4SE2MQSykeSeSaAh5yPrcCSTcRYPY5SAruMav8mPpdK_D2YCI_h/s3336/20231005_124341.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3336" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiijU7JAD9jiLDAN4pwZbQ7raWgXBiHJFMA_ZRcQaZMTUGjvntm731wUeddljFi_DTXbfRoOrQI9kzaoPqtBltjKkzKUr7lPm7fKUmbOqaaSbBnxsh6Tv6UguUZu5kxmcjJD30Uv2vV4SE2MQSykeSeSaAh5yPrcCSTcRYPY5SAruMav8mPpdK_D2YCI_h/w400-h216/20231005_124341.heic" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0s1ptP7EUlww3TG3DDwmF4rfTthIzgylWFSMXhIkQTs779QgkEsSU8xwoGlAavwUQoBWCOgisG2NQkxKxByMQz7IL8rYS3TCpG-DLbs8EHwV_bsUGz5BXTAyT0n-0NIKSmQMfaOpIPvD9GFGFF_LJMVuoZcie38RHEO-zZbKqzSkB1rT8yxWUnfBx5FIZ/s4000/20231005_130743.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0s1ptP7EUlww3TG3DDwmF4rfTthIzgylWFSMXhIkQTs779QgkEsSU8xwoGlAavwUQoBWCOgisG2NQkxKxByMQz7IL8rYS3TCpG-DLbs8EHwV_bsUGz5BXTAyT0n-0NIKSmQMfaOpIPvD9GFGFF_LJMVuoZcie38RHEO-zZbKqzSkB1rT8yxWUnfBx5FIZ/w400-h180/20231005_130743.heic" width="400" /></a></p><p>I had a salmon pie for lunch, picked up apples and clementines for snacks and breakfasts, and selected some baclava for dinner with a friend the next night. With a strategic purchase from Starbucks so I only had to stand in that long, snaking line once, granola bars from home, cookies from the airplane, and free tea from the hotel, I hoped to have to buy myself lunches and the occasional dinner, depending on the robustness of the evening receptions.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhqWCuNnI8y7oV1ILE25BZ7U4e_uzeNe45VxPKzOJaMVu_PifckFRGxtSw8ePpVTsW13rPh-9yiiDsx1sSgBaq6pQYfibZaJPpCoVB2F4D66NO_7YSfefVFgFQl0LtfhfhCMEVy4DcTb07Ex-NjoHb4CsPpd6M2TYhgtTvv6PqgOU4Jh_p5pIsAVcvHw3/s4000/20231005_142204.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhqWCuNnI8y7oV1ILE25BZ7U4e_uzeNe45VxPKzOJaMVu_PifckFRGxtSw8ePpVTsW13rPh-9yiiDsx1sSgBaq6pQYfibZaJPpCoVB2F4D66NO_7YSfefVFgFQl0LtfhfhCMEVy4DcTb07Ex-NjoHb4CsPpd6M2TYhgtTvv6PqgOU4Jh_p5pIsAVcvHw3/w640-h288/20231005_142204.heic" width="640" /></a></p><span style="text-align: left;">Then I made my way to and through the Old Town (Veaux Ville). There was a brass band playing in the middle of Place Jacques-Cartier, at the foot of the monument in the middle of this shot. I stopped by the <a href="https://www.chateauramezay.qc.ca/en/" target="_blank">Chateau Ramezay</a>, the first historical building in Montreal which had served as governor's residence, business headquarters, army billeting, courthouse, normal school, university, and coin museum. </span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDd3DQRlC7Rx8Qg9Hwzjb9WZ7IKikhZkHYFYTVqkFXl7YcOZSzedy5sE-Tx0MqydQ_yfs7wgIySlNX8BQNog63VBqOL2m6fX62BITrURTiXX-x3RDP6DNus-lZ6aQr85IM63IV__UV_CpIu10KwBdIh7JWCiY4dIEKZCkog9sa82fwnCsAc19uzputJ0Gk/s4000/20231005_140411.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDd3DQRlC7Rx8Qg9Hwzjb9WZ7IKikhZkHYFYTVqkFXl7YcOZSzedy5sE-Tx0MqydQ_yfs7wgIySlNX8BQNog63VBqOL2m6fX62BITrURTiXX-x3RDP6DNus-lZ6aQr85IM63IV__UV_CpIu10KwBdIh7JWCiY4dIEKZCkog9sa82fwnCsAc19uzputJ0Gk/w400-h180/20231005_140411.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7Sk0Dv0uPQ01pwchl4KchslE1A6KaGH7K_96utnXU3zdZ5ubS7t3REPV38GLj2y9xC7TXCbuNSf6tMoqK0rQGmzZECJNJP6OXktXdaJzKuXg5sX2KBPB1o9TrS8h_plZvG-WB0ZJLEIzZ0jPPLWPyb7g46qmKiKYni-_qnWcVZgQYtlfb4JZu_vmNuUP/s4000/20231005_141118.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7Sk0Dv0uPQ01pwchl4KchslE1A6KaGH7K_96utnXU3zdZ5ubS7t3REPV38GLj2y9xC7TXCbuNSf6tMoqK0rQGmzZECJNJP6OXktXdaJzKuXg5sX2KBPB1o9TrS8h_plZvG-WB0ZJLEIzZ0jPPLWPyb7g46qmKiKYni-_qnWcVZgQYtlfb4JZu_vmNuUP/w400-h180/20231005_141118.heic" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span>I had planned to catch the 2pm tour in English, but a colleague wanted to meet at the Ferris wheel (</span><a href="https://lagranderouedemontreal.com/" target="_blank">La Grand Roue de Montreal</a><span>) in the Old Port at 3pm, so I just buzzed through the gift shop and walked the garden (pictured). </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtCG7I96EyoKZtnAsSj9xUzYu4X3-sL4PxrOLTuG3LKGbWRgDvU1f-Fbt6DI7vDymGHJpZYgaGXLv7m907bvCoOZtuBLFfZY_c9IvhHn1Dm-iT1xyvKJrlK39KjlZYP0BZAhW6qY9N6TAhXoCycdrfa_dw_juFrF5pwfIpHUr5gMglIdhbJtOOelV0GHe/s4000/20231005_143525.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtCG7I96EyoKZtnAsSj9xUzYu4X3-sL4PxrOLTuG3LKGbWRgDvU1f-Fbt6DI7vDymGHJpZYgaGXLv7m907bvCoOZtuBLFfZY_c9IvhHn1Dm-iT1xyvKJrlK39KjlZYP0BZAhW6qY9N6TAhXoCycdrfa_dw_juFrF5pwfIpHUr5gMglIdhbJtOOelV0GHe/s320/20231005_143525.heic" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.oldportofmontreal.com/activities" target="_blank">Old Port of Montreal</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcGToxetAeSJD21FqsvTZ3zf4BuOqikQ7HUpM6fvrUk0sr6mNP_oGy4VM-Uu7m4EtYS4wTxLFmXNO4Vh061Y-l61uUKURAAozKUdDK2moRAGvWwkZFr5XhbOl6UkBrZoOz4xmdpXps3p_fE9RXEY0XIzJMA87PsOmx_kdcoQ6m1tQ7lfBIqqFi3wsgcnS/s800/33081.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcGToxetAeSJD21FqsvTZ3zf4BuOqikQ7HUpM6fvrUk0sr6mNP_oGy4VM-Uu7m4EtYS4wTxLFmXNO4Vh061Y-l61uUKURAAozKUdDK2moRAGvWwkZFr5XhbOl6UkBrZoOz4xmdpXps3p_fE9RXEY0XIzJMA87PsOmx_kdcoQ6m1tQ7lfBIqqFi3wsgcnS/w400-h300/33081.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YABPEAblh5zi8uDABOeCqRXoHGzJ39HrNRpfpyiNJ5H8ZaNTUJoM6J2MJR1YKNoaeRAJHUj4ot4sr7CqKibiqpDjxofolU8N0ziwFVonp0Z8qjsgyW2-imXaSha8WggBRyCdkevXVu80QnCZrS3KXf1h_n7WhZ1Pez-qF8lConBErAaD5kLzuiOW1JXW/s3264/20231005_151627.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="3264" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YABPEAblh5zi8uDABOeCqRXoHGzJ39HrNRpfpyiNJ5H8ZaNTUJoM6J2MJR1YKNoaeRAJHUj4ot4sr7CqKibiqpDjxofolU8N0ziwFVonp0Z8qjsgyW2-imXaSha8WggBRyCdkevXVu80QnCZrS3KXf1h_n7WhZ1Pez-qF8lConBErAaD5kLzuiOW1JXW/w640-h288/20231005_151627.heic" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><p>The leaves have started changing colors, but the sky was blue and the temperature warm. We caught each other up on our lives since <a href="https://www.utpjournals.press/toc/seminar/59/1" target="_blank">our joint publication came out in February/March</a> while enjoying great views of the city and port beneath us.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHfFWnBRD85QMSxf5CE8AwvimTBYD7VjIVl_SJabEczd2BzEgnVa1Ka5x-lfzToOpCv-y5lRKDoEMsj9w00TaJDrEEnrwHi0-gyv0zjTUz8OEr3hc6zpv-xh7ie3EXyltrfLojEWf4CoAbz53TSPL5U7BF6X_WrjLw_SFwrcqTBkJk6gznHJ9INJRNfuY/s4000/20231005_160423.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHfFWnBRD85QMSxf5CE8AwvimTBYD7VjIVl_SJabEczd2BzEgnVa1Ka5x-lfzToOpCv-y5lRKDoEMsj9w00TaJDrEEnrwHi0-gyv0zjTUz8OEr3hc6zpv-xh7ie3EXyltrfLojEWf4CoAbz53TSPL5U7BF6X_WrjLw_SFwrcqTBkJk6gznHJ9INJRNfuY/s320/20231005_160423.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYfqKlRTDrSpS3ki4MSnvuwv0TpNbdgBZiXm8vLGre5vIF4rNFOuH-4z64um-QGZsWlIdlpbDOdgFKHxlb-Te9p6MkPJdZhqLuME9i0Dv4jhkKvdJOtlnw7txMBl6eO7crwhM9oTvOW9j_alGMaB232uDsJJEF-rfeSqyn2rtsvqtkCZLkDhc0I4lJkZ-/s3439/20231005_160710.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3439" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYfqKlRTDrSpS3ki4MSnvuwv0TpNbdgBZiXm8vLGre5vIF4rNFOuH-4z64um-QGZsWlIdlpbDOdgFKHxlb-Te9p6MkPJdZhqLuME9i0Dv4jhkKvdJOtlnw7txMBl6eO7crwhM9oTvOW9j_alGMaB232uDsJJEF-rfeSqyn2rtsvqtkCZLkDhc0I4lJkZ-/s320/20231005_160710.heic" width="167" /></a></div><p></p><p>Then we walked to the <a href="https://www.basiliquenotredame.ca/en" target="_blank">Notre-Dame Basilica</a>. It was built in the 1820 and the interior redecorated in the 1870s. Inside the brilliant blue ceiling stands out, but all of the walls are painted and gilded, and there are statuary everywhere, even Ezekial and Jeremiah carved into the base of the pulpit, which hasn't been used since Vatican II. Here's also a photo of the 1891 Casavant Freres organ for Dear Husband; has 7,000 pipes from 1/4 inch to 32 feet feet tall. It was quite dark inside, and we wondered how the congregation could have seen or appreciated all these details with sunlight through the few windows and then candle or gaslights. Now the cathedral hosts a music and light show in the evenings for twice what we paid to see the interior during the day. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAScr1ROAPwSvHF5-WrY5NLYINnBcpr84RIbVHuNDJVzWsDgd74FuXTBPs6ve_uHgxC04OVR0EZ8CjyvGxzeSKlHOuOcuG074zMN3WgQ4bCtusP-slBaTXphvEsH_O9MoVPt4ivj0AHSoGbDUQQQYEngYV3t7sZvtHI5A4IFTxYiuuWkj8PlTeSTv71ooO/s4000/20231005_160806.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAScr1ROAPwSvHF5-WrY5NLYINnBcpr84RIbVHuNDJVzWsDgd74FuXTBPs6ve_uHgxC04OVR0EZ8CjyvGxzeSKlHOuOcuG074zMN3WgQ4bCtusP-slBaTXphvEsH_O9MoVPt4ivj0AHSoGbDUQQQYEngYV3t7sZvtHI5A4IFTxYiuuWkj8PlTeSTv71ooO/w400-h180/20231005_160806.heic" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHnJ5yZCBTpuz1nX_rkyH8Jx8LaBDbHsuQFRMeyIojA8P5HNwX-6bSAo3ngXEKLBdq6wm1ZWdALt0HvD5Xk_QBi2qUYrMc3G4Sc6Lt8z-EqAmwg9FP3EUHGH3_nLx6ctKUNTZ82T6mxnhmydtay8VXgvJnxlxYx6m8A8FU5GZOdcpB8Rnu_pCT3l9mvdG/s3327/20231005_161340.heic" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3327" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHnJ5yZCBTpuz1nX_rkyH8Jx8LaBDbHsuQFRMeyIojA8P5HNwX-6bSAo3ngXEKLBdq6wm1ZWdALt0HvD5Xk_QBi2qUYrMc3G4Sc6Lt8z-EqAmwg9FP3EUHGH3_nLx6ctKUNTZ82T6mxnhmydtay8VXgvJnxlxYx6m8A8FU5GZOdcpB8Rnu_pCT3l9mvdG/s320/20231005_161340.heic" width="173" /></a></p><p>The alter has Jesus on the cross at the center and is flanked by 4-5 other "altar scenes": Moses prays over the Ark of the Covenant, Aaron immolates a lamb, Abraham sacrifices Isaac, and Melchizedek offers bread and wine, and below all that is The Last Supper. </p><p>The stained-glass windows from the 1920s (and some of the statues) feature important citizens in Montreal's past, including a number of women.</p><p>Then we joined the rush-hour traffic on the Metro back to the hotel for the opening reception, where I bought a couple of books and chatted up the representative of the junior-year-abroad program through which my parents met and which is still going strong in Munich.</p><p>Finally, I joined Arts Night, a very good presentation about a new graphic novel about 4 children's Holocaust stories, illustrated from survivors' stories. I bought myself the book and read it during down times at the conference.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtulXBzMjq39c8Be9pcgrKu6SmpV01GKrpWI1ez1TnAmn2GB2DRoKeRbz4h16_-l8pz3_KtjkNGpj2PtB86bxbLWv3RNv9bmjxuEd9tpCYyMB57Vks0voY1TKWcmd2pfZE3hugj7voQ3pBECqCu0IP9dzxxgZqgdaz9RQiX9bRAl9v5__1zP_6QY1xze_/s4000/20231006_125053.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtulXBzMjq39c8Be9pcgrKu6SmpV01GKrpWI1ez1TnAmn2GB2DRoKeRbz4h16_-l8pz3_KtjkNGpj2PtB86bxbLWv3RNv9bmjxuEd9tpCYyMB57Vks0voY1TKWcmd2pfZE3hugj7voQ3pBECqCu0IP9dzxxgZqgdaz9RQiX9bRAl9v5__1zP_6QY1xze_/s320/20231006_125053.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://utorontopress.com/9781487526849/but-i-live/" target="_blank">But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">20-ingredient salad from Siam [Thai Restaurant]</div><p></p><p>It truly was wonderful to feed the scholarly and friendship parts of my soul. Somebody I had just met asked if I didn't attend very often because this is (no longer) my primary job, but I told her that, on the contrary, it was that much more important for me to do. I attended panels on women in interwar Vienna, diversity in language instruction, domestic design in the early 20th century, Asian-German comics, how to hold an accessible conference, non-White embodiment, ETA Hoffman's fairy tales, medieval illustrations, and 21st-century German streaming "tv."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql8V9-RQMwqYJ5COnsxr012fXKfyvrlSZxE1yPRZLyi_pG97t14qzYsb52-3LYUM0SHR0NRy3Q3AxJSQg4ROnAbgOlIJsglVDORCdBB-_Wc8CSR69vaeDrAN79OUlb42RfJJvNxbe4xUYzMu3XS7eoh1o91mnXyWIby5tovT3Mv_jwfkJfwqFIIicOHci/s4000/20231006_180608.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql8V9-RQMwqYJ5COnsxr012fXKfyvrlSZxE1yPRZLyi_pG97t14qzYsb52-3LYUM0SHR0NRy3Q3AxJSQg4ROnAbgOlIJsglVDORCdBB-_Wc8CSR69vaeDrAN79OUlb42RfJJvNxbe4xUYzMu3XS7eoh1o91mnXyWIby5tovT3Mv_jwfkJfwqFIIicOHci/w400-h180/20231006_180608.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not pictured: baklava that was worth waiting to eat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lZ8IWcqC8uDiN8Am4tBUH4mLd_Wo-NtfQs1J02Xwv3giBhMmhxRBd0uyNDDdO-Rs3QMjpF-iThAHCr7Kh1mtfl-aqTeQWeEy501T8xC_AAA5weDV5kCbvkT0xOjdvKxH0UMohC2Zcv-9JeMi52yxwByt7Accr8paOKbc16WtyBkrHTKxWDTusdQ-tDwm/s3331/20231008_172158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3331" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lZ8IWcqC8uDiN8Am4tBUH4mLd_Wo-NtfQs1J02Xwv3giBhMmhxRBd0uyNDDdO-Rs3QMjpF-iThAHCr7Kh1mtfl-aqTeQWeEy501T8xC_AAA5weDV5kCbvkT0xOjdvKxH0UMohC2Zcv-9JeMi52yxwByt7Accr8paOKbc16WtyBkrHTKxWDTusdQ-tDwm/s320/20231008_172158.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Progress on a new "miscounted cross-stitch design of a brain and flowers"</div><p></p><p>The one regret I have is that the representative from the University of Toronto Press did not bring hard copies of the journal issue I co-edited that was published early this year. Because my dissertation / book project has been on the back burner for so long that it threatens to evaporate, I wanted to have a photo of proof of my productivity, as a URL just isn't the same. No luck.</p><p>I delivered the commentary on one of the last panels of the day and then left before the last question had been answered to make it to the airport for the last flight toward home.</p><p>Next year: Atlanta. Maybe I'll have a(nother) book by the time we get back to Washington, DC?</p>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-27244231635170326492023-09-26T19:55:00.001-04:002023-10-19T20:03:34.057-04:00San Diego Days 4 & 5: It's a Zoo Out There<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAexdXoYJVeRq9vItLZTc9hNqDRi5ZI3Ijn5LDjzGJBDckRNq45Bd32CCXgSrLYkK2r2SsL-vIf50G4fvqR_G_YxLV1SCOC8Y6LJYIr4Euf7Xnh_OQ8nhTVY1irLMMCT0hnmAT5OW2Sf8KXdF5bcBErJrFAkv-8_f8Gkxs9OspbTDQCOGZrTS_WqRK7qO/s3300/20230925_084244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3300" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAexdXoYJVeRq9vItLZTc9hNqDRi5ZI3Ijn5LDjzGJBDckRNq45Bd32CCXgSrLYkK2r2SsL-vIf50G4fvqR_G_YxLV1SCOC8Y6LJYIr4Euf7Xnh_OQ8nhTVY1irLMMCT0hnmAT5OW2Sf8KXdF5bcBErJrFAkv-8_f8Gkxs9OspbTDQCOGZrTS_WqRK7qO/w400-h219/20230925_084244.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00Vt0MFzhwx7Nq9FO-Y-cNnYuH3_N6cnCNoGbINtiIRA74EXn0GtQfiDPePHWQLeCkjfTrgxVRaUK4pdbuVg9IUFympBOZxJW1V3JsZKrbMMjg2iklVQO07F1McQoCA8laDKUFCdvNFMk4rJjnO8JL2oVoMntJq7FlMmDJtsGHk93kDBO4gZpn2cJb_3j/s3712/20230925_142040.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="1672" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00Vt0MFzhwx7Nq9FO-Y-cNnYuH3_N6cnCNoGbINtiIRA74EXn0GtQfiDPePHWQLeCkjfTrgxVRaUK4pdbuVg9IUFympBOZxJW1V3JsZKrbMMjg2iklVQO07F1McQoCA8laDKUFCdvNFMk4rJjnO8JL2oVoMntJq7FlMmDJtsGHk93kDBO4gZpn2cJb_3j/s320/20230925_142040.heic" width="144" /></a></div><p>If I wasn't going to be able to go on a whale-watching boat trip (wrong season), then the one thing I wanted to do was visit the famous <a href="https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/" target="_blank">San Diego Zoo</a>. Dear Husband is not a zoo person--which may be why we only got to the local zoo this summer, and only for a work event of mine--but he already says he wants to go back to visit this one. The weather started a little cool and gray but warmed and brightened up. On an excellent tip from my new SIL, we started with the free bus tour to get a good look at a lot of different things. This is clearly the strategy for a number of people, who had strong opinions about upper versus lower deck and right versus left side of the bus. After second breakfast over a cup of hot chocolate, we wound our way through the reptiles--where parents were trying to explain copulating giant land tortoises to small children--the monkeys, and the aviaries. Then we got lost trying to find the right elevator to have lunch in the Asian Passage. Next we got lucky with one of the red pandas and saw a <i>second</i> flock of flamingoes (for me) before doubling back to the penguins. We made a side trip to see the meerkats for DH before exiting through the koala jungle. In the evening we had dinner with a friend from graduate school. <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/R18JheqXG6V6LHoMA" target="_blank">Click here if you would like to see more photos.</a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2uKiErE35NTVolOy-mBdh2ej8f_bpGJVtCW83z-Xz_7ftwdkvqh-BzSJxu2N7djKfJg0ILOqulkjajXSDHTOE4fpy0ILRLKExIzV4EMsIracQLG1WGa9fn6M5o03ZojjRd-Ej48NqN5MDaj7Jtk89UJYUC80z5SZ-KV8JDU6PEUHPg8pALO3k1SO4W7I/s4000/20230925_135110.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2uKiErE35NTVolOy-mBdh2ej8f_bpGJVtCW83z-Xz_7ftwdkvqh-BzSJxu2N7djKfJg0ILOqulkjajXSDHTOE4fpy0ILRLKExIzV4EMsIracQLG1WGa9fn6M5o03ZojjRd-Ej48NqN5MDaj7Jtk89UJYUC80z5SZ-KV8JDU6PEUHPg8pALO3k1SO4W7I/w640-h288/20230925_135110.heic" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14mElQPACuB1nOwhoaZCNAI8i6mFWkspmjrMLAwgv5YMq5HKEAOBdRAA5UJ8h4CHC0dymNrHPEvF1CrtA0NypuX4Kv7-DKQ2Gn7_EtPaVGsGbv6Z8dIubOI8n8xKZ77SIrJyY_SBpaa1xyak7Y7__BbcPogiCXSqJkvzl6PvP8vLcOnGyrJ9WL-6L3trj/s4000/20230925_140003.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14mElQPACuB1nOwhoaZCNAI8i6mFWkspmjrMLAwgv5YMq5HKEAOBdRAA5UJ8h4CHC0dymNrHPEvF1CrtA0NypuX4Kv7-DKQ2Gn7_EtPaVGsGbv6Z8dIubOI8n8xKZ77SIrJyY_SBpaa1xyak7Y7__BbcPogiCXSqJkvzl6PvP8vLcOnGyrJ9WL-6L3trj/w640-h288/20230925_140003.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>On our last full day in San Diego, we planned to hit up a couple of sights in Balboa Park. First up: <a href="https://www.sdmrm.org/" target="_blank">the San Diego Model Railroad Museum</a>. If you've been reading this blog long enough, you know that we enjoy this particular form of art, technology, and nostalgia. (For instance, we visited <a href="http://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/03/1-train-2-train-locomotive-choo-choo.html" target="_blank">the Phoenix/ Scottsdale one</a> this March.) My father is also into model railroads, so it made for a fun hour or so of "I spy" for us and my parents. Our lunch restaurant had also been recommended by my SIL: <a href="https://www.panama66.com/" target="_blank">Panama 66</a> in the Sculpture Courtyard of the San Diego Museum of Art.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIyD_r-5e1Y0IgNany7sTNy6rjNZAvmzuj0d51kSOl1h3td7GWI3PEHkD3-zwUvaL5FBiU2SPo3ssDrYWAIrzNUdRABISnk7k_87W7gzmI9nq56Xv1_J3YLRKTt7elRcf_YeIE1ilERjK0DGx5qd3DZ41Q1NUm3FDBzQOsNk74sj_otVssU-2k4r-NfDQN/s4000/20230926_114100.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIyD_r-5e1Y0IgNany7sTNy6rjNZAvmzuj0d51kSOl1h3td7GWI3PEHkD3-zwUvaL5FBiU2SPo3ssDrYWAIrzNUdRABISnk7k_87W7gzmI9nq56Xv1_J3YLRKTt7elRcf_YeIE1ilERjK0DGx5qd3DZ41Q1NUm3FDBzQOsNk74sj_otVssU-2k4r-NfDQN/w640-h288/20230926_114100.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjGw8pYzY4QNtRvIXZ-BZ70nosVFqWjnbWYtY1jWzn_e6fh-PTgYdjyDYMRg4ByxhyphenhyphenxnwUJbEcAW2mjRL4-GP3LCKSMPCIjg3JqBvgrDkBjlxY5ZGYi4B6p8Lby-Rp0Hjmrd8DyQitUAjk04e0eB1v6xweER0vqGrrzpx-rT_BWYf8ZVq1UTopWZY00VG/s4000/20230926_121732.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjGw8pYzY4QNtRvIXZ-BZ70nosVFqWjnbWYtY1jWzn_e6fh-PTgYdjyDYMRg4ByxhyphenhyphenxnwUJbEcAW2mjRL4-GP3LCKSMPCIjg3JqBvgrDkBjlxY5ZGYi4B6p8Lby-Rp0Hjmrd8DyQitUAjk04e0eB1v6xweER0vqGrrzpx-rT_BWYf8ZVq1UTopWZY00VG/w640-h288/20230926_121732.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8l6hnOhpBF8VBxJFqXopIl4YsqoSF32er6JPwJ9HWFRyv5MkwnkKBwpZNCP32V6Swp1CPSNtyNoThu_4bNqmBClNjvt5d1ogApQtKds8dkWHrsrLH9KVPLpvngata1n-C4446miplzmGa8cKedyWXtYnnh_Qy_S9tq15smcO7tJQrMHeF7jqZ6uRjwTZ/s3357/20230926_122830.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3357" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8l6hnOhpBF8VBxJFqXopIl4YsqoSF32er6JPwJ9HWFRyv5MkwnkKBwpZNCP32V6Swp1CPSNtyNoThu_4bNqmBClNjvt5d1ogApQtKds8dkWHrsrLH9KVPLpvngata1n-C4446miplzmGa8cKedyWXtYnnh_Qy_S9tq15smcO7tJQrMHeF7jqZ6uRjwTZ/s320/20230926_122830.heic" width="172" /></a></div>Second up was the <a href="https://www.niwa.org/" target="_blank">Japanese Friendship Garden</a>. (This is another favorite cultural/ landscape stop of ours, which I learned about DH on our honeymoon and have tried to keep up the streak since then.) Unfortunately, I wasn't able to schedule us for any activities during this trip--I'm still smarting from the cancellation of the ikebana class we were supposed to take in Phoenix in March--but we had a lovely wander through the gallery and the gardens in the valley under the sun. This contemporary art piece made out of origami cranes reminded me that I would like to do an origami project with trainees at the hospital. I worked on the lesson plan while the others napped later and think it would involve learning about the legend of <i>senbazuru</i> (1,000 origami cranes) and the story of Sadako Sasaki (who died of leukemia after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima), then folding cranes while thinking about the patients they want to get better and/or perhaps the relationships they want to heal. The wind chimes below tinkled all during the organ concert over the weekend, and I could hear them because we found seats off to the side of the pavilion in the shade. <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/dvfaYJgF86y8WeUWA" target="_blank">If you'd like to see more photos, click here.</a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXES9R4-ljNvgAjOeSP8PRoCFuQmX48a8KL4F4S_QbJ4KtZmSgd218mXbPpoW1p38jJL6cK5FopJEkYMZuE3OKCoCsem01we1kggOpW6LX9MXwLB66wkelHeceD0KNMqxBnSEMAOi9It_zferVFP5kLvZq5e4Bl150-jcq0MO-uaooyEubE152y_Y2mdv/s4000/20230926_123458.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXES9R4-ljNvgAjOeSP8PRoCFuQmX48a8KL4F4S_QbJ4KtZmSgd218mXbPpoW1p38jJL6cK5FopJEkYMZuE3OKCoCsem01we1kggOpW6LX9MXwLB66wkelHeceD0KNMqxBnSEMAOi9It_zferVFP5kLvZq5e4Bl150-jcq0MO-uaooyEubE152y_Y2mdv/w640-h288/20230926_123458.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdYJkQUP-QH8fAYHxRBtXyKWqPFSozVHYdd8gzm9SFNJjbSnxmt99qzDFt1WRo5DrWxOwt5hmSJ4ToSaDK0xzQCMrRENymsWyF6vS5Xt3ZPvExCbffAgPSXP5W33oyWnKhgJhyphenhyphenpBidAnWOULDgm-5kCgGuxdZmtL32WM_wcx5zXgiHNpyZgbwTAirmlkO/s4000/20230926_132250.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdYJkQUP-QH8fAYHxRBtXyKWqPFSozVHYdd8gzm9SFNJjbSnxmt99qzDFt1WRo5DrWxOwt5hmSJ4ToSaDK0xzQCMrRENymsWyF6vS5Xt3ZPvExCbffAgPSXP5W33oyWnKhgJhyphenhyphenpBidAnWOULDgm-5kCgGuxdZmtL32WM_wcx5zXgiHNpyZgbwTAirmlkO/w640-h288/20230926_132250.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our last stop was <a href="http://extraordinarydesserts.com/" target="_blank">Extraordinary Desserts</a> for sweets to enjoy with our leftovers for dinner. Then we had to pack up in order to say good-bye to a wonderful vacation the next morning.</div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-216477691885357792023-09-24T23:17:00.003-04:002023-09-28T13:55:33.322-04:00San Diego Day 3: From Sound Waves to Ocean Waves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB85xRwJuyJmN6pJ_9O8M_bFUWKdgAj3anLF_rjgWzXg1rCre15UYpNRhAvOiVvBDEhU7TruxDPsxg7cuaJHTlIPjJ1x8GD3xmZHNKpz3vVYRynT3h2J9AqncQOZ_6b_sFWKRNiaei-T5xZmVKy8ZN-apjdMJG4lhfwnf_ERvpAxXH2L8gOwRZ_pap0mrW/s3229/20230924_163819-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3229" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB85xRwJuyJmN6pJ_9O8M_bFUWKdgAj3anLF_rjgWzXg1rCre15UYpNRhAvOiVvBDEhU7TruxDPsxg7cuaJHTlIPjJ1x8GD3xmZHNKpz3vVYRynT3h2J9AqncQOZ_6b_sFWKRNiaei-T5xZmVKy8ZN-apjdMJG4lhfwnf_ERvpAxXH2L8gOwRZ_pap0mrW/w640-h356/20230924_163819-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div>Dear Husband and I scheduled most of a week in San Diego around the wedding so we could enjoy visiting the city for the first time. Instead of a "post-wedding brunch," there were tacos!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRMBgDBDzO6Q5cbybhTfXDzneOV-EUweJH8uxGxIkAm-py8xoA7vycVji_7MRcbDcVzPxjRYLUUqBHPXjXEGv6e2QXyNk7eMrn1Lz63ZjMAWIWzKk33kbdryYN7ex2u35jwSNc52hYNEfseSfj16hHYe_z9xDyNs-qVRn1Sx7dvML_OfZFGjzIIWv6bTK/s4000/20230924_114726.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRMBgDBDzO6Q5cbybhTfXDzneOV-EUweJH8uxGxIkAm-py8xoA7vycVji_7MRcbDcVzPxjRYLUUqBHPXjXEGv6e2QXyNk7eMrn1Lz63ZjMAWIWzKk33kbdryYN7ex2u35jwSNc52hYNEfseSfj16hHYe_z9xDyNs-qVRn1Sx7dvML_OfZFGjzIIWv6bTK/w640-h288/20230924_114726.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Then several of us de-camped to Balboa Park for the weekly free organ concert at <a href="https://balboapark.org/arts-culture/spreckels-organ-pavilion-balboa-park/" target="_blank">Spreckles Pavilion</a>, which was built in 1915.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3LGn-2GJan83_impj7AsP6Ayqgm2lyzj9mCCq7s7otOwg7s1kAwJ1AzUCNKJyD5jvrj2bLM6YRWCO_QMA6jYTRWEs9SCi71-OzCkLGHRR623FTR2Zrypo47BAWl0-biM8m9I1AGys8xmyGaps-kcpoO5lNs_3c-aL_g-U3unlxq6MVOvB3tzq-PuV8lC/s4000/20230924_134918.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3LGn-2GJan83_impj7AsP6Ayqgm2lyzj9mCCq7s7otOwg7s1kAwJ1AzUCNKJyD5jvrj2bLM6YRWCO_QMA6jYTRWEs9SCi71-OzCkLGHRR623FTR2Zrypo47BAWl0-biM8m9I1AGys8xmyGaps-kcpoO5lNs_3c-aL_g-U3unlxq6MVOvB3tzq-PuV8lC/w640-h288/20230924_134918.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>After that, we visited <a href="https://www.nps.gov/cabr/learn/historyculture/the-lighthouses-of-point-loma.htm" target="_blank">Point Loma to look at the old lighthouse</a> and take in the impressive views of the Pacific Ocean. This had not been on my list of things to do, and I am so glad that I under-planned this trip, in order to be flexible enough to change our plans on a dime, because this was a great addition to our itinerary. The breeze up there was so sweet, and the exhibits about living at the lighthouse were pretty neat.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbVQv1HrM1b4a0-9HFeV0ngWONEINacQ4fXr3RZZKx2gm2toAAp5dDmraxK11aVJY-8RecvijJ0xtGTN_cnBBFfneaD7oiYZTD-SdkSxCPd69PBw6mplwU6JYu6FZ7WMHwEDR-8ZIElONtgbTdOWGWcyUrheEzd-y15GgsH6a43YtiBDn_EamECfdp7ia/s3071/20230924_154857.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3071" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbVQv1HrM1b4a0-9HFeV0ngWONEINacQ4fXr3RZZKx2gm2toAAp5dDmraxK11aVJY-8RecvijJ0xtGTN_cnBBFfneaD7oiYZTD-SdkSxCPd69PBw6mplwU6JYu6FZ7WMHwEDR-8ZIElONtgbTdOWGWcyUrheEzd-y15GgsH6a43YtiBDn_EamECfdp7ia/w640-h376/20230924_154857.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7I4FWVm53O9ELumX5AcLWEwTDfqh8Nnd1G3-BQje3J5QDXorK4JPdJyF28oLQHltGAAoO1T_GBg7KLbcVfsKztoFNI3TXqTSv7RM6Zvbge-liXzJ24fdTuoHnPOHwqrrvi8_csXEIztdl_YpWWZUme1hSn7YeAJE8ZNfsmghlT9wuiQ2N5PkqhDJs73M/s4000/20230924_155457.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7I4FWVm53O9ELumX5AcLWEwTDfqh8Nnd1G3-BQje3J5QDXorK4JPdJyF28oLQHltGAAoO1T_GBg7KLbcVfsKztoFNI3TXqTSv7RM6Zvbge-liXzJ24fdTuoHnPOHwqrrvi8_csXEIztdl_YpWWZUme1hSn7YeAJE8ZNfsmghlT9wuiQ2N5PkqhDJs73M/w640-h288/20230924_155457.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">We skipped the museum and statue to the European explorer who "discovered" the area in favor of the old lighthouse, which lit the passage into the bay from 1855-1891. As scenic as the crest of the peninsula is, fog and cloud cover often obscured the light, so after only 36 years, a new lighthouse was built at the tip of the spit of land, down by the water.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6Rc_TsQwnzzTkRv5GVUvglxzWvZUJ-1SlUvUwPD-DDMoc0ViLk8gfI-h1bX1erMyg2V7x1KjYmeYAQS3s1umpu1xChhBom4LiCHA858C6y322mIe_UXOrOpAuHsosVLAG4OpGJUE86idj8tB4jnOzziMbdKYapQWUe3B8F5IT8E6d3P8BxVrV58SEy8T/s4000/20230924_160442.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6Rc_TsQwnzzTkRv5GVUvglxzWvZUJ-1SlUvUwPD-DDMoc0ViLk8gfI-h1bX1erMyg2V7x1KjYmeYAQS3s1umpu1xChhBom4LiCHA858C6y322mIe_UXOrOpAuHsosVLAG4OpGJUE86idj8tB4jnOzziMbdKYapQWUe3B8F5IT8E6d3P8BxVrV58SEy8T/w640-h288/20230924_160442.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above: old lighthouse; below: new lighthouse (under the palm trees).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJMDX715uztIjh-lxMLPdv_fW0lYOfiglq8LDl7dyWDZm7vAEvU_Au9RfbVwAsf4Yn_0YKAsVe4G294rv1Dss24R9nH6KvBCSgyP-66ScH66RXg3Q5og4x3AdNwBIpPpXKAwMWxO5hUottv0U_MYwdIkMlWLA33LPin10uTBOGKM40tTXzm4gX6s7H7_0/s4000/20230924_163310.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJMDX715uztIjh-lxMLPdv_fW0lYOfiglq8LDl7dyWDZm7vAEvU_Au9RfbVwAsf4Yn_0YKAsVe4G294rv1Dss24R9nH6KvBCSgyP-66ScH66RXg3Q5og4x3AdNwBIpPpXKAwMWxO5hUottv0U_MYwdIkMlWLA33LPin10uTBOGKM40tTXzm4gX6s7H7_0/w640-h288/20230924_163310.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Dear Husband spent the morning with my family exploring Balboa Park. I spent the morning in the bridal suite yakking, blogging, cross-stitching, and eventually getting my make-up done. Then I went back to my room to get dressed. The groom's side wore navy or marine blue, and the bride's side wore wine or maroon. </p><p>The afternoon was for photographs. Here are some unofficial ones--I can't wait to see what the photographers captured, especially with the stunning background of the city behind us!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0GPsRFOIGZz5EC2cWKwDyWm-5naSKMCdUrx7yVV_KdbQINqEap1bR_-COl7jpxFU2gG9pTIjrmCpl72uRNAYyk1N2BJS3QSh64LkB8wNi3RxAdd1iBZqu87QOmd0XNd0T8wY6Gg1sjAS2KnHgiaQlLRcTng68_X5pFvxRxia9aA5wxWQptdvxFnKIRUs/s960/32691.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="687" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0GPsRFOIGZz5EC2cWKwDyWm-5naSKMCdUrx7yVV_KdbQINqEap1bR_-COl7jpxFU2gG9pTIjrmCpl72uRNAYyk1N2BJS3QSh64LkB8wNi3RxAdd1iBZqu87QOmd0XNd0T8wY6Gg1sjAS2KnHgiaQlLRcTng68_X5pFvxRxia9aA5wxWQptdvxFnKIRUs/w286-h400/32691.jpeg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;">Then it was time for the sunset ceremony on the balcony overlooking the bay, officiated by one of the bride's friends. They had asked me to choose a reading, and they wanted it to be a surprise. I knew that the usual scriptures and standard wedding passages about young love weren't right, so I looked half-heartedly--until one night, scrolling through Facebook when I should have been lying down to fall asleep, I stumbled upon a poem by <a href="http://www.sierrademulder.com/" target="_blank">Sierra DeMulder</a> that said everything I wanted to convey about growing old together in beautiful verse. I purchased a copy of the collection, <i>Ephemera</i>, to read before gifting it to the happy couple.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEiYilQoMxclFNhREelY2XQv-j460eooeCY0HGrW_adIC5Gu9TpV4qVano1YA5QTlsvgKsPzPQAJi_ShNMHE4ntNjvP4k1-2H-_IZT8DXNqC0SWAFe2-3CZnC0tz3Z-R1yZIa3YoGiKUPUOwfFErJUa466kIbolVy6tfuWQ7tIMOLW2pqSu-SNe3SdDJCX/s2759/20230924_090348~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2759" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEiYilQoMxclFNhREelY2XQv-j460eooeCY0HGrW_adIC5Gu9TpV4qVano1YA5QTlsvgKsPzPQAJi_ShNMHE4ntNjvP4k1-2H-_IZT8DXNqC0SWAFe2-3CZnC0tz3Z-R1yZIa3YoGiKUPUOwfFErJUa466kIbolVy6tfuWQ7tIMOLW2pqSu-SNe3SdDJCX/s320/20230924_090348~2.jpg" width="209" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ICvsEtGK5iOuEK00NDI-zwXHxh7MbpOe2KY0VCtKekH-OCHUczn5jg0pXsYs5zFHqTP9f9bmSdLNeLsDKASFCwb6_eEqidUhVr6Tw3WzvAiSm987EKe6RWXcUHc-BtXLyHzmYFytaWN7L0X_QJJmX-jNkmSUokMOblpcUnSqbUkvASUfRCRdpvYohZjx/s2246/20230924_091107~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2246" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ICvsEtGK5iOuEK00NDI-zwXHxh7MbpOe2KY0VCtKekH-OCHUczn5jg0pXsYs5zFHqTP9f9bmSdLNeLsDKASFCwb6_eEqidUhVr6Tw3WzvAiSm987EKe6RWXcUHc-BtXLyHzmYFytaWN7L0X_QJJmX-jNkmSUokMOblpcUnSqbUkvASUfRCRdpvYohZjx/s320/20230924_091107~2.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><h2 id="yui_3_17_2_1_1695688642151_501" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Cormorant Garamond"; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.7em; margin-top: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: capitalize; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><strong id="yui_3_17_2_1_1695688642151_500" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">NEW VOWS</strong></h2><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(38, 38, 38, 0.84); font-family: "Cormorant Garamond"; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.34px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When my best friend got married,<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />he walked down the aisle to a song<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />about death. <em style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Isn’t that what marriage is<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />all about?</em> he laughed. <em style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">A promise<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />to be together until one of you dies?</em><br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />I regret my wedding vows, too focused<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />on the benign—our boundless laughter,<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />how I cherish just waking up together.<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />I should have said, I take thee and all<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />the treachery that aliveness guarantees.<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />I should have said, I will help bury<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />your elders. I take your hand and your heart <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />murmur; the cancerous growth above<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />your father’s ear. I take your family<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />history of alcoholism and give you back<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />a possible covenant of dementia, miscarriage, <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />high blood pressure. In sickness and in<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />car accidents. In sickness and in the mundane. <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Shared calendars and anniversaries spent <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />arguing about our budget. You told me once <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />Great Danes have a short life expectancy, <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />only 6-10 years if you’re lucky, and I cried: <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" /><em style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">who would sign up to love something<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />so impermanent?</em> O, beloved, we have<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />been so happy lately, it’s making us nervous. <br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />And isn’t that what marriage is all about:<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />a love so darling, so hallowed and exposed,<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />we both volunteer to be its keeper—when<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />the joy runs dry, when the body fails—<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />not because but in glorious spite of<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />the unpalatable, impossible fact that<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />someday one of us will wake up first<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" />only to find ourselves alone.</p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">Then I told them that I hoped that inevitable day would be a long time in the future and that the reason it hurts is because the intervening decades are so full of joy, of weirdness, and of love. I got a lot of positive feedback after the ceremony, and I wish I could start a movement to make DeMulder the next Rumi. Happily, several guests have told me they have or will buy the book, which tells what I assume is a quasi-autobiographical story about starting an ending relationships, queerness, and (in)fertility.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixp2AEHYPXn3O7Hv-Lj0dlZQnBetd1NvDrAD22Uo6K8O9XYyL_38v1OIcn-Fcb2zdlbAoHxKxDZtbGBq-0jDAz3_VeoQz4KWW1CPYmVu3AAcOQnWfxLPDdUDG8RAe4Vfb0EszWNhXOrxzFll0Wt4Tw3UJU2L90GNMCWzT0NDBtnvVln-1ajg6vCyo1Nwm6/s606/32645.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="606" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixp2AEHYPXn3O7Hv-Lj0dlZQnBetd1NvDrAD22Uo6K8O9XYyL_38v1OIcn-Fcb2zdlbAoHxKxDZtbGBq-0jDAz3_VeoQz4KWW1CPYmVu3AAcOQnWfxLPDdUDG8RAe4Vfb0EszWNhXOrxzFll0Wt4Tw3UJU2L90GNMCWzT0NDBtnvVln-1ajg6vCyo1Nwm6/s320/32645.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The happy couple kissed, jumped the broom, and then we partied!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Good food and drinks, fun tunes, and lots of dancing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH35wJ0FpGSJz249naGBOEdt8SXYUpEqVs2x6gr5bZsb1gVejyasPMDP1OPhjNtBZM1YRup0jSOAkLXpCtUjUsX_SZODNQMAtlHo254_87Vunki8tNyqU0l5JQiLh1y9zi_DF8Lk1VYcUGl-kMO4aC7rT7ZZl-JCL0lWxt1M1yFDI8Lk55n8DWqXkRCo6y/s2089/20230923_185651.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2089" data-original-width="1253" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH35wJ0FpGSJz249naGBOEdt8SXYUpEqVs2x6gr5bZsb1gVejyasPMDP1OPhjNtBZM1YRup0jSOAkLXpCtUjUsX_SZODNQMAtlHo254_87Vunki8tNyqU0l5JQiLh1y9zi_DF8Lk1VYcUGl-kMO4aC7rT7ZZl-JCL0lWxt1M1yFDI8Lk55n8DWqXkRCo6y/s320/20230923_185651.jpg" width="192" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUsln7xKMN9VD7xweLUtXFbvXYZOyQpQDNtpgrwl8kV07z0Vg6GB3f_b0BzOIuSJvMDcC0GqMaPGHQmOb6Zbq3d3w-2qv-cxhDIMZ0fOYq5cIsGYJU9uM1pEiFGaiQPyoK3BYCVidu8K78LUTVlbhrMHBFfE-dsQe8wO9Cjl_H9bffRiMRz6C1z1RaPAN/s4000/20230923_195051.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUsln7xKMN9VD7xweLUtXFbvXYZOyQpQDNtpgrwl8kV07z0Vg6GB3f_b0BzOIuSJvMDcC0GqMaPGHQmOb6Zbq3d3w-2qv-cxhDIMZ0fOYq5cIsGYJU9uM1pEiFGaiQPyoK3BYCVidu8K78LUTVlbhrMHBFfE-dsQe8wO9Cjl_H9bffRiMRz6C1z1RaPAN/s320/20230923_195051.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbujuMePzXMBKNDewpfj5kQMnMHYvhCTTMCiTEWz8ZJf9WQEzF2aje6wtH9Wq7pYL6RKw898-C7T_hpaHrvGUuOnJk9IAZ09puyLLCxUiBbYVkG6q2gNdsk_J939kyyHKQgnD1q8iUhGr0xy4v5qalRdKAC7U08d3vec2T1T3LJs3O1BTvriIPbH2VqBb6/s4000/20230923_184707.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbujuMePzXMBKNDewpfj5kQMnMHYvhCTTMCiTEWz8ZJf9WQEzF2aje6wtH9Wq7pYL6RKw898-C7T_hpaHrvGUuOnJk9IAZ09puyLLCxUiBbYVkG6q2gNdsk_J939kyyHKQgnD1q8iUhGr0xy4v5qalRdKAC7U08d3vec2T1T3LJs3O1BTvriIPbH2VqBb6/s320/20230923_184707.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIw4rNEZmP7AddfKll8qrOKB5xvoPd-PKC5IjyF2ODZvaqcUSiJhn1Pfv0boufj-Rg8c7JVGRzAnv9uT-7Dmndo_RKPtyYksiHerEG9fyGLWChtGFW51Bv0i-F55wuObHFOSl-QRwIgjfZ3ld-PxV4en-iSttkEy415NbPjupO1sW9n_ZE0zOJ0myPpne0/s4000/20230923_182327.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIw4rNEZmP7AddfKll8qrOKB5xvoPd-PKC5IjyF2ODZvaqcUSiJhn1Pfv0boufj-Rg8c7JVGRzAnv9uT-7Dmndo_RKPtyYksiHerEG9fyGLWChtGFW51Bv0i-F55wuObHFOSl-QRwIgjfZ3ld-PxV4en-iSttkEy415NbPjupO1sW9n_ZE0zOJ0myPpne0/s320/20230923_182327.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The tables were beautifully decorated with (fake) candles, mirrors, and fresh flower centerpieces. <span style="text-align: left;">The flowers were mostly roses with some hydrangea and baby's breath.</span> The cake topper says "mutual weirdness forever." The funny thing about that is that I had teased DH when we arrived to San Diego, thanking him for coming "to see my family get bigger," and then we debated whether it could get weirder after he joined. Apparently it can! ;-) I'm so pleased to have gained such an amazing sister, and that my brother has found the love of his life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF5_tlfCrCOvD70tJLcyfznrU025yeUwbR4JfVzVWifeLffKiSmGoNvIJX1aD2TH2I7e_insnTcMJMyV0cppXV948WL-3ILRo-_zmsvY-Qe_nPreYmnSeIRH8jUklUKUlzu7bES-UrsaPog4eDOQ89mf-NiZgob-j_K63gLMp4P-0h2SL7-WtsqWf-dul/s2655/32789.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1991" data-original-width="2655" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF5_tlfCrCOvD70tJLcyfznrU025yeUwbR4JfVzVWifeLffKiSmGoNvIJX1aD2TH2I7e_insnTcMJMyV0cppXV948WL-3ILRo-_zmsvY-Qe_nPreYmnSeIRH8jUklUKUlzu7bES-UrsaPog4eDOQ89mf-NiZgob-j_K63gLMp4P-0h2SL7-WtsqWf-dul/s320/32789.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3WAnPHdM3KUF_glFMSzBe6D-LjoS0eWNw4JVidIt5zJQNmcDWkL_3_SVZ3AvCmD7jrEwVXf7CamMlUv1-rG5gEXWajsaLFRaDtoqnUo3tSBkPN2sytGCF9hJl4CHZLB4AGNsXY9OidIYUMi5ZvPgZQY2XyYMn2Z6Oq4ndPeMI1NtNQSO4dasqb7OaEqI/s1280/32784.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3WAnPHdM3KUF_glFMSzBe6D-LjoS0eWNw4JVidIt5zJQNmcDWkL_3_SVZ3AvCmD7jrEwVXf7CamMlUv1-rG5gEXWajsaLFRaDtoqnUo3tSBkPN2sytGCF9hJl4CHZLB4AGNsXY9OidIYUMi5ZvPgZQY2XyYMn2Z6Oq4ndPeMI1NtNQSO4dasqb7OaEqI/s320/32784.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCzGuMsdMBV_tjkPy9_Rw1HUm1nV_F5avsQmoqLRlbk2WdvF8qyJsUg2JurAkOhVQ4MDTZPsBD1KgNwxENu9fRjiENkW6zRRkLr1onGmkY9I8HN-5SOPFcTeQx5E9c6ujGZwk6-NUW_uwMk4_vfikRW2AOFuTaR41aUZVMaa5TMQe8qvurawS1jFvshbf/s1600/32693.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCzGuMsdMBV_tjkPy9_Rw1HUm1nV_F5avsQmoqLRlbk2WdvF8qyJsUg2JurAkOhVQ4MDTZPsBD1KgNwxENu9fRjiENkW6zRRkLr1onGmkY9I8HN-5SOPFcTeQx5E9c6ujGZwk6-NUW_uwMk4_vfikRW2AOFuTaR41aUZVMaa5TMQe8qvurawS1jFvshbf/s320/32693.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>
</div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-52548534198081408182023-09-23T01:56:00.003-04:002023-09-23T16:34:58.388-04:00San Diego Day 1: Do you want to be the pretty or strong today?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlQ6CnvuDD1juiWCV2iBJp0jIpLTrS3jawCnR9yfX4t46Qee6Kkzdy2naeFOBNpVR2ykNR3fJ-Tur4cX4YlAK3nnR1HLd28jW_hA2lSOEMSz8ieSyQA9lZMPtpBZCibHaDJr0EbzLPgP9uAiZRpCmxq7ayae2pwJUgM53z_DypG1awlUNmB9KgjbqerTW/s2154/20230922_090705-EDIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2154" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlQ6CnvuDD1juiWCV2iBJp0jIpLTrS3jawCnR9yfX4t46Qee6Kkzdy2naeFOBNpVR2ykNR3fJ-Tur4cX4YlAK3nnR1HLd28jW_hA2lSOEMSz8ieSyQA9lZMPtpBZCibHaDJr0EbzLPgP9uAiZRpCmxq7ayae2pwJUgM53z_DypG1awlUNmB9KgjbqerTW/w640-h452/20230922_090705-EDIT.jpg" width="640" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Instead of an August lake trip, this year Dear Husband and I flew to San Diego, CA, to celebrate my youngest brother's wedding and have a week of vacation. I wanted to do a whale-watching boat ride, but it was the wrong time of year, so on our first full day, I booked us a morning of sea kayaking at La Jolla to look at the birds and sea lions. My Awesome Parents (MAP) came with us. Photos courtesy of my new SIL lending me a waterproof sleeve for my phone.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7p3jOz-UjhU5y5-JHSGRnVgmxo7jITleBmq1bEoEA4e6YTxZdUb4fzdA7hnZs-FrAh9u8E2Wo7Ggh7BrqoSJq_AwC3yUxUGJMLbKMiPfXIKrf91OHJ7hf-c_w0UPpo6nYL3KyTVDxPItmWBWC-TitRTwVVbLUlqM7ap3Bho3R87GymwbNtc7xbhGxDnGI/s3712/20230922_091755.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="3712" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7p3jOz-UjhU5y5-JHSGRnVgmxo7jITleBmq1bEoEA4e6YTxZdUb4fzdA7hnZs-FrAh9u8E2Wo7Ggh7BrqoSJq_AwC3yUxUGJMLbKMiPfXIKrf91OHJ7hf-c_w0UPpo6nYL3KyTVDxPItmWBWC-TitRTwVVbLUlqM7ap3Bho3R87GymwbNtc7xbhGxDnGI/s320/20230922_091755.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2c2p4sfgSJiuzBcPyf9RLofDQHFeI7LKB651RHvxWnX-RTijIdmxdeZ9yZS1NeH_R3W1Y-n9QGh5SJ2KfX68KZTL-n1GEOPQEz1CRXTBFHvJ1LXx7_a1YFO9G3V51l80eONrwQ_SJKyD9tx-BRwvlE6iSgIYbfM9hJrTDyXSH3UXAkEGHDqM7b5kFaCA/s4000/20230922_091734.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2c2p4sfgSJiuzBcPyf9RLofDQHFeI7LKB651RHvxWnX-RTijIdmxdeZ9yZS1NeH_R3W1Y-n9QGh5SJ2KfX68KZTL-n1GEOPQEz1CRXTBFHvJ1LXx7_a1YFO9G3V51l80eONrwQ_SJKyD9tx-BRwvlE6iSgIYbfM9hJrTDyXSH3UXAkEGHDqM7b5kFaCA/s320/20230922_091734.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitP9BltgEsrYRBANjBNdeKOX-24pskIfKL47OOo3ND1uJUZwgcxwn0ffe7BrVSWO7xkpDrI5bEddZJ782VbiT4jPkcJm0yoE0Zu3KLh8_9bD7l26xQgG7AuLH7H2svTgLS5SqdFRAJHdmustg7PQDZCgLf69ZSpHS1JCvbc3uwvWebyQr1FmRw4qJW-l65/s4000/20230922_094857.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitP9BltgEsrYRBANjBNdeKOX-24pskIfKL47OOo3ND1uJUZwgcxwn0ffe7BrVSWO7xkpDrI5bEddZJ782VbiT4jPkcJm0yoE0Zu3KLh8_9bD7l26xQgG7AuLH7H2svTgLS5SqdFRAJHdmustg7PQDZCgLf69ZSpHS1JCvbc3uwvWebyQr1FmRw4qJW-l65/s320/20230922_094857.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we were ready to get into our kayaks, the guides advised that "the prettier" person should sit up front and "the stronger" person in the back, so I asked DH which one he wanted to be that day. Unfortunately, he quickly got quite seasick, and neither of us had thought to pack Dramamine. My father offered to go back to shore with him, as his bum shoulder didn't really tolerate the paddling. He and I switched kayaks without capsizing, much to the guide's surprise, and my mother and I continued on. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMLpZ9jeCIsefs3YGPmdN5FczmfPQMF0FTeCZWX4zXWCdf-d0iAl4C9rDigeHSXqLpZ61r0UEYPog2fNj2iXOktPvKhTYlAEK1SmN5SrkOewpcZvUhsrXHGguSpR1ECan55AignpBCJ8nv91HQO3WeL0Yvv8o1bh4M6T4Avogl2cuwCVeCL_wUYGVPCES/s3429/20230922_100204.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3429" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMLpZ9jeCIsefs3YGPmdN5FczmfPQMF0FTeCZWX4zXWCdf-d0iAl4C9rDigeHSXqLpZ61r0UEYPog2fNj2iXOktPvKhTYlAEK1SmN5SrkOewpcZvUhsrXHGguSpR1ECan55AignpBCJ8nv91HQO3WeL0Yvv8o1bh4M6T4Avogl2cuwCVeCL_wUYGVPCES/s320/20230922_100204.heic" width="168" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbe5FYbw8XERqvlNM-ZiYEh7nsr6hR1yloob4H04vVwR8fRFWe1eidPYj_jHMyXlMmKTw_ajzLBASmox91xKzI4nwo0uMTrkqLP9jg13AVMmq-wJlwl-0sjnXDHtbjRvAVtHXrKvjcEur2T75csDPP1WqGgiEUYSKMuvtay-qgJxk1f8aPZT1iSM-UYkQs/s4000/20230922_100946.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbe5FYbw8XERqvlNM-ZiYEh7nsr6hR1yloob4H04vVwR8fRFWe1eidPYj_jHMyXlMmKTw_ajzLBASmox91xKzI4nwo0uMTrkqLP9jg13AVMmq-wJlwl-0sjnXDHtbjRvAVtHXrKvjcEur2T75csDPP1WqGgiEUYSKMuvtay-qgJxk1f8aPZT1iSM-UYkQs/s320/20230922_100946.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We learned about spotted leopard sharks, the 4 different marine environments, and the 7 La Jolla caves. Sunny Jim's is the cave that was dug from the surface and is now a tourist attraction. Our guides took us into Clam Cave, which had deep green water and purple rock marking the high-tide line on the walls.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpCIBCXYSHLHpHW6MAqTDIIFcpyfBXybi7AXilfjhoRuemAwDqSYV-5wzUdIyNnmEnLCzJy2Bk7ICQwCvjVedKGpOUiyr6yZzt8b9cJkLeYstnRAyzT_b8CkJlrLEkhCWZPHpvXmiqeWU8cz8wWSCIChPXNrMea8GWoWXH1rMhwTE5Ql9pB0rR9dl78RL/s4000/20230922_101005.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpCIBCXYSHLHpHW6MAqTDIIFcpyfBXybi7AXilfjhoRuemAwDqSYV-5wzUdIyNnmEnLCzJy2Bk7ICQwCvjVedKGpOUiyr6yZzt8b9cJkLeYstnRAyzT_b8CkJlrLEkhCWZPHpvXmiqeWU8cz8wWSCIChPXNrMea8GWoWXH1rMhwTE5Ql9pB0rR9dl78RL/w640-h288/20230922_101005.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then it was back to the hotel for warm showers and a quick lunch before the wedding rehearsal. After another rest, it was time to head to the <a href="https://oldtowntequilafactory.com/" target="_blank">Old Town Tequila Factory</a> for amazing views, excellent margheritas, and meeting (up with) friends and family. By way of explanation, the bride's friend from Annapolis brought the fantasy football belt she had won last season, which she is showing off here.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimaIBQx8ht-35JKjHtXeCWT9JCUSZLIaHtGh4UufepZX3EctKMEneElPJMx3UuKiMsG8MWNkHDSMOIFT_C8A_tOvG9bvzrAHrLQuqC6hzaDoIJNiSc2U2JIXjqa91VOv7evTelrKoxJB0A-Myqcve3_Dp9WVAK-H4GLz5TROylBEJ4iff1TEiFcdqmx532/s4000/20230922_162725.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimaIBQx8ht-35JKjHtXeCWT9JCUSZLIaHtGh4UufepZX3EctKMEneElPJMx3UuKiMsG8MWNkHDSMOIFT_C8A_tOvG9bvzrAHrLQuqC6hzaDoIJNiSc2U2JIXjqa91VOv7evTelrKoxJB0A-Myqcve3_Dp9WVAK-H4GLz5TROylBEJ4iff1TEiFcdqmx532/w400-h180/20230922_162725.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuVGKkgGeExirDcC1sfN-ciZkjrVqcpuZCGauDUix6Q0gKazMv8nKUP_ZY41hDcsQoJc8izAH9gyWRa6lyPS6buLQPFKmI30ReY8qQdf8jf-OjGw6nNVbBylMGHKl8rRg4p4UGnJy5UeT7Ca3WEG5WvZvwmGe9xmAd-kNdsx9N0oeyuZ6khoVlbGKjaLt/s4000/20230922_160357.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuVGKkgGeExirDcC1sfN-ciZkjrVqcpuZCGauDUix6Q0gKazMv8nKUP_ZY41hDcsQoJc8izAH9gyWRa6lyPS6buLQPFKmI30ReY8qQdf8jf-OjGw6nNVbBylMGHKl8rRg4p4UGnJy5UeT7Ca3WEG5WvZvwmGe9xmAd-kNdsx9N0oeyuZ6khoVlbGKjaLt/s320/20230922_160357.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJfkjVhADrpZEu545BiAc3kb-LafJ-QwyJ8D10vbj3djp0rPlzIS7fovjGuR07qsz6bJpNMqRObnZqId2YuSjMuU_oOqw5dfXqOVwb140px6mZmfHz5e8iZaDgjnPYZdOVpzx9WKUOuu4IeGfMt1hvLhSy5eCwn0bVSBiRCcKUUORq4JR1B3wUFcxHX0x/s4000/20230922_172134.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJfkjVhADrpZEu545BiAc3kb-LafJ-QwyJ8D10vbj3djp0rPlzIS7fovjGuR07qsz6bJpNMqRObnZqId2YuSjMuU_oOqw5dfXqOVwb140px6mZmfHz5e8iZaDgjnPYZdOVpzx9WKUOuu4IeGfMt1hvLhSy5eCwn0bVSBiRCcKUUORq4JR1B3wUFcxHX0x/s320/20230922_172134.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pQlxybCerzMFaTB7x0ktWPstQi7uUkA5qPM8VksGGoh3_jyllpP-PIAQVwqaqbVpsTDuxJGryBs_FAbV4AqvM0IDb-aBQIJzd-1TLMzH86owC5RXoouUMBCeDYTgGIc6dKnBtQrDBTZdWrlAqI8sxgu0_0NWVa8CTMeBF48DsFQTTdGmD_CdmjZHnklX/s4000/20230922_161020.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pQlxybCerzMFaTB7x0ktWPstQi7uUkA5qPM8VksGGoh3_jyllpP-PIAQVwqaqbVpsTDuxJGryBs_FAbV4AqvM0IDb-aBQIJzd-1TLMzH86owC5RXoouUMBCeDYTgGIc6dKnBtQrDBTZdWrlAqI8sxgu0_0NWVa8CTMeBF48DsFQTTdGmD_CdmjZHnklX/w400-h180/20230922_161020.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We ended the day with my New Jersey aunt and uncle at the <a href="https://www.mlb.com/cardinals" target="_blank">St. Louis Cardinals</a> vs <a href="https://www.mlb.com/padres" target="_blank">San Diego Padres</a> baseball game. The Padres had won the previous 7 games, so <a href="https://www.petcoparkinsider.com/" target="_blank">Petco Park</a> was sold out. It was a fun atmosphere, especially since the game was close, and the Padres pulled off the win!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbr5lLfIPvqRAhR4ohNwqvqCv2UfIQ4CfsTCkctYTtyF24TxCSZmZf-yK7ZGSgcVK41BhMJrIhaPvR-vjOM7zB951K5Y14F82CPggiWpXoTBSA77-yI4rhRIBOwKyWtbmufoyxUVl8_dUMq-yV_A1CTSIwBUsQg_Xh295yNQqLD2fis518ARjd9PW-462/s3712/20230922_192147.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="3712" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbr5lLfIPvqRAhR4ohNwqvqCv2UfIQ4CfsTCkctYTtyF24TxCSZmZf-yK7ZGSgcVK41BhMJrIhaPvR-vjOM7zB951K5Y14F82CPggiWpXoTBSA77-yI4rhRIBOwKyWtbmufoyxUVl8_dUMq-yV_A1CTSIwBUsQg_Xh295yNQqLD2fis518ARjd9PW-462/w640-h288/20230922_192147.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">One of these years I will remember to put my chin down for selfies.</div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-53575015296901879792023-08-18T11:55:00.000-04:002023-09-23T12:55:45.903-04:00TSPGH: At home in the Heinz History Center<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgiyfKYPGSG0xNWMz2v6u-IBMVByIsENoofYqHLcJSWB9-rxbCl03-s1otzdbRxLLBIWEYuvOlT_7e6Bx2zziwZ48MZYjzazLg4BbjehJIxJYYlaWDa7Rk9JlWugsmyj8_7WmJHAWoC3jwCf4Cwp2rEcOzPCekXo10U4-f0EcMj6OWHF3XVNzh1hgu6QT/s2958/20230817_131250.heic" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2958" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgiyfKYPGSG0xNWMz2v6u-IBMVByIsENoofYqHLcJSWB9-rxbCl03-s1otzdbRxLLBIWEYuvOlT_7e6Bx2zziwZ48MZYjzazLg4BbjehJIxJYYlaWDa7Rk9JlWugsmyj8_7WmJHAWoC3jwCf4Cwp2rEcOzPCekXo10U4-f0EcMj6OWHF3XVNzh1hgu6QT/s320/20230817_131250.heic" width="195" /></a></div>Dear Husband and I have had a wonderful summer, although we each lost out on a week of vacation, I because I because of forgetting to block off my clinic schedule, he because of jury summonses (yes, plural). So we took mini-staycations. One day in June, <a href="http://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-little-slice-of-bavaria-in-sw.html" target="_blank">we visited a little slice of Bavaria</a> (click for my blog post), and then we went home and vacuumed/washed DH's car. One day in August, we visited <a href="https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwiy97eOxeeAAxWxSUcBHb08BhUYABAAGgJxdQ&ase=2&gclid=Cj0KCQjwrfymBhCTARIsADXTabnP0MbJH5QH3x6tT2hqWEOPTrI7p3KEoTVwHwceEjeg6lxi4Ad4WIcaApOQEALw_wcB&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESbeD26I56DqQq_bpdUcpBVUlU0ZWOLBl1HU93IYL6KewKgACSSLPUjrD5mYoOVbIwutsePOfEHbVC5CxRgQgLXKf7egBQiKHr36OkHQZDrNLKkekb4SSJYDs1qCFtMKx6coDaT89PqelwJ-07YJQ&sig=AOD64_2wIhofQQK6ULxuuOHPDNDOmhDqLQ&q&nis=4&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwjlwa-OxeeAAxX3F1kFHWGgBtQQ0Qx6BAgOEAM" target="_blank">the Senator John Heinz History Center</a> (click for their official website), named for the US Representative and Senator who died in 1991 in a plane/helicopter crash over an elementary school. I do not remember this, but it must have been a big deal at the time.<p></p><p>DH and I had each visited the Heinz once or twice with out-of-town guests or for specific events but never together. specifically to look at the exhibits. So I decided to take advantage of <a href="https://www.radworkshere.org/pages/3-for-free" target="_blank">the "three for free" offer</a> that made the History Center, the Andy Warhol Museum, and the Children's Museum free for the month of August in celebration of their being named in the top 5 for their categories in a USA Today poll. (Pittsburgh was the only city to have such a good showing.)</p><p>First up, <a href="https://www.elevenck.com/" target="_blank">lunch at Eleven</a>, the classy joint next to the Heinz where we celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary (the steel anniversary in the steel city). Just kidding--Open Table let me book a table for two at <a href="http://elevendublin.ie/" target="_blank">an eatery of the same name in Dublin</a>, Ireland! The one in the Strip District isn't open for lunch. Thankfully I realized my mistake the week before from the reminder email and pivoted to <a href="https://www.kaya.menu/" target="_blank">Kaya</a>, a Caribbean fusion restaurant. Delish.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkAm9awsAoD0NX4Bv86JTBoG5lHvUxRrHs0HeNJob3Za4t065auP6h-kMS8FV6fEsIVJv6NJdm_GgnQXuLdFexOK5nyxysfV3QPQsez3Jp4QZlFYg0qz6hn-ORGhotS_RGxbIrxFPVlEKW0R9TghOd8Axwn69SNj4uzmTdvL9_bebsYWQWmqdu7rClpdn/s1961/20230817_140332.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1961" data-original-width="1468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkAm9awsAoD0NX4Bv86JTBoG5lHvUxRrHs0HeNJob3Za4t065auP6h-kMS8FV6fEsIVJv6NJdm_GgnQXuLdFexOK5nyxysfV3QPQsez3Jp4QZlFYg0qz6hn-ORGhotS_RGxbIrxFPVlEKW0R9TghOd8Axwn69SNj4uzmTdvL9_bebsYWQWmqdu7rClpdn/s320/20230817_140332.heic" width="240" /></a></p><p>Then it was on to the museum, where we joined the masses--apparently more than 60,000 people visited during the month of August this year! DH decided he wanted to see the set and props from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, so we explored almost the whole 4th floor over the course of the afternoon.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_uKX5RZOqjQ6gUtog11s-hJh86Hrz8I3ehDs4BUlKUxWKVC9WuT-u-rwoAdEH6RgpGLGLjWqm_yMRYQI-sV1knZvG6Tp5ynzvtaHnyFMi6ekfEVav-ouuLsbJ80Vn9CzujTvdGg533N8-tbf6r_bIchtpg80ZFjhWGDNnK9AwLYVnt1G9L9iji_Hz0Gb/s3447/20230817_133346.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3447" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_uKX5RZOqjQ6gUtog11s-hJh86Hrz8I3ehDs4BUlKUxWKVC9WuT-u-rwoAdEH6RgpGLGLjWqm_yMRYQI-sV1knZvG6Tp5ynzvtaHnyFMi6ekfEVav-ouuLsbJ80Vn9CzujTvdGg533N8-tbf6r_bIchtpg80ZFjhWGDNnK9AwLYVnt1G9L9iji_Hz0Gb/s320/20230817_133346.heic" width="167" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3sx8Xy3JOei7U3VNDPUIBrLNVD_EyYzYAJROTz_kJuJJ23SXPDQTUY3neLshJreF4SUNe8LWmQSzU-tt8138u59sFtgMB6Khnpq5vsphlWNzFbt8N6NyGFnv5rzNhwPsLgmRGb2lgLEh-60JfpzKNq1gpUm2su-ALL04T_sTrmcsqfqubuebgb6MgV2N/s3511/20230817_133419.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3511" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3sx8Xy3JOei7U3VNDPUIBrLNVD_EyYzYAJROTz_kJuJJ23SXPDQTUY3neLshJreF4SUNe8LWmQSzU-tt8138u59sFtgMB6Khnpq5vsphlWNzFbt8N6NyGFnv5rzNhwPsLgmRGb2lgLEh-60JfpzKNq1gpUm2su-ALL04T_sTrmcsqfqubuebgb6MgV2N/s320/20230817_133419.heic" width="164" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The true museum to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is in the <a href="https://www.fredrogersinstitute.org/" target="_blank">Fred Rogers Institute</a> at Saint Vincent College in nearby Latrobe, PA, where he grew up. I believe the set pieces at the Heinz used to be at WQED Studios in the Oakland neighborhood where the show was filmed before being moved to this section of the Heinz, which is like a free-for-all to showcase the variety of their collections. For instance, the fashion case is currently displaying some of Fred Rogers's clothing, like a bathroom, this one-of-a-kind stole, and of course cardigans.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOLhdH-FMc9wYevLKomLuDTEVOPHFCXWC5-NHsxCD9RQVgW1P0n7mDUKTW3GcG7VkfA0-k3UE3hKPsxOQKi-69gbmIXT2vGYSM4d85q6j-jXEdGokLf3qnJ2zxz44meF4-JdXMNqaU01fe8I9muOCQ_dQSUA4rpfzGllYJWoYsOIfFPEHPuQptRx1HpGm/s4128/20230817_133810.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="1860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOLhdH-FMc9wYevLKomLuDTEVOPHFCXWC5-NHsxCD9RQVgW1P0n7mDUKTW3GcG7VkfA0-k3UE3hKPsxOQKi-69gbmIXT2vGYSM4d85q6j-jXEdGokLf3qnJ2zxz44meF4-JdXMNqaU01fe8I9muOCQ_dQSUA4rpfzGllYJWoYsOIfFPEHPuQptRx1HpGm/s320/20230817_133810.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGpvyIqcjVoazILCwksGtGFNLN_Ccyjhd_FrvBG-ZO5vDV5-NaxSEbI1nFQwtrVXuBNYsGQxMeF8yKeLGBcMkF5VIqEWoH0FCe_q-7rApN0eNkuvqQxLqD2zIsyFq4HQ8coO0omD9f5MUJjQ56SBve2ik9mwyLe2gWdSiRdHViTZareeRieQShbK7BJNj/s3243/20230817_141104.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3243" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGpvyIqcjVoazILCwksGtGFNLN_Ccyjhd_FrvBG-ZO5vDV5-NaxSEbI1nFQwtrVXuBNYsGQxMeF8yKeLGBcMkF5VIqEWoH0FCe_q-7rApN0eNkuvqQxLqD2zIsyFq4HQ8coO0omD9f5MUJjQ56SBve2ik9mwyLe2gWdSiRdHViTZareeRieQShbK7BJNj/s320/20230817_141104.heic" width="178" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There were lots and lots of other collections represented, mostly with a grouping of items and short labels but not the whole narrative explanation or fancy staging you would get in a dedicated exhibit. Below are a shot of the "healthcare" group with a scale, a nurse's uniform, and some medical paraphernalia. On the right is the "public safety" group showing a policeman's uniform and a submachine gun from the prohibition days.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkq39jj9Ih4k0uGq9H0viLvaDZx_-4F4zJ9hlOAXzf5iXqZDuDaK9OW2kIPI0AFpo4y6wHwKgZs1X9dXFuevsE6O4DGygwsmPg_mpCM-UVn1btj_BBAKMTDgCpUNa_1MxpnMUeP6foXbdoj_Me59uL1MHUjcc733aYApJ8aYuBb1jkSubGK2Qui5nDDaW/s3264/20230817_141428.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkq39jj9Ih4k0uGq9H0viLvaDZx_-4F4zJ9hlOAXzf5iXqZDuDaK9OW2kIPI0AFpo4y6wHwKgZs1X9dXFuevsE6O4DGygwsmPg_mpCM-UVn1btj_BBAKMTDgCpUNa_1MxpnMUeP6foXbdoj_Me59uL1MHUjcc733aYApJ8aYuBb1jkSubGK2Qui5nDDaW/s320/20230817_141428.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupRacReEV3wZD3dyW-8xQ-j-hxnm2Ebdbin0vPWmjRYpGTYVady_A9bMKQrTkCoFjbsmSRy8jIiUli97zj08EZQ9mPVO--wSVXlT4wf8j5MnydNYBkuBtKZD38pPPwsLlR81ZZKtxL1Dms8S0nd1_kaF2NVuViIsZsRpPhcmrcazTmPjMmWnE-f7niftU/s4000/20230817_134212.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupRacReEV3wZD3dyW-8xQ-j-hxnm2Ebdbin0vPWmjRYpGTYVady_A9bMKQrTkCoFjbsmSRy8jIiUli97zj08EZQ9mPVO--wSVXlT4wf8j5MnydNYBkuBtKZD38pPPwsLlR81ZZKtxL1Dms8S0nd1_kaF2NVuViIsZsRpPhcmrcazTmPjMmWnE-f7niftU/s320/20230817_134212.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWI4iDyttYW1VUZIcB7RRllReaySFqOsvJD5SlzP3DlxIdwTchA-YAcWefhFwgFLyGODFg5SzO-6C8HRm92SysVP1JfObntZ6TbsBbUUNXe3SUE0qLmH99mkgLMuR4Bbln9dTmfgtpp_W9ykgsAw0R-XexICBhBtUOpFw8IMrgYZrX2XmGoV_6jXtNTKJ/s3419/20230817_134515.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3419" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWI4iDyttYW1VUZIcB7RRllReaySFqOsvJD5SlzP3DlxIdwTchA-YAcWefhFwgFLyGODFg5SzO-6C8HRm92SysVP1JfObntZ6TbsBbUUNXe3SUE0qLmH99mkgLMuR4Bbln9dTmfgtpp_W9ykgsAw0R-XexICBhBtUOpFw8IMrgYZrX2XmGoV_6jXtNTKJ/s320/20230817_134515.heic" width="168" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pBmUXSU0WeoRf4q2RCTbGFtUcM4hvKUBx18BwYMZQIKoVB6MWp-cvbffXEl3z7wnl_yhyFGcWS6CGkr7HXLH0aC2No53-9157Z7kYmX5HS2z_akam21GPECoJs0kVClG6CYEehIjK5wumVOSmPKvJhKaK2uYx_QUn-yR_q4obWfQG33Ddu5zejNnPSST/s4000/20230817_134803.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pBmUXSU0WeoRf4q2RCTbGFtUcM4hvKUBx18BwYMZQIKoVB6MWp-cvbffXEl3z7wnl_yhyFGcWS6CGkr7HXLH0aC2No53-9157Z7kYmX5HS2z_akam21GPECoJs0kVClG6CYEehIjK5wumVOSmPKvJhKaK2uYx_QUn-yR_q4obWfQG33Ddu5zejNnPSST/s320/20230817_134803.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Heinz also collects the history of the region's various social and cultural groups. Above are a Czech costume, a gilded painting of St. Wenceslas, and marionettes. Below are furnishings from a now decommissioned synagogue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyUeDTVX9hU7jqSrSM7rN427Y46d1xLltCGZnY3s7gJogLd6JkuE1SPd0-wFEo_3PVDL45dYmw1dEcy-vHfguD1qoF1gJdB9UzcjkeruCql_niKTAfuEbMttr9cCkPbsR_pBIw3IjtVMTCbKvRdtYvggQtX4lIe6oVegG9p0dWy7Xra5rU8meKCQlN5uuA/s3469/20230817_141730.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3469" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyUeDTVX9hU7jqSrSM7rN427Y46d1xLltCGZnY3s7gJogLd6JkuE1SPd0-wFEo_3PVDL45dYmw1dEcy-vHfguD1qoF1gJdB9UzcjkeruCql_niKTAfuEbMttr9cCkPbsR_pBIw3IjtVMTCbKvRdtYvggQtX4lIe6oVegG9p0dWy7Xra5rU8meKCQlN5uuA/w640-h332/20230817_141730.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There's also a large room on the 4th floor demonstrating yet more of their collections, such as how they store paintings, furniture, big objects like cars, and lots and lots of ceramics and glassware.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfJi8r1TLjkXot2bsB_ubrRyRUynQtB_DrE-1ZJhDY1i3hsoB1ZkWURrjnmWW7OfY9jWIP6t6w47Y_kqqX-fqf_LjC3hun2CWr0PLGMEK0PYXQ_mNK9RWkC6je965V3_QYeLk-LiTfgDbVIeZTZRtxNVoUT-woAvcm6Ww2L0-u-8I4fUqykY5e5E8rHo_/s4000/20230817_142525.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfJi8r1TLjkXot2bsB_ubrRyRUynQtB_DrE-1ZJhDY1i3hsoB1ZkWURrjnmWW7OfY9jWIP6t6w47Y_kqqX-fqf_LjC3hun2CWr0PLGMEK0PYXQ_mNK9RWkC6je965V3_QYeLk-LiTfgDbVIeZTZRtxNVoUT-woAvcm6Ww2L0-u-8I4fUqykY5e5E8rHo_/w640-h288/20230817_142525.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Of course, it wouldn't be the Heinz History Center without an exhibit about Henry J. Heinz (1844-1919) and his famous 57 varieties of pickles and other condiments. There's a historical section complete with life-sized diorama depicting how he started selling fresh vegetables as a child, a section on the company's influence in other countries, several of their advertising campaigns (such as the little green pickle pins), and a big wall with sample jars and labels from the earliest decades to the recent past that was my favorite part.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnAQurQpC2xjjP3izn9J9kRNvdr5AgEidenwrymEflgQLQRtgfaB2G5kw3ZPxtPOpGoE9V6VGIXuw0zUtORkyflRo2oqjSDRF6SIjLDhe0WmVpNGnxNA28ycmTYogBO7uZc7XU3JemGKMuzjYRtGEzeoUSjqtlkOY6dze6Ilj1vBSpEZc7oqKVVWBMWl8/s4128/20230817_143815.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="4128" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnAQurQpC2xjjP3izn9J9kRNvdr5AgEidenwrymEflgQLQRtgfaB2G5kw3ZPxtPOpGoE9V6VGIXuw0zUtORkyflRo2oqjSDRF6SIjLDhe0WmVpNGnxNA28ycmTYogBO7uZc7XU3JemGKMuzjYRtGEzeoUSjqtlkOY6dze6Ilj1vBSpEZc7oqKVVWBMWl8/s320/20230817_143815.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2akq_NnPpGh-pAdEaTpx3Jj5e6_mINFja13dnAmF1IWuN0aotti2mRy2pNwu_Tx_d7YX_49O3pLKD3EIjneBna8vIwLitbYxfrPJ87qnUKc866qG_qzk-o9Jap-MebMcEN_c4YM2d8YZ7IQfvYeubNlAt_JvBbBI4QYrdNbd0dfFwJ2fWaArFZw4fexB8/s3050/20230817_143403.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3050" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2akq_NnPpGh-pAdEaTpx3Jj5e6_mINFja13dnAmF1IWuN0aotti2mRy2pNwu_Tx_d7YX_49O3pLKD3EIjneBna8vIwLitbYxfrPJ87qnUKc866qG_qzk-o9Jap-MebMcEN_c4YM2d8YZ7IQfvYeubNlAt_JvBbBI4QYrdNbd0dfFwJ2fWaArFZw4fexB8/s320/20230817_143403.heic" width="189" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_IqKpm2_s7pKMHiPyJ2pieH773ebXAoA3yB0l4wnK93QtNdfyKzMJ4QYxz1_VbmEJ9rpXegW3a_daLk_xfY-AdfGofS_p-XurgRVY1ohWi3QZFHws18vtXJjjSOqv-cnwvgjjlwlKt0Eub7-1RE1DQqm-OB9P8S2z4jOcNf5h6MqGtE3KBkQhu7VJke8N/s3570/20230817_144104.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3570" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_IqKpm2_s7pKMHiPyJ2pieH773ebXAoA3yB0l4wnK93QtNdfyKzMJ4QYxz1_VbmEJ9rpXegW3a_daLk_xfY-AdfGofS_p-XurgRVY1ohWi3QZFHws18vtXJjjSOqv-cnwvgjjlwlKt0Eub7-1RE1DQqm-OB9P8S2z4jOcNf5h6MqGtE3KBkQhu7VJke8N/s320/20230817_144104.heic" width="161" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYnnii4s-RCEswcKd4kVRCCd20kKSGsXrsA-gxF_xRgBBVxJzu16QJZeXeU7R8FTkPFnYve2vsdXHlR1U5t5vxQvlX9eDDVkJfMOOey4ewjnQNTi2pEYzgqo7iwKHVpqAi9SXuTDdzPe868_M-gSNrU_vPMRlsim5O_dfT-faAY1SAoKVG4uBivN3IscN/s2984/20230817_145351.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2984" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYnnii4s-RCEswcKd4kVRCCd20kKSGsXrsA-gxF_xRgBBVxJzu16QJZeXeU7R8FTkPFnYve2vsdXHlR1U5t5vxQvlX9eDDVkJfMOOey4ewjnQNTi2pEYzgqo7iwKHVpqAi9SXuTDdzPe868_M-gSNrU_vPMRlsim5O_dfT-faAY1SAoKVG4uBivN3IscN/s320/20230817_145351.heic" width="193" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlnZRZNv3It3YMk-I5TIUdajbKuQYR3SVg6yx0RHfspzwgoW3_4NNr50LQVjx56mg7vljsuDgaWpMnVyF1BgPC2akvHeDvlUTE4GXujV6LkG5V3ZRihrYZcBseTML3_9IWzyY6nGuo2w0EDSB3wm0xxquMZd80NjlmNncIXYpiiriz5p_fIt2xZ77ikC_/s4000/20230817_145410.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlnZRZNv3It3YMk-I5TIUdajbKuQYR3SVg6yx0RHfspzwgoW3_4NNr50LQVjx56mg7vljsuDgaWpMnVyF1BgPC2akvHeDvlUTE4GXujV6LkG5V3ZRihrYZcBseTML3_9IWzyY6nGuo2w0EDSB3wm0xxquMZd80NjlmNncIXYpiiriz5p_fIt2xZ77ikC_/s320/20230817_145410.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After a short break for a snack back at the car, we tackled the exhibit on glass. From some of the descriptions, I guessed this might have been put together in the 1990s. Regardless, it was well done, explaining the different ways that glass is made (did you know panes of glass used to start out as large blown tubes that were then cut open into rectangles??), the vast variety of ways glass is used for high and low technology, and of course many kinds of decorative glass art.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIj0v4yMyG_9_fDuOYcUtuSljjx_PDHH2i08XvEGqSk_LcE-eQZS8MaqYrVDr7E3n8jsdRNeAiyWykcmHzefObJUwb716-zWsl-5UfQwuLobRsqDiCPZ_4lVZjeriu6ZZBiTPnY4PuEZhvH8BgSpURYqEz3Fuu-23LvUG-19gQM1r1rPdl0ffPPQyz0Drn/s3398/20230817_153032.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3398" height="340" 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both; text-align: center;">Cheers from the streetcar in the lobby!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZ7Zv933SKtoLPzqmmvFPwJ2TmxyE-L2LPjHJ8tihdmylkO70Q6ehfbNIkUOc4zVmmsS2uH73NE14TnwVS-tqI9FZe4YVg53YEk63p86oYSBTOJLVJZ3uQ-HxCgpUr_hcpBJ_QKjGofGxNKDK0vH4BmkhxCoAEhOxGVpHqJKbr1oXkDxowWky3W5SoA10/s4128/20230817_162205.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="4128" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZ7Zv933SKtoLPzqmmvFPwJ2TmxyE-L2LPjHJ8tihdmylkO70Q6ehfbNIkUOc4zVmmsS2uH73NE14TnwVS-tqI9FZe4YVg53YEk63p86oYSBTOJLVJZ3uQ-HxCgpUr_hcpBJ_QKjGofGxNKDK0vH4BmkhxCoAEhOxGVpHqJKbr1oXkDxowWky3W5SoA10/w640-h288/20230817_162205.heic" width="640" /></a></div></div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-34867235857392004892023-08-07T21:58:00.002-04:002023-08-09T21:01:26.168-04:00My Wife: A Photo Essay<p>This is a guest post by Dear Husband, in honor of our 18th wedding anniversary, of some of his favorite pictures and facial expressions. <br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMocwUNRQf4qaRVfyY5n2uTIc2CJxfvprJEo6xwSDiQtjBg_CxPUBH3sAd0Ff93gGL4h84V9SudMIcuWdDsPP59jfUZay3OuHKRPq045DVomrzX_VFMGYaH4zVgD2zey88knOgCQlq-Uqp6Tei_mfW9P3YIE_zgB66Ww8yW4zMG-cwmo3Qh4EJmKDATRx/s2515/30815.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMocwUNRQf4qaRVfyY5n2uTIc2CJxfvprJEo6xwSDiQtjBg_CxPUBH3sAd0Ff93gGL4h84V9SudMIcuWdDsPP59jfUZay3OuHKRPq045DVomrzX_VFMGYaH4zVgD2zey88knOgCQlq-Uqp6Tei_mfW9P3YIE_zgB66Ww8yW4zMG-cwmo3Qh4EJmKDATRx/s320/30815.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Baaaa-by!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Not ours, a colleague's.)</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbbgyItZhWeM2oSwGxk21tzghUecXxHaqUaONeGNAeVSRRxPE6ONMSZ6uQXfDUUSX0_7ZQRiI4UZ8eHll2Y2kXebLwF2_KErGdaIsKX5uN9HZRaCZAfPvhi6R-xQ217kVyyY9v2FDN41qBcHxtJc42NlMG-jnCE5NRluOlrHB2uLil2xqHP1-07rjpdaS/s2446/30809.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbbgyItZhWeM2oSwGxk21tzghUecXxHaqUaONeGNAeVSRRxPE6ONMSZ6uQXfDUUSX0_7ZQRiI4UZ8eHll2Y2kXebLwF2_KErGdaIsKX5uN9HZRaCZAfPvhi6R-xQ217kVyyY9v2FDN41qBcHxtJc42NlMG-jnCE5NRluOlrHB2uLil2xqHP1-07rjpdaS/s320/30809.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Ready to eat a dinner of leftovers from the Hayhurst family picnic</div><div style="text-align: center;">while spending the night at a tiny cabin.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWHidzD45NABamgdhMtRLU6TVpTO635Mw_zBdXQJ0cAebuRtnQMJneDPiKgoh5AvqOpej6MZXW2NnWEm6LHGyGER8xW3hqJh8fbycoTujxJBkKSTXC3Anp24-5RnkkvZ_ekf43rcShwcLOSS6kGDKeayAfkZObe830ogl4L9ItDg3Q1LiKX-EcUeM-rjL/s2238/30797.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWHidzD45NABamgdhMtRLU6TVpTO635Mw_zBdXQJ0cAebuRtnQMJneDPiKgoh5AvqOpej6MZXW2NnWEm6LHGyGER8xW3hqJh8fbycoTujxJBkKSTXC3Anp24-5RnkkvZ_ekf43rcShwcLOSS6kGDKeayAfkZObe830ogl4L9ItDg3Q1LiKX-EcUeM-rjL/s320/30797.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pre-s'mores grin.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(What could she be so happy about?)</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIBzcu-EiHpcrZie-hmt9gltT-pO0qLcR021yaZiIDmrrbgIY0mxASG-lFyQqMJnZbX54pUuqMhXieUD6shmDD7A0T9F3qyBLphd8HqbExDLw1f9Se_YuXN3ERF-__W12_ik8n8z0olGHgCrXi7Dl0nrqD4ZnDC-ThLNXtYn2bos9UN2Vpd4cTy8x3XwO/s2538/30793.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIBzcu-EiHpcrZie-hmt9gltT-pO0qLcR021yaZiIDmrrbgIY0mxASG-lFyQqMJnZbX54pUuqMhXieUD6shmDD7A0T9F3qyBLphd8HqbExDLw1f9Se_YuXN3ERF-__W12_ik8n8z0olGHgCrXi7Dl0nrqD4ZnDC-ThLNXtYn2bos9UN2Vpd4cTy8x3XwO/s320/30793.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mmmm, hot tea with breakfast at the diner.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a 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finally opened my eyes and laughed because he was still watching me with his phone camera up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsmaznVe5l7-tyckOvEdihWAlxWpejXa7E0eFcWbFfoFaWJLrZ6RyXH6eI332JxSuZap4RqTSpvySpjerxX7DO6ytmBe5KVeIjbtKmC4oQE25ZdeBMTCM_9UDmsu-PQZwQlG9l83B9MmF0M9HNYwQI1_UZF2V32qQ9qus6HtM7VQ13LEOZ--4EcrNMJme/s960/30933.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsmaznVe5l7-tyckOvEdihWAlxWpejXa7E0eFcWbFfoFaWJLrZ6RyXH6eI332JxSuZap4RqTSpvySpjerxX7DO6ytmBe5KVeIjbtKmC4oQE25ZdeBMTCM_9UDmsu-PQZwQlG9l83B9MmF0M9HNYwQI1_UZF2V32qQ9qus6HtM7VQ13LEOZ--4EcrNMJme/s320/30933.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-68424207420062302522023-08-06T23:10:00.002-04:002023-08-11T19:56:11.838-04:00Everything's a metaphor, notes from the Love Shack<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXFYvtjKkM2tj4LGFtsYExVinMXkcHecMcH_ep220DYW5BcIXZVjQAd7fj5STe9fxpVCa98u62hqyXjLjirsu3VcvpVRD0D1UYuMmPRmbncUYcHRwWIbtq8hIIax7DQyd7C6FMjECQ9xMm6vOeYDwhgCf8U0in-njy5Zj6cOhla5Sk2XHtqzI0SjtbjXA/s4000/20230807_074253.heic" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXFYvtjKkM2tj4LGFtsYExVinMXkcHecMcH_ep220DYW5BcIXZVjQAd7fj5STe9fxpVCa98u62hqyXjLjirsu3VcvpVRD0D1UYuMmPRmbncUYcHRwWIbtq8hIIax7DQyd7C6FMjECQ9xMm6vOeYDwhgCf8U0in-njy5Zj6cOhla5Sk2XHtqzI0SjtbjXA/w400-h180/20230807_074253.heic" width="400" /></a>While crashing through the underbrush that had overgrown what we finally determined wasn't actually the "nature trail" (there was too much nature), Dear Husband regaled me with a metaphorical reading of our predicament as it related to our marriage (setting out with good intentions, unexpected obstacles, etc.). Our path in life has been no better signposted, as we work together to try to figure out the best way forward. </p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTqZN5b3B9IvGdLPNzIS6gWpo6Or3rYMxiB7VOyrIHgrP0E0lI1_eTaP2p6D5fB2R0gDpxpboAMxsGmInWzspa1MbvFHnCNItQA3mKx6EurvIYjhTybxt-gkReKzy7oXU5J3MildPPvi0LqwjRtmgEYs7QWxFfKAGuP3huCWfUdXDronpmzH-9axV0YdA/s1844/30811.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1844" data-original-width="1382" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTqZN5b3B9IvGdLPNzIS6gWpo6Or3rYMxiB7VOyrIHgrP0E0lI1_eTaP2p6D5fB2R0gDpxpboAMxsGmInWzspa1MbvFHnCNItQA3mKx6EurvIYjhTybxt-gkReKzy7oXU5J3MildPPvi0LqwjRtmgEYs7QWxFfKAGuP3huCWfUdXDronpmzH-9axV0YdA/s320/30811.jpeg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXLbUc_V7kapXZ8hS07WiS76YtiWOFERI0VFxNTdbFyS2cs061sR5dVt22--dU2ZgJzSNVroPilzn574fxRbDtLGjRQ8fKkeA6C6URiB8zZyBWTi3I60JQCo_TcUcK5xaRGSsAmnEPhrVNGW8opD-UkcSlLoKk3WxyDR7kjJtuFhlxgxIYIEiV2MvNdk6/s2773/20230807_073110.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2773" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXLbUc_V7kapXZ8hS07WiS76YtiWOFERI0VFxNTdbFyS2cs061sR5dVt22--dU2ZgJzSNVroPilzn574fxRbDtLGjRQ8fKkeA6C6URiB8zZyBWTi3I60JQCo_TcUcK5xaRGSsAmnEPhrVNGW8opD-UkcSlLoKk3WxyDR7kjJtuFhlxgxIYIEiV2MvNdk6/s320/20230807_073110.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Later we made s'mores, and I reflected upon how making and tending a fire is a lot like a long-term relationship with its ebbs and flows--whoops, wrong metaphor. At any rate, it takes a great deal of effort and some resourcefulness early on to get damp wood to light. Eventually you notice healthy flames licking across the logs, but after awhile, the fire settles down again and has to be coaxed into flame again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJMPBP8kqtgtFPFr2vRzCzgtH-i-4dWR99o_nSd-IAQgNIBB-EY4ryaLcQPU95sMwqW7e9p9Ns-YYJldgcAhLmY5cZECWteUaaMW1_db_EVGIdi_7Jl2rmf-K1bzSQ7SC606V8KwAHpSs3Q_m85eSjlUTB5D1qOSSOjYVcbqJ2gKpocYnN0rAIjrQ3pOZ/s1280/30795.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJMPBP8kqtgtFPFr2vRzCzgtH-i-4dWR99o_nSd-IAQgNIBB-EY4ryaLcQPU95sMwqW7e9p9Ns-YYJldgcAhLmY5cZECWteUaaMW1_db_EVGIdi_7Jl2rmf-K1bzSQ7SC606V8KwAHpSs3Q_m85eSjlUTB5D1qOSSOjYVcbqJ2gKpocYnN0rAIjrQ3pOZ/s320/30795.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We humans sometimes do ridiculous things, like build a campfire in the sweltering August heat, or buy a big expensive white dress to wear for one day in your life. In both cases, we do them to say we've done that thing, and/or because they carry other meanings (nostalgia, tradition, comfort, conformity, ...).</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsbtA2Kf0Dkyl5Ov9_HwngrbPi-ktvcBX7HmcGMxDaWH55U3qBls5hHEVuGZXSCnRXUAFxRkKXWG21_zsyyjpw0I8t0r_DhtSA6tqXAYbtRzkFOokScoqKnMyGRRQGwtnRjHaCU6Z0jh9eN4eD5IiYpB4_gNldXoOnvkZGfKuHM24_VfCoIb5G_5p8KzF/s2188/30799.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2188" data-original-width="1642" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsbtA2Kf0Dkyl5Ov9_HwngrbPi-ktvcBX7HmcGMxDaWH55U3qBls5hHEVuGZXSCnRXUAFxRkKXWG21_zsyyjpw0I8t0r_DhtSA6tqXAYbtRzkFOokScoqKnMyGRRQGwtnRjHaCU6Z0jh9eN4eD5IiYpB4_gNldXoOnvkZGfKuHM24_VfCoIb5G_5p8KzF/s320/30799.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">DH and I rented a tiny cabin at a wooded campsite for one night to celebrate with one set of rituals the 18th anniversary of another. This one was decidedly smokier but no less satisfying for having been spent at a trailer with the tiniest possible bathroom. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXZp3IV09EyXA9CDxrrzJpull2Uypi9L6kBKe51GEn-15ouBBfkJdNlnsOE0Lqs-NnepClYnf0dGYTFmZxbraRyk0M9trQSQTumY0iycAA-mRQsKED_jiUUUqKC_fgJ3HSfhDEVdVB60m3P3KGEj0VAXpKkpoe2OoI-xqmhmu9tRw4eNP2o8BZEJRLI4d/s2788/30805.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2092" data-original-width="2788" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXZp3IV09EyXA9CDxrrzJpull2Uypi9L6kBKe51GEn-15ouBBfkJdNlnsOE0Lqs-NnepClYnf0dGYTFmZxbraRyk0M9trQSQTumY0iycAA-mRQsKED_jiUUUqKC_fgJ3HSfhDEVdVB60m3P3KGEj0VAXpKkpoe2OoI-xqmhmu9tRw4eNP2o8BZEJRLI4d/s320/30805.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We ate leftovers from the family picnic, took that ill-fated "hike," and tended a fire for several hours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuVWmmKo1ycFKqEj0IgvWBlRag4Y4UJVp5jwNrrS2h2IA0KrrLBFNwt7sQUTjRdW79fdD6ihSNXoeyJx48EkmY89ou2Z0kCINZz2YcLg7ZaeAqvbBxCiRh2vtjZvCITFZ6-pVHIaZW8D3PwT6r6adQpSMDfSBRzxj47tsQlfFaysjLVzQzAeUL7zo_nzV/s1280/30789.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuVWmmKo1ycFKqEj0IgvWBlRag4Y4UJVp5jwNrrS2h2IA0KrrLBFNwt7sQUTjRdW79fdD6ihSNXoeyJx48EkmY89ou2Z0kCINZz2YcLg7ZaeAqvbBxCiRh2vtjZvCITFZ6-pVHIaZW8D3PwT6r6adQpSMDfSBRzxj47tsQlfFaysjLVzQzAeUL7zo_nzV/s320/30789.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even when I spread out the coals at the end of the night, in preparation for dousing them before bed, it was surprising how much heat they gave off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwi8eEbthXINPTuSWOUatfa0h6sHH3djE9msZe3pFEcrUAzlPuaKR0D8Btchidg5zyNwopI78eL7DjNv1wfTvPAh6E6832S-UJ0utfY2N2PypoyGMZKL3ma9XdCDJ4EQJFIg2rw5it450Ss0FoP9yRAly8183pf6CGFyqxi2-pk_-qDPHTNE0ku69IZT0/s1280/30787.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwi8eEbthXINPTuSWOUatfa0h6sHH3djE9msZe3pFEcrUAzlPuaKR0D8Btchidg5zyNwopI78eL7DjNv1wfTvPAh6E6832S-UJ0utfY2N2PypoyGMZKL3ma9XdCDJ4EQJFIg2rw5it450Ss0FoP9yRAly8183pf6CGFyqxi2-pk_-qDPHTNE0ku69IZT0/s320/30787.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay, if not the smallest bathroom, than the worst designed. You had stand between the wall and the toilet to close the door. It should have had a sliding door, or an accordion-folding door, or a door that opened into the main room instead of into the bathroom. As you can see, we survived. But it kinda puts a cramp in your glamping style if you get wedged in the shower. I'm just saying.</div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-52184242045322897072023-07-15T21:33:00.003-04:002023-07-19T19:57:02.862-04:00A perfect summer day<p>Dear Husband plays with an Argentinian folk-jazz fusion band called Tierradentro, which was invited to the <a href="https://arts-festival.com/event/tierradentro/" target="_blank">Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts</a>. This is a large street fair of handcrafts plus performances around Penn State held every July. Luckily, I finished 2 weeks of hospital service the day before the gig, so after a quick dinner, we packed up the car and headed east. Actually, I had to do some work on the computer while he drove, but then I could relax until we got to the hotel. I'll spare you the ordeal of the room keys, the dead-fish smell coming from the trash can in the hallway, and the bathroom ceiling that dripped condensation.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1q_cmKHWh2TBEVsFOGIRq1wlMfz5W3WqTQzYnTFk0kj3gDPoeOwEK2b5XBmEO0Y9d8sfJWDAiaDpRxvVF9WNh9JCYZk93jsWrHDt5ozE6_ECGHmLMy9d8ZDTXbcf1F4RrHVZxlukoVIQT0O6vj6M7CURWU2echXnMdIY5HNQnMRcWYkZTzoXwmB8X-MN1/s4000/20230715_112945.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1q_cmKHWh2TBEVsFOGIRq1wlMfz5W3WqTQzYnTFk0kj3gDPoeOwEK2b5XBmEO0Y9d8sfJWDAiaDpRxvVF9WNh9JCYZk93jsWrHDt5ozE6_ECGHmLMy9d8ZDTXbcf1F4RrHVZxlukoVIQT0O6vj6M7CURWU2echXnMdIY5HNQnMRcWYkZTzoXwmB8X-MN1/w400-h180/20230715_112945.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"You are loved. You are welcome here."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mural on the side of the United Methodist Church where we parked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>In the morning we went to the home of a dear friend who used to pastor a church we attended. He and his wife fixed us a delicious breakfast to enjoy while we caught up with each other. Then it was off to walk the streets, ogle the art, and be hot in a way that I enjoyed, because I missed a week of vacation in June and felt like I had thus far spent the whole summer in office buildings. Yuck.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_QczW8m8uufIYXOP7YRya6vdYtdX0ghJStIZsu6oj-bu_vfWg_-AM5sX7e71NE-osBOLkzzmt8Pijr3T5yGf1Uv-e4ySaTo3Bsmwd1HCPU2mL7LWD-azr2TDCPX97AmIvQZjfKIAR5p9AOnH1Q5ScYGeKu8If3Wx88pcVGgre97T3RaexzvLG-a-6tk1/s3022/20230715_115003.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3022" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_QczW8m8uufIYXOP7YRya6vdYtdX0ghJStIZsu6oj-bu_vfWg_-AM5sX7e71NE-osBOLkzzmt8Pijr3T5yGf1Uv-e4ySaTo3Bsmwd1HCPU2mL7LWD-azr2TDCPX97AmIvQZjfKIAR5p9AOnH1Q5ScYGeKu8If3Wx88pcVGgre97T3RaexzvLG-a-6tk1/s320/20230715_115003.heic" width="191" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgC7uzp39jSM0NyCqntUWCxxupBfSVaTl3fvRxBWLpGAPNJ2ju_l1H6iinZKQPewbUB-qdUk-5jDbM_0LR2mBAOkjVR6RMKszyq958_aL4mQUH5fGouvy8MZu0CZ8xXBt4f98LOpOugXVCJ5kAJkBIWMlH-jIa8jCs5Mh_qwLMxL_7kUyIXtEoeDU5NM-/s2403/20230715_115353.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2403" data-original-width="1468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgC7uzp39jSM0NyCqntUWCxxupBfSVaTl3fvRxBWLpGAPNJ2ju_l1H6iinZKQPewbUB-qdUk-5jDbM_0LR2mBAOkjVR6RMKszyq958_aL4mQUH5fGouvy8MZu0CZ8xXBt4f98LOpOugXVCJ5kAJkBIWMlH-jIa8jCs5Mh_qwLMxL_7kUyIXtEoeDU5NM-/s320/20230715_115353.heic" width="195" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Left: colorful fabric banners hang above the streets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Right and below: sidewalk chalk drawings are one of the festival's specialties.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHgF1ygm-CM3LyczL4brqDvN05ACplhzhNkFxPIJJU-vdBk-W-LB7XYFTiYSvCL9ougWqOyoUrXOOeYqrCrY5keS1Vtnd4x1yd4_8-y15Nzmrz0qncaqdduy_2WzQbcIPiITQ0Q42O1NhWHaYkb7gDJv88UU4SdOqPjOprl1WvU-Rgx1cnfy6v-Kyny4w/s4000/20230715_115526.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHgF1ygm-CM3LyczL4brqDvN05ACplhzhNkFxPIJJU-vdBk-W-LB7XYFTiYSvCL9ougWqOyoUrXOOeYqrCrY5keS1Vtnd4x1yd4_8-y15Nzmrz0qncaqdduy_2WzQbcIPiITQ0Q42O1NhWHaYkb7gDJv88UU4SdOqPjOprl1WvU-Rgx1cnfy6v-Kyny4w/w640-h288/20230715_115526.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>So much art! Garden sculptures. Animals made of driftwood. Paintings. Glass on metal "sketches." Photographs. A metal armadillo. Handbags made out of old record album covers. Woven wool blankets.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX7ibd-KIa4dL-NASWMsNLbhQktSHJyGtVuoIxVkanYYhN1bhEt1dc38wKESFhTUPfn9M3Doha_rFWqCqjjKIjHX85rJHe9OUWXKUoMb4ujLl_he6xjKWne6HiFEqYiftuUyPB2FzO7hv7EyJ5iGB4QpcGpgrfkCEJHKKzvAh44rruenHTRvArVRi7b-h/s2530/20230715_120956.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2530" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX7ibd-KIa4dL-NASWMsNLbhQktSHJyGtVuoIxVkanYYhN1bhEt1dc38wKESFhTUPfn9M3Doha_rFWqCqjjKIjHX85rJHe9OUWXKUoMb4ujLl_he6xjKWne6HiFEqYiftuUyPB2FzO7hv7EyJ5iGB4QpcGpgrfkCEJHKKzvAh44rruenHTRvArVRi7b-h/s320/20230715_120956.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAj1_E0JZfkP1Y4ul8qxDCcjcoig0BDZWe6WRuYlGDb5XZ48UnkASqW4R9paE-npNhRCKZs7fVILkdmYuoN7BQRy7pIVNsG7C4AA_rGtmMQV7z9Vk8sCuBexyVP0_rktc74Y9r114ybj0VlAIyI-iv6l_b0K5pd99PsRJva4H0Al29n4hlSAQkh20LSPRj/s4000/20230715_121523.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAj1_E0JZfkP1Y4ul8qxDCcjcoig0BDZWe6WRuYlGDb5XZ48UnkASqW4R9paE-npNhRCKZs7fVILkdmYuoN7BQRy7pIVNsG7C4AA_rGtmMQV7z9Vk8sCuBexyVP0_rktc74Y9r114ybj0VlAIyI-iv6l_b0K5pd99PsRJva4H0Al29n4hlSAQkh20LSPRj/s320/20230715_121523.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7f-W2rP4EYAfwuChgfDsIPXl9beqJ0F2Rq7Ft5iCIR_OPUrVYtZiM7tFLEOko2971ZrWL-QkHs6lRYJgoBqShVnfB3aJY0XMgyyS72vTNImysx3zALR_doRz4UED62YGpq_U5I3Smb8DFLRh1C-VPZfGnHWhfKLIsXizATyboHyJS0lYYMZO8qGmbBm8/s2517/20230715_121937.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2517" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7f-W2rP4EYAfwuChgfDsIPXl9beqJ0F2Rq7Ft5iCIR_OPUrVYtZiM7tFLEOko2971ZrWL-QkHs6lRYJgoBqShVnfB3aJY0XMgyyS72vTNImysx3zALR_doRz4UED62YGpq_U5I3Smb8DFLRh1C-VPZfGnHWhfKLIsXizATyboHyJS0lYYMZO8qGmbBm8/s320/20230715_121937.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5RpNkvKzWallaKf2mw6FwGTehIzAgEpcqtxEuyeASpG41EnE3necx0Lkt9A3duflwQbf-LnxXPei90NTYk6WKnNl_R5pYOCD932UkZLRmxqooepBUy0CvnqA-iKYJPGabmcI-KRCVIEt4Z_ls_T60vXRHIAkYDif2JBE9A2cs4QQsX1kN0-E6-elAcxSD/s4009/20230715_135132.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="4009" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5RpNkvKzWallaKf2mw6FwGTehIzAgEpcqtxEuyeASpG41EnE3necx0Lkt9A3duflwQbf-LnxXPei90NTYk6WKnNl_R5pYOCD932UkZLRmxqooepBUy0CvnqA-iKYJPGabmcI-KRCVIEt4Z_ls_T60vXRHIAkYDif2JBE9A2cs4QQsX1kN0-E6-elAcxSD/w640-h296/20230715_135132.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p>Lunch was a delightful affair of food truck fare eaten at a shared picnic table under the shade of mature trees while a toddler blew bubbles all around us. Summer magic. We had ice cream from the Berkey Creamery for dessert, natch.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wjc_0GOkQEqnaj7qeva_0mg9gog-rP8J666eiOitlL-eEXIc-fU71yyJd85x8v_QKF5WEIyXudErryM0Uh_U3xpV2HjnBBC4E9UxCei3nL1V0sOf0dEA1kPzqkAHERtSaRhxStqvxkVq5wgBlF7UafetXhBausJgw6ZDckeWymQoSHHZUtroyygOIBEb/s4000/20230715_163540.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wjc_0GOkQEqnaj7qeva_0mg9gog-rP8J666eiOitlL-eEXIc-fU71yyJd85x8v_QKF5WEIyXudErryM0Uh_U3xpV2HjnBBC4E9UxCei3nL1V0sOf0dEA1kPzqkAHERtSaRhxStqvxkVq5wgBlF7UafetXhBausJgw6ZDckeWymQoSHHZUtroyygOIBEb/w400-h180/20230715_163540.heic" width="400" /></a></p><p>Back at home base, I played <a href="https://www.daysofwonder.com/tickettoride/en/rails-and-sails/" target="_blank">Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails</a> while DH prepped the set list with the band. Then it was off to campus to listen to them play. We finished with dinner at a brewery before everyone scattered. It was a perfect summer day.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmk_GmqLcCGztc0P6Gpq1zIPrGX0JXn-R0OuCylRQTKKjKRWy4-WeizJ5iZwSYVBYTyMj3r3whQaZHX-GORKgKaePIzKkBV-NOqig4fMeclrB9wTJxKbEx3Kvgpa1nrEh0-SMXgUl7lO0D3T-rKlVfbrZ8ozu-TNIhZOLxZMa-3umpRpWiUBpWUbH9mYl0/s4000/20230715_172543.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmk_GmqLcCGztc0P6Gpq1zIPrGX0JXn-R0OuCylRQTKKjKRWy4-WeizJ5iZwSYVBYTyMj3r3whQaZHX-GORKgKaePIzKkBV-NOqig4fMeclrB9wTJxKbEx3Kvgpa1nrEh0-SMXgUl7lO0D3T-rKlVfbrZ8ozu-TNIhZOLxZMa-3umpRpWiUBpWUbH9mYl0/w640-h288/20230715_172543.heic" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFF_SDLAJzLZQir0uZ-G0BdCH5I9I1G-uHwRoegeRrqWn8S1XRlPERSBY7zhGefP03q4IOCCXrtLDXsCdulnVYkS3z2K5HlOqPen2pAybWngQ0b1FqM-NZLVRzTsJojdOmJFWGvPOGbyioZQnUKkFTJLTpwIyVhOYSnwsQjPwyT1JEOGvLRY0ZLkmnp0dB/s3059/20230715_143347.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3059" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFF_SDLAJzLZQir0uZ-G0BdCH5I9I1G-uHwRoegeRrqWn8S1XRlPERSBY7zhGefP03q4IOCCXrtLDXsCdulnVYkS3z2K5HlOqPen2pAybWngQ0b1FqM-NZLVRzTsJojdOmJFWGvPOGbyioZQnUKkFTJLTpwIyVhOYSnwsQjPwyT1JEOGvLRY0ZLkmnp0dB/w640-h376/20230715_143347.heic" width="640" /></a></p>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-24246212521385453792023-07-08T10:30:00.017-04:002023-08-12T19:56:01.268-04:00Gastronomical Adventures<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFw4-oEhHEC_Vh7_E-c-F7f0zQLuhETvN6DekSshHWQh6inAIYQIYDjslaB5Zl8d_9TBWHQhqGhSGOiWNq4R1f0Qzkn7IVoPIPbUpNigVmTNcwEmcdTnfbrVpb2xIaEwOwbbRcbYz1xIu9cE7jxb6YeJIpu9pS_N3XiBfQrjXNnGzKvRITE6AZna1sOYP/s4128/20230704_124106_001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="1860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFw4-oEhHEC_Vh7_E-c-F7f0zQLuhETvN6DekSshHWQh6inAIYQIYDjslaB5Zl8d_9TBWHQhqGhSGOiWNq4R1f0Qzkn7IVoPIPbUpNigVmTNcwEmcdTnfbrVpb2xIaEwOwbbRcbYz1xIu9cE7jxb6YeJIpu9pS_N3XiBfQrjXNnGzKvRITE6AZna1sOYP/s320/20230704_124106_001.jpg" width="144" /></a></div>At the start of the academic year, I wanted to collect the recipes I was trying and revisiting. This week was unusual, because I was rounding in the hospital and also Dear Husband's parents came to visit for the Fourth of July holiday, so I was preparing more food than usual. One night my FIL helped me slice a LOT of <a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/summer-squash-gratin" target="_blank">squash and zucchini for a gratin dish</a> that looks beautiful in the photos, although I would add more cheese and salt if I make this again. Recipe in the link; <span style="background-color: white;">I skipped the white wine altogether, and the dish was moist enough. The trick to getting it in the dish is to make a "rose" or spiral until you can't hold it anymore, then put in the dish and wrap, wrap, wrap the slices until you're squeezing them against the sides of the dish. The trick to getting it out of the dish is a knife to cut the sliced veggies into wedges, or just a big spoon to scoop an appropriate amount. Here is the uncooked dish with the leftover leek tops (I used the stalks to line the bottom of the dish), and then the lower shot is of the finished meal with a <a href="https://thebrotbox.com/?" target="_blank">Brot Box</a> roll and a lemon-marinated London broil.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4FmLNQNWDl776NrVeThYQNA3NvKdk8_5uQ0lGrp0eS7ccsGX5IdwwbTctNBS67FX2JE_miKjVJbDoV9NAcMjGNL0NrsXNXUG7fj72md1IoDOrUcfNEtoZH-GOqFLZKK384Lz6GiB-B7h3uELxOcrclUHoh1tM7ncFRr75cpcpPm_ZnV7yDm9C3TZ5oVA/s4000/20230702_180114.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4FmLNQNWDl776NrVeThYQNA3NvKdk8_5uQ0lGrp0eS7ccsGX5IdwwbTctNBS67FX2JE_miKjVJbDoV9NAcMjGNL0NrsXNXUG7fj72md1IoDOrUcfNEtoZH-GOqFLZKK384Lz6GiB-B7h3uELxOcrclUHoh1tM7ncFRr75cpcpPm_ZnV7yDm9C3TZ5oVA/w640-h288/20230702_180114.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZmqEmy-sgQPI2UhW9eLr7PZpNgSkgzCLTSpDvvg1u1CoBJt3rwhtwYA6vpQUyD33FRye6BxKe6a3klQSVUuLE-qAfowln7hKgwg3ow5RL6ujdZfBtcDxJ2xK6cUtIenxFpaj5QFY9MEM-tB2gU92r2yDx4520QvbAze6lmg_pgqdg04nw3i0UveeI3Ho/s4000/20230703_182711.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZmqEmy-sgQPI2UhW9eLr7PZpNgSkgzCLTSpDvvg1u1CoBJt3rwhtwYA6vpQUyD33FRye6BxKe6a3klQSVUuLE-qAfowln7hKgwg3ow5RL6ujdZfBtcDxJ2xK6cUtIenxFpaj5QFY9MEM-tB2gU92r2yDx4520QvbAze6lmg_pgqdg04nw3i0UveeI3Ho/w640-h288/20230703_182711.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another night we had one of our staple meals, what we call "curry packets." It's brown rice with one or two of those microwavable packets of Indian dishes like masala or daal or saag, a veg like frozen peas--or, in this case, fresh green beans from one of DH's congregants--and some garlic naan that Aldi sells. Sometimes I'll even get us some mango lassi to go with it (it's DH's favorite part of eating at an Indian restaurant).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4Hvx_mSBUjvGVhgkvVJ_NiRn-YCuv6_BfV0m-OWE8kaGeJmYdumSD27DvBLp0ARKLM8CM_SReDUmgGGUwnLhaqjzIo6GD2TzKkL4O7pNgtQWIkta-YHuALU5oHrpcUNn3StgRY48kBf9S_qU8cMwpyhy7OsnF3QAG4OdtA-y4DFYDDzycRvBjbDHf3GC/s4000/20230702_183223.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4Hvx_mSBUjvGVhgkvVJ_NiRn-YCuv6_BfV0m-OWE8kaGeJmYdumSD27DvBLp0ARKLM8CM_SReDUmgGGUwnLhaqjzIo6GD2TzKkL4O7pNgtQWIkta-YHuALU5oHrpcUNn3StgRY48kBf9S_qU8cMwpyhy7OsnF3QAG4OdtA-y4DFYDDzycRvBjbDHf3GC/w640-h288/20230702_183223.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For lunches, I had made this recipe for a <a href="https://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/8028382/spinach-feta-quiche-sweet-potato-crust/" target="_blank">spinach and feta quiche with a sweet potato crust </a>at this time last year and finally tracked down the instructions. It is vegetarian and gluten free. Serving suggestion: with a "fizzy water," fruit salad from your MIL, a 1/4 of the quiche, and carrot rounds, eaten at your computer while answering patient messages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQ8xx51jHnOybyBSV7kiHJ71CacTHL_huXfUS_pNjkWK7__LHpdeyx5K2sc5R4J4qIxx2phCthWMVBIDWM7N5VzCyhJaa5dq1-snFMxnCOoB7osgLKaFp7lzmELnUr-LlNJPupR7WrHEM7kMqW4seJhe0gnqbp5Wk0AsD-dSj-fqadGZczvypW-fIrraq/s4000/20230703_120516.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQ8xx51jHnOybyBSV7kiHJ71CacTHL_huXfUS_pNjkWK7__LHpdeyx5K2sc5R4J4qIxx2phCthWMVBIDWM7N5VzCyhJaa5dq1-snFMxnCOoB7osgLKaFp7lzmELnUr-LlNJPupR7WrHEM7kMqW4seJhe0gnqbp5Wk0AsD-dSj-fqadGZczvypW-fIrraq/w640-h288/20230703_120516.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Next, with the leftover ingredients from the gratin and the quiche, I made <a href="https://www.babaganosh.org/sweet-potato-leek-soup/" target="_blank">sweet potato leek soup</a>, which I don't seem to have photographed. I added too much red pepper flakes, and the texture was kind of grainy because I had to use a traditional blender instead of an immersion blender, but really the taste was all right.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Then, to use up the rest of the squash and zucchini, I decided to master cooking and folding an omelet for breakfast. Here are three attempts on different days; I think I am scared of over-cooking the egg and so do not let it set or brown enough to be successful flipping and folding it. The salsa covered a multitude of sins in both flavoring and technique.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkB5g5g1sBqbRplTqQHQZRqu0rwKG1yVuTl3zaMFkBwEZN5SHNBKjeaR2tbkYujV2dwDWO305uX2KbsdOToKMQrrwLx0WK-JikmcmhGHXYG6yjzoC01pT6nfsIM73BAQOwgeYwLxNvjVrY18Oe1pBZh4EcIdiO2_81ca-8TNZCEy5KOjOFsfSELjypXVv7/s4000/20230704_073908.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkB5g5g1sBqbRplTqQHQZRqu0rwKG1yVuTl3zaMFkBwEZN5SHNBKjeaR2tbkYujV2dwDWO305uX2KbsdOToKMQrrwLx0WK-JikmcmhGHXYG6yjzoC01pT6nfsIM73BAQOwgeYwLxNvjVrY18Oe1pBZh4EcIdiO2_81ca-8TNZCEy5KOjOFsfSELjypXVv7/s320/20230704_073908.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxaEWEnak8k6ih3r6BPq_i5VYX3u7sJqSguN9GRCq9N15yEjJQVXQgMDHjx22dnhYuCvltt2qZtcvTEVTRsxYX01tcCi1yjwWhB0M9-4YuwJPhEUZ5DEgLdNZdbEWkPoW5CAgsyKU1iOLD_capD7FNRfzmuuwODuk_NgUJqpfiMYezX-gir80S6EptbLu/s4000/20230705_065453.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxaEWEnak8k6ih3r6BPq_i5VYX3u7sJqSguN9GRCq9N15yEjJQVXQgMDHjx22dnhYuCvltt2qZtcvTEVTRsxYX01tcCi1yjwWhB0M9-4YuwJPhEUZ5DEgLdNZdbEWkPoW5CAgsyKU1iOLD_capD7FNRfzmuuwODuk_NgUJqpfiMYezX-gir80S6EptbLu/s320/20230705_065453.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgusu9m6CX98DRcNbvweOJiWJ63WV0BwyhOJD6lVjgDusF_aYleDpSMyC6T3X8BbxQ7_iynu7QmUPD-Rco-bl9ngt1m6yfW3eHaX7nqrSnSeY6tYr9lpXdGhDUWrfIalYs3odGKMDRtlVmI1ZX2Mylt2y5flhfT5bCJC76Qjag-0m9JoRiwuPeFfLw6-68/s4000/20230706_072326.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgusu9m6CX98DRcNbvweOJiWJ63WV0BwyhOJD6lVjgDusF_aYleDpSMyC6T3X8BbxQ7_iynu7QmUPD-Rco-bl9ngt1m6yfW3eHaX7nqrSnSeY6tYr9lpXdGhDUWrfIalYs3odGKMDRtlVmI1ZX2Mylt2y5flhfT5bCJC76Qjag-0m9JoRiwuPeFfLw6-68/s320/20230706_072326.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: lefy;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">When I ran out of quiche (and energy to cook), I treated myself to a cafeteria salad and an ice cream bar for lunch. The oven-roasted veggies are de-lish.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmXYrll5cvCYj3uyhqj5orkuhl9hntHEV-wIVxEKfJtDkH3HOvNCgKeoSx_9ddkAviqHoMmv6WyUaVSlQm_LCW1Zc8PQSi-NJRCL31QAZUCuUj8cELqnL_eP20z2A3e23rJ0AdmPyB5V7X3nJ34S1hCUNgwl5MPQLY94f_ZM3zzyy4CXWVZgUe8u3uyq2/s3498/20230711_122715.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3498" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmXYrll5cvCYj3uyhqj5orkuhl9hntHEV-wIVxEKfJtDkH3HOvNCgKeoSx_9ddkAviqHoMmv6WyUaVSlQm_LCW1Zc8PQSi-NJRCL31QAZUCuUj8cELqnL_eP20z2A3e23rJ0AdmPyB5V7X3nJ34S1hCUNgwl5MPQLY94f_ZM3zzyy4CXWVZgUe8u3uyq2/w640-h330/20230711_122715.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What recipes have you been experimenting with this summer, or what techniques are you trying to master?</div><p></p><p></p>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-59159882093465523182023-06-26T16:55:00.006-04:002023-06-26T16:55:58.340-04:00A little slice of Bavaria in SW Pennsylvania<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p>On my Pittsburgh bucket list was the <a href="https://www.bayernhofmuseum.com/" target="_blank">Bayernhof Museum</a> (pronounced "bay-ern-hof myu-see-am" rather than "buy-ern-hof mu-seh-um"). It was the private home of Charles Boyd Brown, III (1935-1999), also known as "make-a-buck Chuck" for his financial prowess in the gas-light industry and for being a cheapskate when it came to spending his own money (except on lavish parties). He decorated the 19,000 sq ft with Bavarian kitsch because he wanted to, and it is now home to >150 rare musical machines, because he needed some other reason for the public to want to visit. Turning his house into a museum was his idea of living forever, <a href="https://old.post-gazette.com/neigh_north/20010627nmansion2.asp" target="_blank">although his neighbors weren't thrilled</a> about the idea after he passed away from kidney failure caused by chronic gout. They're open 7 days a week except for major holidays, so I booked us a tour on one of my days off.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipF_sImFF0wYzmSETl-vAJeeof7cdeUSU3glj7hWIZ9Erk6x7kTH9aItCJwe8q1TQN_YlWrB0i3J7SMzAcArjQCMuGpfqADuRYw6uN6hlCUJgbLz1gChQzWkLSbgJcsEuzY-MKlabGDSqWcaWy4iOADRgO8_dX1HcDG4OutTY0f8VxbxQCXMwnpmQ89KYj/s4000/20230626_121032.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipF_sImFF0wYzmSETl-vAJeeof7cdeUSU3glj7hWIZ9Erk6x7kTH9aItCJwe8q1TQN_YlWrB0i3J7SMzAcArjQCMuGpfqADuRYw6uN6hlCUJgbLz1gChQzWkLSbgJcsEuzY-MKlabGDSqWcaWy4iOADRgO8_dX1HcDG4OutTY0f8VxbxQCXMwnpmQ89KYj/s320/20230626_121032.heic" width="144" /></a></p><p>Probably the best part of the tour was the guide, a retired music teacher whose joking demeanor reminded Dear Husband of some of his uncles and that he described as a relic of the 1980s. Which is, incidentally, also when the house was completed, after 6 years of work. The first two rooms completed were a bedroom for the general contractor and the pool room. Priorities. All told there are 2 living rooms, 3 kitchens, 6 bedrooms, 8 full and 3 half bathrooms, 10 fireplaces, 12 wet bars, 17 staircases, and 1 each formal dining room, office, observatory, wine cellar, boardroom, gambling room, and billiard room. My favorite part was the subterranean water features.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUhTKMGWwpWnCPNDgKcc-C_QUrZJdwZV4bTYgZlWEF_P7ppnz-rgeWD373DP9HwZzU8E9ajLT4X7NCdarQ9xCVdn2h3_vgfxo2N4vC_MXcEnLaaohBmdAOnGo4eze8sggetevY9Bvia5s2xidJqhfU0tGEbPRHGafkHBRswYaumRpH083uQQ1p1BVnbR2/s4000/20230626_103657.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUhTKMGWwpWnCPNDgKcc-C_QUrZJdwZV4bTYgZlWEF_P7ppnz-rgeWD373DP9HwZzU8E9ajLT4X7NCdarQ9xCVdn2h3_vgfxo2N4vC_MXcEnLaaohBmdAOnGo4eze8sggetevY9Bvia5s2xidJqhfU0tGEbPRHGafkHBRswYaumRpH083uQQ1p1BVnbR2/s320/20230626_103657.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQW19V75bxUNMEg1XLteaohzpAXr-AH0GSGYZHF9el4Q1VA6PRu51RAl59Bgx_ijZP7VRVe6-NbxrQurEnvUqHV_0s_3nsDwQ1n2LIE8Kd02QxPLKBmgvdlophGx5bwcXesxh_IGEm1fZ1-Epw3PJ5VdffxGtGitYbwFfHkuI4R8yUoelAMQSk4kF1tsHg/s4000/20230626_110617.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQW19V75bxUNMEg1XLteaohzpAXr-AH0GSGYZHF9el4Q1VA6PRu51RAl59Bgx_ijZP7VRVe6-NbxrQurEnvUqHV_0s_3nsDwQ1n2LIE8Kd02QxPLKBmgvdlophGx5bwcXesxh_IGEm1fZ1-Epw3PJ5VdffxGtGitYbwFfHkuI4R8yUoelAMQSk4kF1tsHg/s320/20230626_110617.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br />Brown's great-grandfather, John Schneider Loresch, had immigrated from Bavaria. (That's a life-sized wooden carving of him in the entranceway.) Brown collected almost all of the furnishings, light fixtures, kitsch, etc., during trips back to The Old Country, so the décor looks a lot like you would expect (<a href="https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/eccentric-millionaire-leaves-lasting-legacy-for-the-public-to-see/" target="_blank">Biersteins, dirndls, drinking monks, etc.</a>), and then some. Apparently he was also a trickster, so I won't say much more in case you ever visit us, and we take you for a tour. It's a whole experience.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuoQKXBMF3A_HQ6c7iJBz40UeEJiiSoUPohQIJgdOMfndZCafv90Dd3P6QyJRxYU1uYAbYbhaabwWsAZ8t5Y871sQkFvfk1qjll7IYQAwrrzhQaHLsJPgkjMJ_U6HcRWXOcnu9APsNhzh7IiXbow-XCj1kwaBlULyPxe8R7PIYBkPe8rZK5xyEsBQ5lDp/s4000/20230626_105757.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuoQKXBMF3A_HQ6c7iJBz40UeEJiiSoUPohQIJgdOMfndZCafv90Dd3P6QyJRxYU1uYAbYbhaabwWsAZ8t5Y871sQkFvfk1qjll7IYQAwrrzhQaHLsJPgkjMJ_U6HcRWXOcnu9APsNhzh7IiXbow-XCj1kwaBlULyPxe8R7PIYBkPe8rZK5xyEsBQ5lDp/s320/20230626_105757.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p>The guide demonstrated a number of the music boxes, which range from Edisonian wax-cylinder Victrolas to the first juke box to player pianos to orchestral set-ups, including one from the 1930s that lights up. I didn't take more or better photos, because we missed the very beginning of the tour, and possibly the part when guests were asked not to take photos. So I mostly kept my phone in my pocket and enjoyed looking and listening instead. You'll just have to see for yourself! (You can also read about and listen to some of the music boxes at the first link above.)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-evGE5aSf9iS0vo5FNDJo1bFTXYYxD0127xWFC3Uq2xnG8w5eQB_KCdD4MOTbDxNdkJQ11EX7tNm7XwKOG1eUIAXlGWWHIJhc8ZAKt1U-i3EhTL45PLDnw3oU4HFD-JrDS7glD-sc-RbEzWDA6cK9Z4GDok8hiP0oDFFI7l7Q9xxW_QCvpWPK59vxwn2V/s3344/20230626_121041.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3344" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-evGE5aSf9iS0vo5FNDJo1bFTXYYxD0127xWFC3Uq2xnG8w5eQB_KCdD4MOTbDxNdkJQ11EX7tNm7XwKOG1eUIAXlGWWHIJhc8ZAKt1U-i3EhTL45PLDnw3oU4HFD-JrDS7glD-sc-RbEzWDA6cK9Z4GDok8hiP0oDFFI7l7Q9xxW_QCvpWPK59vxwn2V/s320/20230626_121041.heic" width="320" /></a></p>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-77591354743633099442023-06-01T19:47:00.001-04:002023-06-04T15:30:56.058-04:00May I Remember, 2023 edition<p>I've been having too much fun to make time for blogging, so here's a photo essay to share the highlights from May 2023.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQcgEZ8HIghZ0v41vHipyq5tMRCu27PpPwDdjshK_DO3g2l3ZTgL2HeNnKpyVCQZqC7SnMqdHsCnqWiYDqFhPzi8UIeODMyCPbrvgTOV3092tMLP0fPU-IXvB1sXu8ZPZrcbfLPjyYCXs2yoywqgFhP--Q9aruJtEElfqE-a1SmQAjI0vSRKTrs9PsQ/s4000/20230521_115956.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQcgEZ8HIghZ0v41vHipyq5tMRCu27PpPwDdjshK_DO3g2l3ZTgL2HeNnKpyVCQZqC7SnMqdHsCnqWiYDqFhPzi8UIeODMyCPbrvgTOV3092tMLP0fPU-IXvB1sXu8ZPZrcbfLPjyYCXs2yoywqgFhP--Q9aruJtEElfqE-a1SmQAjI0vSRKTrs9PsQ/w640-h288/20230521_115956.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>In March, Dear Husband got a new job as the music director and organist at Sewickley Presbyterian Church. In May, he produced a beautiful service with choir and orchestra called "Word Sung." You can watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flg8Iyjnm7Q&ab_channel=SewickleyPresbyterianChurch" target="_blank">the whole performance here</a>, and his sermonette <a href="https://youtu.be/7XsUiqvXdhU" target="_blank">explaining everything here.</a> (Think of it like spoken liner notes--it's really good.)<div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlWX5yVldZlfkXmU44eIGFg54AuE67t4iOn1m6l0GR6vb7eQJ4DJ0o7xS9xCqjDmM-OFdvSgMAK97TZHA14LwA9IsjlmQuFZiw3CWlo53SL-pVhxFvtIuJQdTCCDu35Jwd7IjznIe38e8-S4ULoro7BYTwhCxKbcWsqzkqFwTK_YbXqrvJgCTOgL9cg/s4000/20230521_190250.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlWX5yVldZlfkXmU44eIGFg54AuE67t4iOn1m6l0GR6vb7eQJ4DJ0o7xS9xCqjDmM-OFdvSgMAK97TZHA14LwA9IsjlmQuFZiw3CWlo53SL-pVhxFvtIuJQdTCCDu35Jwd7IjznIe38e8-S4ULoro7BYTwhCxKbcWsqzkqFwTK_YbXqrvJgCTOgL9cg/s320/20230521_190250.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjml_ZcJrSKrqHJvQ0OHVB3-voov6-1JHcA_icuAxKeUmGReWeQSjHtQ-0ep05YdmeZlGtvsQMeldUp3jrv3FgKpbku0pohvOZYyVRsI-e7oGq_jruB-nEKBJe_iY4FLZlHAUAyE8MaguCj-YdzEi-Zzj5oiMRS37FGjf4uM30BWCBzOeCkSq7_JwAIZA/s4000/20230522_194039.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjml_ZcJrSKrqHJvQ0OHVB3-voov6-1JHcA_icuAxKeUmGReWeQSjHtQ-0ep05YdmeZlGtvsQMeldUp3jrv3FgKpbku0pohvOZYyVRsI-e7oGq_jruB-nEKBJe_iY4FLZlHAUAyE8MaguCj-YdzEi-Zzj5oiMRS37FGjf4uM30BWCBzOeCkSq7_JwAIZA/s320/20230522_194039.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our second spring in this house, we are still enjoying the garden, and even adding a little to it, mostly native plants, but hopefully also some raspberries, if the dryness doesn't kill them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPuzb6nnAoiSu_7bUzo0l4nj157ibGJVpgGlLbTuhxpxxzfbQh5BsRzWg01CKGwBCS9cKPeJvpjwd3Pw48d9WM5R3yXBoHAHViTrjdwKNZq7SitOenoYipn-zRXPoAkXx7bT2efDIktcqk2u9-UWq2E5ZkVF2Ffl5AS02XPe2pEW0qSGrif8QwLeh0w/s4000/20230522_194010.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">For Memorial Weekend, DH drove to his family in Ohio, and I went to mine in Maryland.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9JfzlpvAoWiMoZZqpdaJJaCURg3YZ97pLPJwwm2SKFspmIr2ns5mAmP-HVFwEFdK1REtsx-cv1ZlbwoyQIDH1eKl0p-C-8AkOLddGbascOoB8dXKBlQFh8FFMnc9fZEw8XL5n9wFJXtKC_72YIWxpy9_j3gl219HcNDSsM2pz0MH6L6ILQgqWq2ZFQ/s3712/20230527_170755.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="1672" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9JfzlpvAoWiMoZZqpdaJJaCURg3YZ97pLPJwwm2SKFspmIr2ns5mAmP-HVFwEFdK1REtsx-cv1ZlbwoyQIDH1eKl0p-C-8AkOLddGbascOoB8dXKBlQFh8FFMnc9fZEw8XL5n9wFJXtKC_72YIWxpy9_j3gl219HcNDSsM2pz0MH6L6ILQgqWq2ZFQ/s320/20230527_170755.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We celebrated my father's birthday / retirement at a brewery that used a butterfly for its logo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOI4pe7oKOBYCy5uq0svdqe7ZIrwGTSRMP-Pqk9tmcmqPU55CtuFnenpAtL-fg98VUOtWsj50UBs2kCQOmGrKHL5X0M7dfjG74ccZwmf1R60bRrEmqIAm0UnRlqTh89zLYEzbgI0aCh55TNz2sXhFYv-kygx4VkMfNb2sndidSTYxazo2YJg8IS9Iyyg/s3612/Dad's%2070th%20and%20retirement.2023--cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="3612" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOI4pe7oKOBYCy5uq0svdqe7ZIrwGTSRMP-Pqk9tmcmqPU55CtuFnenpAtL-fg98VUOtWsj50UBs2kCQOmGrKHL5X0M7dfjG74ccZwmf1R60bRrEmqIAm0UnRlqTh89zLYEzbgI0aCh55TNz2sXhFYv-kygx4VkMfNb2sndidSTYxazo2YJg8IS9Iyyg/w640-h258/Dad's%2070th%20and%20retirement.2023--cropped.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP15Lq02peDh3AOwM8cR8YqgPXRoCFScis3D1bEsRtw5zyJ6SRk8eSkdlEaMiO82Qe5O2Im8L9OEWd9bbA9nhD0NjP-EoOreHnS2NAz_7nj5BO1YDW_JR56aUieie3vGFTgsaYAmx-XAO78N8sMhqh2UpA4Ie8IQYtOlqORQgfzoRMFuv1ScAtg5AAGA/s4000/20230527_194300.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP15Lq02peDh3AOwM8cR8YqgPXRoCFScis3D1bEsRtw5zyJ6SRk8eSkdlEaMiO82Qe5O2Im8L9OEWd9bbA9nhD0NjP-EoOreHnS2NAz_7nj5BO1YDW_JR56aUieie3vGFTgsaYAmx-XAO78N8sMhqh2UpA4Ie8IQYtOlqORQgfzoRMFuv1ScAtg5AAGA/w640-h288/20230527_194300.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I got my brother a new boardgame for his birthday: <a href="https://keymastergames.com/products/parks" target="_blank">Trekking the National Parks.</a> Reminds me a little of Ticket to Ride but with some of its own twists. Easy to learn, hard to master.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MA0C_VU86yNovlT3E0YSOa6LIikvu9y7xBbN9zpuIoUpvYvo-q7wJ4khH-DefxJYLkLUpfYaX2fiZtf08NZk5DFShJHJ_HXCniePMyfgqxoIvh_0lXPEikKUwyPgnaf4B1jj8BIuENgXEcGA5BeihXYzs7hdjaZO0F66zahYieftPba9ktLN-lYbgA/s2862/20230528_161727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2862" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MA0C_VU86yNovlT3E0YSOa6LIikvu9y7xBbN9zpuIoUpvYvo-q7wJ4khH-DefxJYLkLUpfYaX2fiZtf08NZk5DFShJHJ_HXCniePMyfgqxoIvh_0lXPEikKUwyPgnaf4B1jj8BIuENgXEcGA5BeihXYzs7hdjaZO0F66zahYieftPba9ktLN-lYbgA/w640-h402/20230528_161727.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And we got a whole big group of us to attend a Baltimore Orioles game (they won!). The best part was that I managed to score seats with old family friends, and one of us got a baseball. It was hot, so I treated myself to Rita's chocolate Italian ice topped with the orange and vanilla custard swirl = Orioles gelato.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5HgOOsQg0CHwVAIJ8GYBQoX4BrD3t37EuLJxyhFixIW8wj7f1e4yeM0NMECqm-xmzCXLIO7WP1epb6TlQUuBSfAFsvTD5v41SfLWcwhivk5vZhvyI54qnsYtjHLrmCw0RCjAx35Fk2dWzDbLF1MCH6jkqyg2XW8KmYKveKDLHqCyiqlRTV-K6wes3w/s4000/20230528_151104.heic" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5HgOOsQg0CHwVAIJ8GYBQoX4BrD3t37EuLJxyhFixIW8wj7f1e4yeM0NMECqm-xmzCXLIO7WP1epb6TlQUuBSfAFsvTD5v41SfLWcwhivk5vZhvyI54qnsYtjHLrmCw0RCjAx35Fk2dWzDbLF1MCH6jkqyg2XW8KmYKveKDLHqCyiqlRTV-K6wes3w/s320/20230528_151104.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbgUsJmV8eYq7LWi_yAm2nL5YM81VaAXSUy-ISCazZuknSMbi7EVNereX-5oCMi3xVWTf6Z4aG3F-9Gr45mn5Jqr7BRFvHZ5YutCKApcgrtZ8b3IwQ0tm4H-CDAz91nkXwTw3_tqxaf7gdm0_msk8mamNsY9xnGQj4iSOiMoLAJhR3tpr56uy2Qy-Rw/s3770/20230601_163913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3770" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbgUsJmV8eYq7LWi_yAm2nL5YM81VaAXSUy-ISCazZuknSMbi7EVNereX-5oCMi3xVWTf6Z4aG3F-9Gr45mn5Jqr7BRFvHZ5YutCKApcgrtZ8b3IwQ0tm4H-CDAz91nkXwTw3_tqxaf7gdm0_msk8mamNsY9xnGQj4iSOiMoLAJhR3tpr56uy2Qy-Rw/s320/20230601_163913.jpg" width="153" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When it got back it was time to write a grant proposal for external funding, and then I attended a pediatric clinician-educator symposium over at the children's hospital, where I gave one of three podium research talks (and won the award for best presentation). I also took a lot of notes!</div></div></div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-66937735255795112522023-05-15T17:43:00.070-04:002023-05-21T20:44:19.828-04:00Fashion & Flowers: Billy Porter Exhibit at the Phipps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBysWQnwvkh9blCwuH_DA2oWqo0t-Lf2V3E02MzdKUNzamzK06SMp4CNpmE_dpgg7s-p4vxppLJPWQwqsaleW_1IrP3VHoZnZcNchUPzbhBb9n4tnVzEuF9pGLh2JCz4gMy3KC7zcYPWq64tb4KfxNeZ1IJLLCrhMJadiYcPe2mZopsqtXSw4H5zW3jA/s4000/20230515_104539.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBysWQnwvkh9blCwuH_DA2oWqo0t-Lf2V3E02MzdKUNzamzK06SMp4CNpmE_dpgg7s-p4vxppLJPWQwqsaleW_1IrP3VHoZnZcNchUPzbhBb9n4tnVzEuF9pGLh2JCz4gMy3KC7zcYPWq64tb4KfxNeZ1IJLLCrhMJadiYcPe2mZopsqtXSw4H5zW3jA/w400-h180/20230515_104539.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://kinkybootsthemusical.com/" target="_blank">Kinky Boots</a>, get it? For long-running Broadway musical, then <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10442108/" target="_blank">film</a></div><div><br /></div><div>As I never tire of saying, the <a href="Flowers Meet Fashion: Inspired by Billy Porter" target="_blank">Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden</a> is probably my and Dear Husband's favorite place in Pittsburgh. So when I had a surprise vacation day, he asked to visit their <a href="https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/calendar/detail/Flowers-Meet-Fashion-Inspired-by-Billy-Porter" target="_blank">Billy Porter-themed exhibit</a>. Dahling, it did not disappoint!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFA51NGd_JzLJJhJsiJuMF35h6f4xID8j18WndD4Cho-Yq9dCayMrqkkCSsIeVBO4JNrkH5MFSml_SydXTQAUTPUCiZ22Oe7dWg1wNhqPGZuo4O21smtxdTfN1UdBkNH2o5WKGZum4PeeePJNcBPM7TA6neHwB7pu9YSLABrYXsF2ag7B2niEhJ4d2cQ/s4000/20230515_103615.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFA51NGd_JzLJJhJsiJuMF35h6f4xID8j18WndD4Cho-Yq9dCayMrqkkCSsIeVBO4JNrkH5MFSml_SydXTQAUTPUCiZ22Oe7dWg1wNhqPGZuo4O21smtxdTfN1UdBkNH2o5WKGZum4PeeePJNcBPM7TA6neHwB7pu9YSLABrYXsF2ag7B2niEhJ4d2cQ/w640-h288/20230515_103615.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnRxy1aJcQU0RZ9g0OlPd2F-Hu3mCuFC48ZRD0KYA-B4Hyed14uZzb9I2qgeroNeTpO1ldWmsvGN8hYOzRQqoRsrFw-2EhsB1DGIILgyCUbUpJ4sdlXWe87qNpfQpN7U8DAi-o8PLOfFkZjmg1_Fw534id71saouY5mzDeyLhuQV4zH1RIHE2p_kSmg/s3251/20230515_103731.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3251" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnRxy1aJcQU0RZ9g0OlPd2F-Hu3mCuFC48ZRD0KYA-B4Hyed14uZzb9I2qgeroNeTpO1ldWmsvGN8hYOzRQqoRsrFw-2EhsB1DGIILgyCUbUpJ4sdlXWe87qNpfQpN7U8DAi-o8PLOfFkZjmg1_Fw534id71saouY5mzDeyLhuQV4zH1RIHE2p_kSmg/s320/20230515_103731.heic" width="177" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"You are an Icon"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihcfN9ZYZUehEzo4jfpA9JNLgsVqiDrmWce0u0XDELEJradaKG3XyT0SPFUHLx-z0sdFs4uqEdRJKZ1_YZ-gVWqoiKQDjvdumjrbsjlK0NaetsyagMiQMGVn8zEJz8g0tYcNR75NFWCkWid5RqeLi50t6fzk5BiFwZPxF1XcJaU65uJ8RaMCdrPzwk5A/s4000/20230515_103905.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihcfN9ZYZUehEzo4jfpA9JNLgsVqiDrmWce0u0XDELEJradaKG3XyT0SPFUHLx-z0sdFs4uqEdRJKZ1_YZ-gVWqoiKQDjvdumjrbsjlK0NaetsyagMiQMGVn8zEJz8g0tYcNR75NFWCkWid5RqeLi50t6fzk5BiFwZPxF1XcJaU65uJ8RaMCdrPzwk5A/s320/20230515_103905.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbEsTiSx5QAa7ZywgBp7EoLJ6kEPocrdJvJUyVWjENVcf2IGJel4dsd9HONAsRFdzE-B5pFMajgW4nvZINmAw_d-8L7Mp7pJr3M_XNpIfLbEg-FLZrGVAzejJNYeP1yk3MDLKHhl7mrbMxB3IhUUNmt4DiwFq7V_eDal_1U3P9_Qlfe610vU-M-qc2A/s4000/20230515_103935.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbEsTiSx5QAa7ZywgBp7EoLJ6kEPocrdJvJUyVWjENVcf2IGJel4dsd9HONAsRFdzE-B5pFMajgW4nvZINmAw_d-8L7Mp7pJr3M_XNpIfLbEg-FLZrGVAzejJNYeP1yk3MDLKHhl7mrbMxB3IhUUNmt4DiwFq7V_eDal_1U3P9_Qlfe610vU-M-qc2A/s320/20230515_103935.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are outfits made by local college students.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgtkjQJWaBiwM_9x1T8QDiKjsO9Fod6uYLDtLfed8Z2BBCv3fKY04D-CJWXigOEPom3Fy3MgFu4uXbw9usLZz3pj7PCScn1sgvL0ZTejvQOJR8SYHtdXCzTArXRORNVP4SMIGnNO7hCldLEIMEs6AqyfKj241YqrGfoQfliiGb4uow93gkkcVGn2aew/s4000/20230515_104111.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgtkjQJWaBiwM_9x1T8QDiKjsO9Fod6uYLDtLfed8Z2BBCv3fKY04D-CJWXigOEPom3Fy3MgFu4uXbw9usLZz3pj7PCScn1sgvL0ZTejvQOJR8SYHtdXCzTArXRORNVP4SMIGnNO7hCldLEIMEs6AqyfKj241YqrGfoQfliiGb4uow93gkkcVGn2aew/s320/20230515_104111.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAq4yiVaQxNZh1tgNlOGvXNZYgBNiROHl9YRiD21FesUKVAzu_MpmjL8KKJFhhRMPSTPJBCtCm0F1jH_pTwugHI_dzenKmfPUanpJYsTgz0HXtQOXWJlgvh0PLBz1cQIBnnV2RjVqwTj7g-mn-Q5uVCDfa4QYXONivGDclvzFWzUPMWCwN6CTOWMirAw/s4000/20230515_104007.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAq4yiVaQxNZh1tgNlOGvXNZYgBNiROHl9YRiD21FesUKVAzu_MpmjL8KKJFhhRMPSTPJBCtCm0F1jH_pTwugHI_dzenKmfPUanpJYsTgz0HXtQOXWJlgvh0PLBz1cQIBnnV2RjVqwTj7g-mn-Q5uVCDfa4QYXONivGDclvzFWzUPMWCwN6CTOWMirAw/s320/20230515_104007.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Lady Rainbow Liberty was one of our favorites; you can't see it this far away, but the rainbow is made of many different strips of different fabrics, quilted together.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FRmekoKGIWniy8XDNwRuXpa0qvp1btPzFZJ7M5bQnGnxSmMWSQ5iOcd3kc7h4-ocvUjZgxfjn6pcCgNIFD74pMhXX1S5kiP3aC25zIE5qlzXo9ZQHs5NPY2Zm5vs0SFIkKUS4A65Cc57E6221jobA_y8WA7fZjpnyYHKtuZMNrNHesdeknJwq-iDWQ/s4000/20230515_104139.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bOiayxyKo8f8bdQbmxITICxX8AOY-xAT9632Y5xi9QuxcCggQZb_fd3-KThs0b_MkqA3TUvF0NL8Gp_WcM1UY-etNUeLjmfESpnyGF9G0OWQvuvP3jhiN8TJGycwxr-J4iFz6RNkMHuw2iYVvehIT2YgKW8XQsh_TYmvDDh0rC2ObA8XpVs9oSYQdQ/s3017/20230515_105557.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3017" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bOiayxyKo8f8bdQbmxITICxX8AOY-xAT9632Y5xi9QuxcCggQZb_fd3-KThs0b_MkqA3TUvF0NL8Gp_WcM1UY-etNUeLjmfESpnyGF9G0OWQvuvP3jhiN8TJGycwxr-J4iFz6RNkMHuw2iYVvehIT2YgKW8XQsh_TYmvDDh0rC2ObA8XpVs9oSYQdQ/w640-h382/20230515_105557.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These adorable woodland creatures and insects were made by elementary and middle school students, and I loved every one of them, especially the winged frog. I assume it references some video game or other.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeQ8XKmgH4-MJAy6AKwv1fMnFpdG-ARKZDuL0aP6eTRyM9gLO1p9hL5GimukPrzyZ8wIjskN1z4k-OSHzg3B-24mt3ifX_cDgtzQHFQwgZoztcr318R6rjVsRKGfGpbggHSqhitvp7_L8W1rsIeoy2ap9SCAefTbtCHcNTXbkq8HTZJ1eqXfhA7F5Ww/s4000/20230515_105745.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeQ8XKmgH4-MJAy6AKwv1fMnFpdG-ARKZDuL0aP6eTRyM9gLO1p9hL5GimukPrzyZ8wIjskN1z4k-OSHzg3B-24mt3ifX_cDgtzQHFQwgZoztcr318R6rjVsRKGfGpbggHSqhitvp7_L8W1rsIeoy2ap9SCAefTbtCHcNTXbkq8HTZJ1eqXfhA7F5Ww/s320/20230515_105745.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshsapg7B1pWKQmQHK3EoqvghwiWcRbCKm2iCmhm1-UzJYDUoLqkoATt53QxkybX1Jhg1GJozlFiaxNz50QZPI2W-AN9jF-hNAzAuRwJZmH_ft77eJRkH5Xuf0Dg1ynwo5uVNMp83NcC54YBRXcpBuSYdW-tRG2WG4_w_GscQyCP4PStST8P8OXdS_Ag/s3297/20230515_110713.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The waterfall was particularly spectacular today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5AQcgxbwX87OjQRnp6fxyKBZQMi7Vg0amvlZ9XHAwcMj0wy5qvqr5XjLcajsmVAWlufG8He2peSwGL3ZspjA__KdqWYAfcBC0ZgGL1BM-a0pXOO802iatmBdwfeBSh_yI-FbnUOextKbFyftXAW-HWFYmkoyZpBwi_I3GaJdyChQ3DTSrNl9FyBdSA/s3512/20230515_114839.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3512" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5AQcgxbwX87OjQRnp6fxyKBZQMi7Vg0amvlZ9XHAwcMj0wy5qvqr5XjLcajsmVAWlufG8He2peSwGL3ZspjA__KdqWYAfcBC0ZgGL1BM-a0pXOO802iatmBdwfeBSh_yI-FbnUOextKbFyftXAW-HWFYmkoyZpBwi_I3GaJdyChQ3DTSrNl9FyBdSA/s320/20230515_114839.heic" width="164" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwyuwmf67SQGrB4FdmSof6H2b5VEedTnXTq9W8xSzZ1cw8nOKQ5EqygBA3sc3m8g9pa6ZVd8-52xXpVe1a19P7b2t5W0GJGGc5ODo6k6l6PKsN2eIf2Ufw1M_TJmmay6yMXhbiVVTZARykIzEOtyLf1o7GBRUN-1BM9GWwFF3tqjUoVtuFtCi83lSQQ/s3045/20230515_114832.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The one on the right is a hydroponic system with lettuces growing as the skirt and goldfish (goldfish!) swimming in the tank that make up her trunk and arms. Maybe that one was my favorite.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAlfPsTrcmwB3kL7p0onTKxJvRdlXIYqqwnR9EX3Oen8-okrYgwKUpkl0qmvSPC6BztI8r2utWWb0OwQ6yaS8l9pPSaW96Cyo2CBSAYj-d6ESAttLfAAJGbjv9iX9-1KnHdTmfz6U_h1pugz3ct6talelLmca6y9s8iUX_V9liM7jU54lyiNn1NSL3A/s4000/20230515_120224.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAlfPsTrcmwB3kL7p0onTKxJvRdlXIYqqwnR9EX3Oen8-okrYgwKUpkl0qmvSPC6BztI8r2utWWb0OwQ6yaS8l9pPSaW96Cyo2CBSAYj-d6ESAttLfAAJGbjv9iX9-1KnHdTmfz6U_h1pugz3ct6talelLmca6y9s8iUX_V9liM7jU54lyiNn1NSL3A/w400-h180/20230515_120224.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Orchid Room! We love the little alien men in the central pond.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0oCfbI9K9tqQQcaLXf6cwirFpJYfSmz9vLc6Km6Jq2BoZoxiyYtrm06DYcWlM8EFhwIGkfbqXP8djD2IjCHRHvtVQOR2FKX2n2UkKvvhTh17X9_rX5TmKKNiXcJfKTmyVkVaiczb3yQvP7ftq8hWPxskJdAPmLxq3IkPaZC4Q_vP5v39vqfJ5jHjxw/s4000/20230515_120520.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0oCfbI9K9tqQQcaLXf6cwirFpJYfSmz9vLc6Km6Jq2BoZoxiyYtrm06DYcWlM8EFhwIGkfbqXP8djD2IjCHRHvtVQOR2FKX2n2UkKvvhTh17X9_rX5TmKKNiXcJfKTmyVkVaiczb3yQvP7ftq8hWPxskJdAPmLxq3IkPaZC4Q_vP5v39vqfJ5jHjxw/w640-h288/20230515_120520.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoT3UaF-5NB2wQh-BVSNq3OcoDdOOwBCN4tWJbIv8sno77-1C6ZrRSXN8rfINYGFUQiY9RIARP3e9p54dsltpSPu8Ze4izxeYRzR5oLZqKsIuZollk-bKu_WZjOQH8UhZIYxGYvnZsNHNQ8f1ELYFhAs9esi9b6r3XxFqWZl_IDyIv20STVFFORAuKMg/s3731/20230515_121148.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3731" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoT3UaF-5NB2wQh-BVSNq3OcoDdOOwBCN4tWJbIv8sno77-1C6ZrRSXN8rfINYGFUQiY9RIARP3e9p54dsltpSPu8Ze4izxeYRzR5oLZqKsIuZollk-bKu_WZjOQH8UhZIYxGYvnZsNHNQ8f1ELYFhAs9esi9b6r3XxFqWZl_IDyIv20STVFFORAuKMg/w308-h640/20230515_121148.heic" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Final look in the Palm Court.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOqt73rLMxE_Yx3aceoSeBJHlmM7HyYq2GJt7d5tUlEbSjH0_cN-3gLMutVuysJKF8mPHIe_LGE8eD9VRdQDfiX3DbmpBpR1v4MD7MmNAIRwWlpXwtt2qmNyHXxOTOhUkbOu1aKAf8RrzyRGapCzW9SxAtKEx6TsfgKd52EkQKsU5NwSyqfUiU-6J5g/s4000/20230515_115057.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOqt73rLMxE_Yx3aceoSeBJHlmM7HyYq2GJt7d5tUlEbSjH0_cN-3gLMutVuysJKF8mPHIe_LGE8eD9VRdQDfiX3DbmpBpR1v4MD7MmNAIRwWlpXwtt2qmNyHXxOTOhUkbOu1aKAf8RrzyRGapCzW9SxAtKEx6TsfgKd52EkQKsU5NwSyqfUiU-6J5g/s320/20230515_115057.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good-bye for now, sun-worshipping boy!</div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-4544823122717726612023-05-14T21:39:00.001-04:002023-06-04T16:04:49.999-04:00Conferencing, Medical Style<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhhldV3DFxAVqiUQPyvhrbCIQFxOzTasgf3-7tgKpbCaUmWE97mfr7NTcbqJCf8zx17IMoY9o4FdBJHnOpUcGcSLkFKRdulEOsJp9DV9Sqs33G9qTfJG-W6Kb44JdjEP0F6Ar3a9XiYwT7hGz2FUcMBJBEe4ezdKs8QPTmd-NKwEEuvApdnUfpgo-aQ/s4000/20230513_122447.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhhldV3DFxAVqiUQPyvhrbCIQFxOzTasgf3-7tgKpbCaUmWE97mfr7NTcbqJCf8zx17IMoY9o4FdBJHnOpUcGcSLkFKRdulEOsJp9DV9Sqs33G9qTfJG-W6Kb44JdjEP0F6Ar3a9XiYwT7hGz2FUcMBJBEe4ezdKs8QPTmd-NKwEEuvApdnUfpgo-aQ/s320/20230513_122447.heic" width="144" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">I have blogged about conferencing before--for instance, <a href="http://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2016/04/frdrdr-action-figure-conference-edition.html" target="_blank">this post about conference fashion</a>, or <a href="http://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2015/10/in-my-conference-bag.html" target="_blank">this one about work accessories</a>--so consider this the medical edition update.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I was at the Society of General Internal Medicine annual conference, held at an American West-themed hotel complex near the airport and far from the city of Denver. Some duct work had fallen into the pool the previous weekend, so it was off limits; otherwise the best part about being on Mountain Time was waking up early enough to exercise every morning.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Although I've been a member since I joined the editorial board of their journal, it was the first time (thanks to COVID and hospital rounding duties), that I had attended this conference. Something like 2,500 people had registered, the biggest meeting I've ever attended.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I feel like this moose is giving some serious side eye.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TnJV1c3tinFc3R_o7Vs14_rxEAczG6pavhxva9WO6FpfpjDXsgrWxKQDFd0nXvaWfw1qWoXZUHkIiGzJoXfN-GflVMphtRa-C-cNO5UhQgysEcDe2RAKFCCfdrSiJ6XV_u-KsGEU3mi0QSqH1gT4fkUb1dTZyg5SHUZcC3CJEdFog_Kxat51SqMSug/s4000/20230510_075500.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TnJV1c3tinFc3R_o7Vs14_rxEAczG6pavhxva9WO6FpfpjDXsgrWxKQDFd0nXvaWfw1qWoXZUHkIiGzJoXfN-GflVMphtRa-C-cNO5UhQgysEcDe2RAKFCCfdrSiJ6XV_u-KsGEU3mi0QSqH1gT4fkUb1dTZyg5SHUZcC3CJEdFog_Kxat51SqMSug/s320/20230510_075500.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5MT84JJMg0cpagxdrGUTVGyz2FntlJQPiCnjil7UppQOUAHiAtfWedX-9tF2SGuM26E91Qr3NU3Skq7c472Z2lbTZmMxOOtSaJsgN2oL-TxH9jx6ZPMzzRVaC-Vfnz5ymS1y_kO5pEyZ9m1HGi5Jp1Eftg7Jaht8iDHw3j1q1JIaFO6uxbeTxmd3wQ/s4000/20230510_125225.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5MT84JJMg0cpagxdrGUTVGyz2FntlJQPiCnjil7UppQOUAHiAtfWedX-9tF2SGuM26E91Qr3NU3Skq7c472Z2lbTZmMxOOtSaJsgN2oL-TxH9jx6ZPMzzRVaC-Vfnz5ymS1y_kO5pEyZ9m1HGi5Jp1Eftg7Jaht8iDHw3j1q1JIaFO6uxbeTxmd3wQ/s320/20230510_125225.heic" width="144" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Left: I missed the memo about the black-and-white dress code.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Right: I ate at the diner next to the cheaper hotel I stayed in the night before things kicked off at the main conference location.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzVxMqw186ZTwf7r0J0C7eek8eD2uq8IVCjNMtrFQKHcNt-LbLs02QzfGE_O2ScRwbTJRQiFRDEcuRMmfM4CV1S_YueQUWvRkBnJEeO6Mc8eR_q6Du2yZQ-kzKkTixx3-SNacOnkA-IJicNBw-4_a2w16dU27ETJTFiNxJPxv18tEHBRWnGGbLTtjTw/s2968/20230511_102144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2968" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzVxMqw186ZTwf7r0J0C7eek8eD2uq8IVCjNMtrFQKHcNt-LbLs02QzfGE_O2ScRwbTJRQiFRDEcuRMmfM4CV1S_YueQUWvRkBnJEeO6Mc8eR_q6Du2yZQ-kzKkTixx3-SNacOnkA-IJicNBw-4_a2w16dU27ETJTFiNxJPxv18tEHBRWnGGbLTtjTw/w640-h388/20230511_102144.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">There was work: I presented a poster with two colleagues from other institutions.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47GFjZClyBzDcuS_5VQeQacYVlX2jCy6vkBEsicWfHP9n43U3k5grWTMm_tPJNo9VNZ9wG6JW8VlvrcC2D4esMp4-XWPQiIglNCtZAC7e9uEV2ZAQTmJN1EK9ZBfpgFmxWeiCzbM06Fvc2-yw7eEfiz7VhEdvX67JN4sU8VNP2tvFDfkwwcnhdzwEhQ/s2539/20230511_101910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="2539" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47GFjZClyBzDcuS_5VQeQacYVlX2jCy6vkBEsicWfHP9n43U3k5grWTMm_tPJNo9VNZ9wG6JW8VlvrcC2D4esMp4-XWPQiIglNCtZAC7e9uEV2ZAQTmJN1EK9ZBfpgFmxWeiCzbM06Fvc2-yw7eEfiz7VhEdvX67JN4sU8VNP2tvFDfkwwcnhdzwEhQ/w640-h416/20230511_101910.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I went to a LOT of panels: on taking care of patients and trainees/colleagues with disabilities; on diagnosing and treating sleep apnea; on medical marijuana; on long COVID; on teaching nutrition; on diabetes and pre-operative evaluation updates; and all the plenaries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was also play:</div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDEzkrRhksCmwCqvdqKvJpjMVJH-J2q86WrDORxxY32AW7RWC-de8iVxUNR5UjtjwqGxPjaxAlIzELRX_w7kYUDiQzHhAGL2e91k1ezjh0o1jBzeFO8RJD0G4ry1xHm947ojVEbtZKOVleXAflWo3CrpcYBSvazii4snkOZGopYyGfuO7t_8WCmBawg/s4000/20230511_115551.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDEzkrRhksCmwCqvdqKvJpjMVJH-J2q86WrDORxxY32AW7RWC-de8iVxUNR5UjtjwqGxPjaxAlIzELRX_w7kYUDiQzHhAGL2e91k1ezjh0o1jBzeFO8RJD0G4ry1xHm947ojVEbtZKOVleXAflWo3CrpcYBSvazii4snkOZGopYyGfuO7t_8WCmBawg/s320/20230511_115551.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made a sign: "Every patient deserves a medical home and a home home. #HousingIsHealthcare #SGIM23" This was the only part of the vendor section with which I interacted; I've definitely seen other (bigger!) meetings with way more industry and job-recruiting presence. SGIM seems to have a strong social justice predilection, so I assume that has something to do with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6oxw5oant5aPSmPhJrZBkxnMQfCn-qabppJE4KQOKsokIk0jGpyg7ywNerbuIaQBmjCshsEs45HNpUdgjygLn4aXscT-hK5OkliyRNqvrcRKmkA6ljadCvhC5Xsy-n4hz1H3PMBpa3cmJeVaPtBPtX3_U32OO0wywBBcbXxzTBS95uZ7SLDxYXgMmg/s4128/20230512_194206.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="4128" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6oxw5oant5aPSmPhJrZBkxnMQfCn-qabppJE4KQOKsokIk0jGpyg7ywNerbuIaQBmjCshsEs45HNpUdgjygLn4aXscT-hK5OkliyRNqvrcRKmkA6ljadCvhC5Xsy-n4hz1H3PMBpa3cmJeVaPtBPtX3_U32OO0wywBBcbXxzTBS95uZ7SLDxYXgMmg/w400-h180/20230512_194206.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I played trivia! We were 5 people from different institutions who didn't know each other but sat together. Our first choice name, "Team NOS" [not otherwise specified] was taken by a group up front, so we changed it to "Team Correlate Clinically." And despite the fact that we thought we did poorly in the first round, we ended up in second place!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was exhausting (and expensive), but I enjoyed meeting colleagues and hopefully making friends. Next year: Bean Town! Theme: Gun Violence</div><p></p>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-56214682097397550342023-05-06T19:24:00.004-04:002023-05-07T17:12:30.130-04:00The nature of Fallingwater<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEircUSeHxkqBdTLYo_kJwiJkTgmiXOF_t9g2fGGoRyrwRttmAYvEfTn5sjcipa8L3b7lV-iyAVadAfr_waLO1vKu6U7BEB5HigQeKU9NXGw3vqviizhu2jcDsMI8g5r4uvsgZBwS7PY6H87AQyXdMQ3qOBpG8Y1TVuinx40nACkWah8ckIqsJ0T6NaPFg/s3286/20230506_093744.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3286" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEircUSeHxkqBdTLYo_kJwiJkTgmiXOF_t9g2fGGoRyrwRttmAYvEfTn5sjcipa8L3b7lV-iyAVadAfr_waLO1vKu6U7BEB5HigQeKU9NXGw3vqviizhu2jcDsMI8g5r4uvsgZBwS7PY6H87AQyXdMQ3qOBpG8Y1TVuinx40nACkWah8ckIqsJ0T6NaPFg/w350-h640/20230506_093744.heic" width="350" /></a></p><p>The first Saturday in May is Members' Day for the <a href="https://waterlandlife.org/" target="_blank">Western Pennsylvania Conservancy</a>, which runs Fallingwater (built by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kaufman family), as well protects natural "land, water, life" in the Commonwealth. You can read about <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2017/03/fallingwater-has-not-yet-fallen-in-water.html" target="_blank">how we came to join WPC at this blog post.</a> The first and last time I RSVP'd for us it was either 2019 or 2020, and I decided at the last minute not to attend because the weather threatened to be wet +/- COVID. This year spring (re)arrived in time for a beautiful, no-tolls drive through rural southwestern PA, some hiking, and a picnic lunch.</p>
The trip down turned into a kind of scavenger hunt: <div>Back to my office to pick up the lunch I hadn't eaten Friday because my coworkers brought food for Cinco de Mayo (I won't be back for over a week)</div><div>Past the motel where we spent a Saturday night when our power went out and Dear Husband feared he wouldn't be able to sleep without air conditioning, and I wanted wifi to finish a work project that was on a submission deadline</div><div>Then the diner where we had breakfast the next morning</div><div>The bakery in Elizabeth where DH rescued me one Saturday morning after I locked my keys in my car</div><div>So many farms, so few barn stars</div><div>The Youghiogheny River, on which <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2022/06/when-in-ohiopyle.html" target="_blank">we kayaked once</a></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXc78slH16ATQgCZJfF-LFmZ1dWvx_6k429o-ieCftVPpSM1yrARhkT5CpF2CkQO2jFdvL2K1EAAf7AAR1g5f4nx7gnVi7WtZBO8wSnI12rZV1bflfyra370570UmTCgKG0OE3nyj7uyt1ICnhqoLDHXrShrzNGJG8vVYchJSXLd9G3YlFUwvtwgR4AA/s4000/20230506_090448.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXc78slH16ATQgCZJfF-LFmZ1dWvx_6k429o-ieCftVPpSM1yrARhkT5CpF2CkQO2jFdvL2K1EAAf7AAR1g5f4nx7gnVi7WtZBO8wSnI12rZV1bflfyra370570UmTCgKG0OE3nyj7uyt1ICnhqoLDHXrShrzNGJG8vVYchJSXLd9G3YlFUwvtwgR4AA/w640-h288/20230506_090448.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div></div><div>Despite having left the house at 4 minutes after 7, we arrived juuust in time to check in, stand in line for the restroom (singular), and inhale a quick cold breakfast before our 2-hour "nature hike" departed in the chilly sunshine. The 20 of us grouped and regrouped trying to avoid cars and other hikers / birders, went over this creek near the gardener's house, before we arrived at the octagonal visitor's center and were assigned to naturalist Jim as our leader.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvZje1nOZe3YFOzqItLSpFsg_hyqsRe_P9eORyZFUS4lbqFfH1G8ctTkwloy06ioB7l3tyCVq7Exy_5Skt7Ajl1jS2tF58mrBto_cPU-ZMXYZP5368sVO1CuBDS7J5pKPVb2tsKUVRsm8jX_EIGYNrGT6n1XFAABqJAQ89nyspIkMr1YW7jQYHq8EtA/s4000/20230506_091416.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvZje1nOZe3YFOzqItLSpFsg_hyqsRe_P9eORyZFUS4lbqFfH1G8ctTkwloy06ioB7l3tyCVq7Exy_5Skt7Ajl1jS2tF58mrBto_cPU-ZMXYZP5368sVO1CuBDS7J5pKPVb2tsKUVRsm8jX_EIGYNrGT6n1XFAABqJAQ89nyspIkMr1YW7jQYHq8EtA/w400-h180/20230506_091416.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>First, he took us to the bird's eye view of Fallingwater, we was new for us.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWUnHOsC6SIh5YTRCI2zb2mf4RPlJbB7KSzNhOiEzRJwFQ2IE2AU9SeyFZ-cvvVM7fjD2vpFi34nQyRTOlRSiGCkHEQLGjMqd8eZd8PG5n_KiN6Vtj9zJ5bqYX2PAPEQwhxRtttqz5mXb3G0IyL3e8BBYS-SZVwM6CIjMGtGvNk45Frde1mnIA0Xn1w/s4128/20230506_092245.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="4128" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWUnHOsC6SIh5YTRCI2zb2mf4RPlJbB7KSzNhOiEzRJwFQ2IE2AU9SeyFZ-cvvVM7fjD2vpFi34nQyRTOlRSiGCkHEQLGjMqd8eZd8PG5n_KiN6Vtj9zJ5bqYX2PAPEQwhxRtttqz5mXb3G0IyL3e8BBYS-SZVwM6CIjMGtGvNk45Frde1mnIA0Xn1w/s320/20230506_092245.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Then we went to the classic vista downstream from the house, where everyone wanted photos, of course.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEY5vlCkNLOAUNOZ_fifoEf2bKCtXiE64iTrzXvbjo8lXqbjpuFWsKDIx487Vs9VlcbUqE3_ZHliEJLP9cP3h9lvKk256qsbU4Mj1HG5MmOkxzUs1V53eo1Hpx1zhGDU6zkG8C0HL3jSejF0cKlGCV7CgHNpGReEYqkVh_9D0lKRrmaCE00hktelkdA/s4000/20230506_093740.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEY5vlCkNLOAUNOZ_fifoEf2bKCtXiE64iTrzXvbjo8lXqbjpuFWsKDIx487Vs9VlcbUqE3_ZHliEJLP9cP3h9lvKk256qsbU4Mj1HG5MmOkxzUs1V53eo1Hpx1zhGDU6zkG8C0HL3jSejF0cKlGCV7CgHNpGReEYqkVh_9D0lKRrmaCE00hktelkdA/w640-h288/20230506_093740.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Next we wandered over to the main drive and bridge crossing Bear Run, where we identified some different plants. Below left is devil's walking stick, whose leaves grow on top of a tall skinny stem with poisonous thorns. (That's a baby plant--the parent plants reached way above our heads!) The WPC planted it intentionally along the side of this path to try to dissuade visitors from tromping through the underbrush to take photos of the house from the edge of the streambed.
Next to it is trillium, of which the pic to the right is a better photo of a blooming one.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YJ4R-oSrrXWs8Z3gIwwJFoQVCqvwAtAdP7oUwcBJK0Ly9dvBBs4Xbr1AS99467smUvuNrny7bfmJXj-Hwk2GQw6Tl5MdNPKYF3Q35iE_CFMPGrcgg1jEqyLp2rc-oFnZAVcjhxi9bVInEL_ViNW-37QYm3kxijyZ9b2kjg-ewiRcJeQV_A56ZS5dYQ/s3180/20230506_094158.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3180" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YJ4R-oSrrXWs8Z3gIwwJFoQVCqvwAtAdP7oUwcBJK0Ly9dvBBs4Xbr1AS99467smUvuNrny7bfmJXj-Hwk2GQw6Tl5MdNPKYF3Q35iE_CFMPGrcgg1jEqyLp2rc-oFnZAVcjhxi9bVInEL_ViNW-37QYm3kxijyZ9b2kjg-ewiRcJeQV_A56ZS5dYQ/s320/20230506_094158.heic" width="181" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPHlzG7W6FFeeUAluRUZZg__yxIbCpf6YfmbSs4MNzc6vVQEJ71EUTQBVlLKMgNNILJOn6BGU9q5rDU6MnemZMg4cwjigEKcS2C_8oudS8mkykAmxOdB3aw4BptTeHxjgS7sUDgNEF9v1KsnFeeBdYfhgsc1-LtMQr-QqU19wyEoniE_7ADDazKkQ1g/s4000/20230506_094253.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIIXkU93rAocG_lkjhIF9ZvhtFEcg10dgTRzBFi7VgaB8BWONtfE1tSq9avDOS4FBMoCLOridhx8ppUM-nEC5w7yE8X-I7C0_Rl6dq5k3Dp_J-5cjukqqiBkTjqEHFKmX0Bk_LhgU6VDxuAYNQ4znpz1HPUhBO3LO-k2_zdnwkD-fj6xoUe_tMu4e-pg/s320/20230506_094928.heic" width="144" /></a></div>Here our guide Jim is demonstrating for us the "fountain" in the entranceway which actually functioned as a sort of outdoor mudroom: you probably can't see the bar of soap on a chain hanging under the spigot so the family could wash off after hiking or horseback riding.<div><br /></div><div>What I like about this feature is that it replicates the water running down the hillside in the background, which is the back wall of the driveway winding its way up the hill to the 4-car garage next to the guest house and servants' quarters. Indeed, along the path there were rivulets and occasionally little spontaneous waterfalls.<div><br /></div><div>The Mother and Child statue by Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) was completed in 1941 and originally faced the "plunge pool" you can see in teal below. It fell over during a flood in 1956, so it was reaffixed facing outward "toward nature." Thankfully they added a chain, because floodwaters toppled it again in 2017. I particularly like the juxtaposition of the calm water and the rushing stream in this image. The mother raises her arms in a sun-worshipper pose, or maybe she's saying, "Bring it on!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJQqxsRwWlmOOy1ee5zV981zeSDdo_xjuVOKp_wJMYj_qxsdWChnNi7sttSuQ64dWl-7V_o3G4je5NgFaJpCuqhhnV_mZhgSe2vdgAqYP2xjZyuZgo5PN94PydgP5COItKfUfSOp7rS77j6wu0m75Ty8LcgGm96EnFhJvJSeYzpe6BMCEGTPGIqBIyw/s4000/20230506_095016.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJQqxsRwWlmOOy1ee5zV981zeSDdo_xjuVOKp_wJMYj_qxsdWChnNi7sttSuQ64dWl-7V_o3G4je5NgFaJpCuqhhnV_mZhgSe2vdgAqYP2xjZyuZgo5PN94PydgP5COItKfUfSOp7rS77j6wu0m75Ty8LcgGm96EnFhJvJSeYzpe6BMCEGTPGIqBIyw/w640-h288/20230506_095016.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Wright's indoor gardens didn't always have enough sunlight to flourish, but it looks like this one does.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQr_imTemBFe5hVh6KrQNo_URb36wPOYFpvs-7kGj4hASWa3eDca1tKp2xBgnV_XTVh_fY6VR13g6fCS8gEIJ7F1Qmhf9CHkrwDgzTgqk7Facqy47SG3mr18lze1kpadmUnMiwmuwOSpzz7I1Me8t6iXXrE-pIDLikols3NWapoHcf1yyIkMGlBuolg/s4000/20230506_095041.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQr_imTemBFe5hVh6KrQNo_URb36wPOYFpvs-7kGj4hASWa3eDca1tKp2xBgnV_XTVh_fY6VR13g6fCS8gEIJ7F1Qmhf9CHkrwDgzTgqk7Facqy47SG3mr18lze1kpadmUnMiwmuwOSpzz7I1Me8t6iXXrE-pIDLikols3NWapoHcf1yyIkMGlBuolg/w640-h288/20230506_095041.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkzZm7D1uGcfR2UYIZkNUh5MjExthVb2orNFTaxQG6gE8axq_4TGeT-3nYrvWMBnOqAuI185sI3x6ECixI5qAooht3bMLDogpqENpkQ6BRYj93ed7dp8vQzJ__Q0ULk3B38m_Z6k903MlK6LOLFkswkamCAvyuXaXAnm1BjOaMsHl6xmTCQsuXu3eug/s4000/20230506_095050.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkzZm7D1uGcfR2UYIZkNUh5MjExthVb2orNFTaxQG6gE8axq_4TGeT-3nYrvWMBnOqAuI185sI3x6ECixI5qAooht3bMLDogpqENpkQ6BRYj93ed7dp8vQzJ__Q0ULk3B38m_Z6k903MlK6LOLFkswkamCAvyuXaXAnm1BjOaMsHl6xmTCQsuXu3eug/s320/20230506_095050.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqjhHDj7H--bWjCqi-XKscmEg08HZoTN_WcZTt3pLH3JmRjdogSk_22HJORZGPRWarehFw8Hrxbl7RNOePSqW4K-CFo7Q4iRUfvMIFl8HgiabM3SMBjlKcrK_AWCL11v7xGEbkPQpCBuRjk8ViHJl0Yyn_-6nN3LIpQuBDSJUbFSjIlTMYP6k7J72Fw/s3554/20230506_095519.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3554" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqjhHDj7H--bWjCqi-XKscmEg08HZoTN_WcZTt3pLH3JmRjdogSk_22HJORZGPRWarehFw8Hrxbl7RNOePSqW4K-CFo7Q4iRUfvMIFl8HgiabM3SMBjlKcrK_AWCL11v7xGEbkPQpCBuRjk8ViHJl0Yyn_-6nN3LIpQuBDSJUbFSjIlTMYP6k7J72Fw/s320/20230506_095519.heic" width="162" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We didn't reserve inside tickets this time, which is fine because we were enjoying the warming weather on this spring morning. I like the second shot below as I integrate myself into the scenery.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZMqB_z6OzViCaEhC60nPIVNNK7Rsqs6xkQNlfya16cv-Ol1l8WHbHL9p8oj_94SV5pRjj11qlb1LC5XyDk2_ZQZYYJ3tuFnHO76eSvPWAoTOhEGTVp9klbor5uwzUKLHehrcxDSFb1L5r8gV9vs1nFvVHJxRAskwYYy_1IJkysUyVX-RooQVuiRiQg/s3703/20230506_095129.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3703" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZMqB_z6OzViCaEhC60nPIVNNK7Rsqs6xkQNlfya16cv-Ol1l8WHbHL9p8oj_94SV5pRjj11qlb1LC5XyDk2_ZQZYYJ3tuFnHO76eSvPWAoTOhEGTVp9klbor5uwzUKLHehrcxDSFb1L5r8gV9vs1nFvVHJxRAskwYYy_1IJkysUyVX-RooQVuiRiQg/s320/20230506_095129.heic" width="156" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0082R7UyKBK3B_ehxmX3v1F1g7dgWVsX7fFetSOK_Z-QceiM_pqSLr3hn3Mcj5KUhDYMluaFnjPgU2B4i1cMQAs0KEP3-2cGJSQoQckySNjj5LT4e8MUvjOzMtUfoh1Cp4v2zx_NrrULB_JVRUPe44ApVTah6w-4e0dEki4M12qlZdhvDU1fKQyYhNg/s4000/20230506_095245.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0082R7UyKBK3B_ehxmX3v1F1g7dgWVsX7fFetSOK_Z-QceiM_pqSLr3hn3Mcj5KUhDYMluaFnjPgU2B4i1cMQAs0KEP3-2cGJSQoQckySNjj5LT4e8MUvjOzMtUfoh1Cp4v2zx_NrrULB_JVRUPe44ApVTah6w-4e0dEki4M12qlZdhvDU1fKQyYhNg/s320/20230506_095245.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I confess I had hoped we had signed up for a "moderately difficult," continuously moving, 2-hour hike making a big loop through the larger grounds.
It was not, but Jim did take us to Paradise Outlook, which is named for a young man who fell to his death while hiking in the early 1960s (not here, I think). He said the snakes like to sun themselves on the rocks.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUZ1qCayVNC2cpidkwe6DIaPjJi2lAVJMZB8S6Utwja3rZjm5OUkQaPp4G7uTPU6eewGAncNPJ6bu74Hges8TMqtUyr-rWCt96BZufn_c4C___wK66quH0hx5c9kxDtD19HQcATMIirB5ifuASjFoKpA3XgBp6Ir0A_0T_Jb8bmi4J1dKP_a0VDWqbA/s3264/20230506_101916.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="3264" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUZ1qCayVNC2cpidkwe6DIaPjJi2lAVJMZB8S6Utwja3rZjm5OUkQaPp4G7uTPU6eewGAncNPJ6bu74Hges8TMqtUyr-rWCt96BZufn_c4C___wK66quH0hx5c9kxDtD19HQcATMIirB5ifuASjFoKpA3XgBp6Ir0A_0T_Jb8bmi4J1dKP_a0VDWqbA/w640-h288/20230506_101916.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdvvWGyhmPGUX8Q_EaKTCVx2DxvohOa00ntuX3ZCmki1aNxaT3Irvvzrz-NWlY0XJPrgDI8cbrBrYAucM5J-JE_exfgdB9h65yKxUqEhKCX5inxO5S4JmDNQ-I8rtFahYfzVBoS7OqZkfvIipHNMKG2lOLufl4EkCoZSU0Np3UngkorqQ7pf0jckyGw/s4000/20230506_101710.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMdvvWGyhmPGUX8Q_EaKTCVx2DxvohOa00ntuX3ZCmki1aNxaT3Irvvzrz-NWlY0XJPrgDI8cbrBrYAucM5J-JE_exfgdB9h65yKxUqEhKCX5inxO5S4JmDNQ-I8rtFahYfzVBoS7OqZkfvIipHNMKG2lOLufl4EkCoZSU0Np3UngkorqQ7pf0jckyGw/s320/20230506_101710.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbCEoo0CF5ybsjcPUOM5YgtngVP2gKLUsdiOeMgfagERCYiRHVYLqY0I--O1ScdGaX8gx5thznFs_FWY8ph_XkWVaaqBMopcIiU8_4T_K9R3lixZPG3fTR8TC-MCoJMruk_XZqrA5w8dziQLxM_NcPRkcHeCYm1FsoMJZ7uY7iTYKXDS3cZsiNnvVFA/s4000/20230506_100610.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbCEoo0CF5ybsjcPUOM5YgtngVP2gKLUsdiOeMgfagERCYiRHVYLqY0I--O1ScdGaX8gx5thznFs_FWY8ph_XkWVaaqBMopcIiU8_4T_K9R3lixZPG3fTR8TC-MCoJMruk_XZqrA5w8dziQLxM_NcPRkcHeCYm1FsoMJZ7uY7iTYKXDS3cZsiNnvVFA/s320/20230506_100610.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is marsh marigold in the "quarry" where the flagstones for Fallingwater were cut. It's just a shallow, wet indentation in the hilltop, nothing deep, and no particular vantage point of the nearby waterways.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzJKrllUiBVSQHQ38IlxQ7SEK1CS0lBLa4sNoummzoS6iuVmOC9Bc25quWzdO0E57bmt4LYPnjg5-NiBh4yNIku7UlxM-xT0DRt1U_tMiCYVjJJnbsbgcZjUcoud3-awWkSYm0nsxrkFSAwmqsliESJ1Wr0jC6xSOHY9z5kgWDDv_GXkkKfAhxtviTg/s2495/20230506_102509.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2495" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzJKrllUiBVSQHQ38IlxQ7SEK1CS0lBLa4sNoummzoS6iuVmOC9Bc25quWzdO0E57bmt4LYPnjg5-NiBh4yNIku7UlxM-xT0DRt1U_tMiCYVjJJnbsbgcZjUcoud3-awWkSYm0nsxrkFSAwmqsliESJ1Wr0jC6xSOHY9z5kgWDDv_GXkkKfAhxtviTg/s320/20230506_102509.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>These pink lady slippers require a certain kind of soil and are pollinated by bees crawling into the flower on one end, picking up pollen, and dropping it off again at the other end of the petal tunnel.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGohR8xfHnn-p-u7udoAobsCiBYU0DfhPA5mW1FuoFVDb4ll9YlJ-RRq2Mc39eK_xlI9mae6ESdWOMpiXljq-bhAKjQvMbhkhA34U11ndXQD_UTTPPGnH516A4YCYFGzOBYKrgls0BVN1foC4OJiGKnaUCb1w94TtiFMCsvq5XwbWJ2xligI8gzJzbQ/s4000/20230506_104135.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGohR8xfHnn-p-u7udoAobsCiBYU0DfhPA5mW1FuoFVDb4ll9YlJ-RRq2Mc39eK_xlI9mae6ESdWOMpiXljq-bhAKjQvMbhkhA34U11ndXQD_UTTPPGnH516A4YCYFGzOBYKrgls0BVN1foC4OJiGKnaUCb1w94TtiFMCsvq5XwbWJ2xligI8gzJzbQ/s320/20230506_104135.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5h6FXh0sy4kSgQRKqtU90QSTUxdPDUQApXCZaaUaFItACvkodgdGzl5Dz04l_OKvkHK1uNMEBPuupPOL7crqErkcIGUVQob1Y41OyN6j_NZrq1GnynDNu0YETBrOzuwS5vYRh_wusojkZlNBwFUu1KFaclfXmT3Wep0x18MkP4akuNzjI-lo77k2FLA/s4000/20230506_104450.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5h6FXh0sy4kSgQRKqtU90QSTUxdPDUQApXCZaaUaFItACvkodgdGzl5Dz04l_OKvkHK1uNMEBPuupPOL7crqErkcIGUVQob1Y41OyN6j_NZrq1GnynDNu0YETBrOzuwS5vYRh_wusojkZlNBwFUu1KFaclfXmT3Wep0x18MkP4akuNzjI-lo77k2FLA/s320/20230506_104450.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also got to walk around the guesthouse and servants' quarters, which are finished in the same high-quality detail as the main house (Kaufman's orders).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDHvtTmRAdJKSRWwM0-hasgdnlabck75rdk6YKGkALqvTptydKbJIgd0Jt4A3kcZ1k_PQ-1YTCHGp_JLPJyYDXpgMl_NcBI2M8QBKKf58BvidItRmXXbh3A-IFV8QrccoP4WdtHcv_pemy31LDcxw90qaqdYi-xe6kkOkFa2-SkGg_WSPUTQq3hdL-w/s4000/20230506_104418.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDHvtTmRAdJKSRWwM0-hasgdnlabck75rdk6YKGkALqvTptydKbJIgd0Jt4A3kcZ1k_PQ-1YTCHGp_JLPJyYDXpgMl_NcBI2M8QBKKf58BvidItRmXXbh3A-IFV8QrccoP4WdtHcv_pemy31LDcxw90qaqdYi-xe6kkOkFa2-SkGg_WSPUTQq3hdL-w/s320/20230506_104418.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a mayapple plant starting to blossom. They don't fruit until they're old enough to have bifurcated their stem.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMP0bbBU5kplgMrmRJi26SNuws9gHuTL7PQd6XIxZmnpUOrXoUWX7uMR7Y3qVEFIayDjO7at8t44svszNzK7nDdhapAyp_LeNIR5UgQ4-Ykuh0pPg2-Ff24c7ADmiXfjj1lp1qoIupR_PCJ2Qh88qKwjFAI7R8wieQibfS8avI7tun2h_Bl86iNRrtig/s3264/20230506_104705.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="3264" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMP0bbBU5kplgMrmRJi26SNuws9gHuTL7PQd6XIxZmnpUOrXoUWX7uMR7Y3qVEFIayDjO7at8t44svszNzK7nDdhapAyp_LeNIR5UgQ4-Ykuh0pPg2-Ff24c7ADmiXfjj1lp1qoIupR_PCJ2Qh88qKwjFAI7R8wieQibfS8avI7tun2h_Bl86iNRrtig/w640-h288/20230506_104705.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The swimming pool was fun to photograph.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfn97jw3xDoSN2pI8TFI0qL_km-6weMCb8aH0imTFiVqNRJbld80iMfLIRUv9V1RF35TXJ2hjI4hTXqPvDXtNQ-7-RG6H9Jc9uoZm6A6U0PhycoC4LokHutnANNDNBtDRXO86wkgMfuvmXZR3ueQNkNT_i-8cxfPSl3046ypl5RsG59O6qd8YFoqhp-A/s4000/20230506_104948.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfn97jw3xDoSN2pI8TFI0qL_km-6weMCb8aH0imTFiVqNRJbld80iMfLIRUv9V1RF35TXJ2hjI4hTXqPvDXtNQ-7-RG6H9Jc9uoZm6A6U0PhycoC4LokHutnANNDNBtDRXO86wkgMfuvmXZR3ueQNkNT_i-8cxfPSl3046ypl5RsG59O6qd8YFoqhp-A/w640-h288/20230506_104948.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I liked this view of the stepped roof over the walkway between the main house (below/left) to the guesthouse (above/right) and the way it simultaneously frames and divides the redbud tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgol0Rqowa4_sDZC8HLVFBNV-gRa_wsnHswg22zZOMSHid4cUTpKbB4Fo3cBltFkfsPNf8JMHTrYgs1gHfAHH5o3RdCkoa5JxcOLszRrGP4EP1a_tl5HrrIVyw0n4sr0Kc-BgDE1rtrpnE0DcTU0bQXTGq0cnEXIMq_epqoYZ8OevyZh0VviW4Au7P3nA/s3590/20230506_113108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3590" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgol0Rqowa4_sDZC8HLVFBNV-gRa_wsnHswg22zZOMSHid4cUTpKbB4Fo3cBltFkfsPNf8JMHTrYgs1gHfAHH5o3RdCkoa5JxcOLszRrGP4EP1a_tl5HrrIVyw0n4sr0Kc-BgDE1rtrpnE0DcTU0bQXTGq0cnEXIMq_epqoYZ8OevyZh0VviW4Au7P3nA/w400-h200/20230506_113108.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Then it was back to The Barn, where were late to the start of the annual meeting, so we opted for an early lunch that we had brought, including two new flavors of <a href="http://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-peaceful-friendly-garden-in-phoenix.html" target="_blank">Ramune</a> (explanation in this blog post). As you can see by the fact that we had shed our layers, the temperature had increased since we had arrived to almost 70 degrees.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbf-OEf_oYciHhxfqIFoYX87Szc7D3HOYLDgDwV00eLJ94eGZZqTThheIAJiFlJ6dgOwBgTYLmhXhIBi6Afy6yWTUZHtg00ooR9jujFORqRrrm28tIiOPjE-0lWfdyPBkhtq_zA7JQubuT80ZtPMQd36gncy4Vkz9kF_RHgkNtbMFThGcZ_nS4GVQjbg/s3396/20230506_113328.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="3396" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbf-OEf_oYciHhxfqIFoYX87Szc7D3HOYLDgDwV00eLJ94eGZZqTThheIAJiFlJ6dgOwBgTYLmhXhIBi6Afy6yWTUZHtg00ooR9jujFORqRrrm28tIiOPjE-0lWfdyPBkhtq_zA7JQubuT80ZtPMQd36gncy4Vkz9kF_RHgkNtbMFThGcZ_nS4GVQjbg/w400-h219/20230506_113328.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We took the Turnpike back toward town so we could purchase some red raspberry bushes from a woman on FB Marketplace for our little backyard plot that already hosts two prolific rhubarb plants and (hopefully) that volunteer tomato bush. Later we picked up several flats of native species of flowering plants (wild blue indigo, a honeysuckle, and foamflowers). I've got a purple bell pepper plant coming in another week as well, as we try to take care of our own little corner of nature.</div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-23741537124336619192023-03-13T23:39:00.002-04:002023-03-15T22:09:18.976-04:00Chicago forecast: cold and ice cream<p>I was invited to participate in a summit on nutrition in medical education in Chicago, I suspect because of the pair of essays I wrote about my nutrition elective for medical students, which incorporates the history of nutrition.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcii1dUTjM4macAbcLdgkJ8Qx1M-68bm_jc0RqBOFTYqUTxPwNuiRSHNaQqdOq9ne3EKWV21OcwvnIajHs20hhobfhXcdVmVIyvwcL34aKRKBm-aZhipZZ8Bd8ozNyLdBXnppushxlVSc8ebitTQk74xa4aMhRhaLxv4Vuv0xVyWyEruf_YByz-EnAQ/s2868/20230313_154257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2868" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcii1dUTjM4macAbcLdgkJ8Qx1M-68bm_jc0RqBOFTYqUTxPwNuiRSHNaQqdOq9ne3EKWV21OcwvnIajHs20hhobfhXcdVmVIyvwcL34aKRKBm-aZhipZZ8Bd8ozNyLdBXnppushxlVSc8ebitTQk74xa4aMhRhaLxv4Vuv0xVyWyEruf_YByz-EnAQ/w400-h251/20230313_154257.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's hosted by three of the important regulatory bodies, and we hope to stimulate the creation of (inter)national guidelines for the incorporation of more teaching about food and nutrition for medical students and residents.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ09QbDRceynmwBpSygfBK-q6ZKDAfGF3wHKoS4N1j_fZb7yGtIOV-G_5mRfca2dAFWjJuOMGOTlvdPP-ofel8bk9CVvgNvK409BerOMT3WF457MwpiIE1WzZXicy76dj4IpRwBSpptX_vsglFiQ_m-ya6Iu7bhI6pixk_jwvItOLHsq0GcN4P7i88cQ/s1791/20230312_184437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="1791" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ09QbDRceynmwBpSygfBK-q6ZKDAfGF3wHKoS4N1j_fZb7yGtIOV-G_5mRfca2dAFWjJuOMGOTlvdPP-ofel8bk9CVvgNvK409BerOMT3WF457MwpiIE1WzZXicy76dj4IpRwBSpptX_vsglFiQ_m-ya6Iu7bhI6pixk_jwvItOLHsq0GcN4P7i88cQ/s320/20230312_184437.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;">Cardiologist Dariush Mozaffarian gave the keynote lecture, from which I really liked this slide, which explained that one of the reasons for some of the nutritional problems we have now in the 21st century (obesity, malnutrition, processed foods) is that we are still living with the food system that was created in the 20th century for different problems (war, famine, undernutrition).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFQNJIZ8kOvJCFR8qOtVJtZD1Pk2qrbw9pAhPhh4Jgiix_fFObbhPQPs0dEnfiXluh41VwMauWOB8eSpe-DWhmwWZ-z3ZmlWVwlXyDAgRpEJBSgjwPit521ta-YTs7iW-Knv52ZNXR1nD4meqls5UQlGSQSDKa-weGuucMI6BQH4Nj2JRWk8DxM-MlQ/s3259/20230313_111303.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="3259" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFQNJIZ8kOvJCFR8qOtVJtZD1Pk2qrbw9pAhPhh4Jgiix_fFObbhPQPs0dEnfiXluh41VwMauWOB8eSpe-DWhmwWZ-z3ZmlWVwlXyDAgRpEJBSgjwPit521ta-YTs7iW-Knv52ZNXR1nD4meqls5UQlGSQSDKa-weGuucMI6BQH4Nj2JRWk8DxM-MlQ/w640-h310/20230313_111303.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A colleague of mine sat on one of the panels, in which she talked about wanting to provide disease-specific dietary guidelines to her co-residents, but she found out they didn't even know how to do a dietary assessment in order to diagnose a nutritional problem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIY2kD-kRSBqosfUL6FR03qAA2hM_4UFY0rPk8scPnXey-lB-827LTKnlM94lgBL2T3nwrLGc_ukxoc9dm1BHb9pLc9PZPGUba4quyAi1f1rFfPeRpwr2OW1PI_zNpOMtkT3oMr37B4YSwBEwPkZVB8tP-gk3eXkLVq7xFE_ETWVnv1EKHReXKAp7Ahw/s2867/20230314_121102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2867" data-original-width="1665" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIY2kD-kRSBqosfUL6FR03qAA2hM_4UFY0rPk8scPnXey-lB-827LTKnlM94lgBL2T3nwrLGc_ukxoc9dm1BHb9pLc9PZPGUba4quyAi1f1rFfPeRpwr2OW1PI_zNpOMtkT3oMr37B4YSwBEwPkZVB8tP-gk3eXkLVq7xFE_ETWVnv1EKHReXKAp7Ahw/w186-h320/20230314_121102.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>My contribution to the conversation was a drawing with my group's answer to the question, What is going well in nutrition in medical education? The table's legs are culture, food, community, and health. The dishes are hope, tools and experts, and creativity. There is also a little empty dish to represent the bitterness of the educators who have been working on this topic for years with little purchase. We think the time is finally right for </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">multiple stakeholders to recognize the centrality of nutrition to health and wellness across the lifespan and for both patients and practitioners. The session organizer invited me to stand up and give a little bow for my "Picasso."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the 2.5 days of the summit, t</span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;">hey fed us very well; here's a tropical dried fruit and and nut mix for afternoon snack.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcvmLbMo5MtfZsMnXHHtM7qDKNjccJM2weZc3USye5SfaFVsIYY_qw4Y8yZq5-HOda6HSdku1QKEXij_PC5wHZY1FvCxdULNObSO-ec6JtE4DRUKneNKPQt4wAEo9hoSDSMSi7bSvqdIGtl8SVMi9ba8o5RXUXP_amqvaBPiHt-bcaRKFBwQElk66pQ/s4000/20230313_145958.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcvmLbMo5MtfZsMnXHHtM7qDKNjccJM2weZc3USye5SfaFVsIYY_qw4Y8yZq5-HOda6HSdku1QKEXij_PC5wHZY1FvCxdULNObSO-ec6JtE4DRUKneNKPQt4wAEo9hoSDSMSi7bSvqdIGtl8SVMi9ba8o5RXUXP_amqvaBPiHt-bcaRKFBwQElk66pQ/w400-h180/20230313_145958.heic" width="400" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbsX5G7mIgj4hhznGqIWI3qinraKAdasD_1-p-xClnlv9q8It9r3WVmQBqpeQDDTgoniiJNNZZOPYffmRkTm_MlnaYjUnBMZ-0YTI-pwTlfnqPQHlKenoekqrFBlIAcQv93FDM03lMXkvanuh2i6MBRYKjy53ONC8QY04aKP3YSOVfZk3rXJsDpzmdQ/s4000/20230313_125655.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbsX5G7mIgj4hhznGqIWI3qinraKAdasD_1-p-xClnlv9q8It9r3WVmQBqpeQDDTgoniiJNNZZOPYffmRkTm_MlnaYjUnBMZ-0YTI-pwTlfnqPQHlKenoekqrFBlIAcQv93FDM03lMXkvanuh2i6MBRYKjy53ONC8QY04aKP3YSOVfZk3rXJsDpzmdQ/s320/20230313_125655.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN077f_FkmhU4N_cVFLDNaYNutwEJRxmNM4nCWGUcYUcit_BxehnDnTUuQMAJnryQgIkVeQ0GPdv0X9iE7Xf5K-gzV-Bjxw6n3xJrw1tHykDeTf9O2dDk5BsJCiytZ7MiAL0SxJiz4mC1mqXr5dvYXfKKYaDGgwrzr3HtnU4ORiGDt-sJCOZHRs5blOA/s4000/20230313_160814.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN077f_FkmhU4N_cVFLDNaYNutwEJRxmNM4nCWGUcYUcit_BxehnDnTUuQMAJnryQgIkVeQ0GPdv0X9iE7Xf5K-gzV-Bjxw6n3xJrw1tHykDeTf9O2dDk5BsJCiytZ7MiAL0SxJiz4mC1mqXr5dvYXfKKYaDGgwrzr3HtnU4ORiGDt-sJCOZHRs5blOA/s320/20230313_160814.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the left, a view of cool architecture from the conference room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the right, the lighthouse visible in Lake Michigan from my hotel room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0ZEgsqWXL3bJNIw9xVnBjh7EjbnCtJM60Rn4WvZ114EFghu6e1TUfCQSZ6AQe9UVaQGAMPht2NbXNkpvDfuRN-3yOruj2FmfkxGLInfhjZAJ8tDQgJjV_8aEqC74KuPzL7RwMC1U9mychbpcvZ90DzmJZtOc68Ijms24wZYZSBb794UU17d17N4INw/s2766/20230313_154706.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="2766" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0ZEgsqWXL3bJNIw9xVnBjh7EjbnCtJM60Rn4WvZ114EFghu6e1TUfCQSZ6AQe9UVaQGAMPht2NbXNkpvDfuRN-3yOruj2FmfkxGLInfhjZAJ8tDQgJjV_8aEqC74KuPzL7RwMC1U9mychbpcvZ90DzmJZtOc68Ijms24wZYZSBb794UU17d17N4INw/w640-h330/20230313_154706.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;">Bodéwadmikik ėthë yéyék</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;">You are on Potawatomi land</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start;">Banners over the Chicago River, died green with vegetable dye for the St. Patrick's Day celebration this past weekend. It was surprisingly green, when we could see if from the windows beyond the occasionally driving snow.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUi-rtumXv3YfzQsGBSi2brQuQRkH8q0Ch60HTMW80kUAFdrQP_POuYybObQpbHYgAEBGVMs1F74Ha-ToKhOnKTYzt8UD0AM0yGwdthRfcVvDhW-DVEoEDkkuwGKWCEL1pJx01uiOygi6MlNb0M9YnY4m14N7_1sHs7POMG1H7fdD3K3GnczCg-c0kZQ/s2924/20230313_155521.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2924" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUi-rtumXv3YfzQsGBSi2brQuQRkH8q0Ch60HTMW80kUAFdrQP_POuYybObQpbHYgAEBGVMs1F74Ha-ToKhOnKTYzt8UD0AM0yGwdthRfcVvDhW-DVEoEDkkuwGKWCEL1pJx01uiOygi6MlNb0M9YnY4m14N7_1sHs7POMG1H7fdD3K3GnczCg-c0kZQ/s320/20230313_155521.heic" width="197" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbCt258jA0umUJQ1NDRgkEa8vspuF2IKpPvKc71C_2fZc72Ckb44Y7jPwFKpHCduHR0aEt0GGwkYBsmtj5qPPV0oIY-p6S6HCpTcUI2PNRftGZq4zv0-0KzSMtLk3Y2JXG-sNZNB8fgsBXP53pbc8xoaJt2pwkF3mnj_dOkBqdR9DifBomtMinddRHQ/s4000/20230313_175536.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZbCt258jA0umUJQ1NDRgkEa8vspuF2IKpPvKc71C_2fZc72Ckb44Y7jPwFKpHCduHR0aEt0GGwkYBsmtj5qPPV0oIY-p6S6HCpTcUI2PNRftGZq4zv0-0KzSMtLk3Y2JXG-sNZNB8fgsBXP53pbc8xoaJt2pwkF3mnj_dOkBqdR9DifBomtMinddRHQ/s320/20230313_175536.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Other things I saw: <a href="https://www.loewshotels.com/chicago-downtown/specials/wizards-and-wands" target="_blank">Room 9 2/8 in the hotel is Harry Potter themed.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A tiny glass greenhouse open during the week; presumably you could eat lunch there,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or have a team meeting in a different location.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhaps40wqe70LyRCihLEGk3fbjV-mgpYBoRbXf31ZokCPH2cTEi3e6AGFzoHx-Y6oBuq1FULz597kyuNGEKVFXMmXWTfSyFe5obIQMe9FzYOVOfpR94lc3eJBqFAhHlyztmu6LJv1Q9DfSwIsbC9od0vRoH7_1hcMnPqsg3Y0sYBsaHCSErz427GGFg/s3462/20230313_175626.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">In the evening, I treated myself to a visit at the <a href="https://www.museumoficecream.com/chicago" target="_blank">Museum of Ice Cream</a> [paid promotion follows],</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one of several locations in the United States and Asia.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKiKYEnRrHB6VzcG8Hl63-FvQc11gPP20YT9fKVNMxY1Gs7kdbC3zJG6Nh3kWkgB149beklWDdoWnCc2l5PIooLcEbEQPYsS0H5uDpFf4syiL22_2vd9B_-JxFfVSe5kydSqqNXL0-5IbQG6zuKRB-zedarudpUy9BXdeMpF2m9TZEI9-FBs6TnLMhCA/s3457/20230313_180714.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3457" data-original-width="1860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKiKYEnRrHB6VzcG8Hl63-FvQc11gPP20YT9fKVNMxY1Gs7kdbC3zJG6Nh3kWkgB149beklWDdoWnCc2l5PIooLcEbEQPYsS0H5uDpFf4syiL22_2vd9B_-JxFfVSe5kydSqqNXL0-5IbQG6zuKRB-zedarudpUy9BXdeMpF2m9TZEI9-FBs6TnLMhCA/s320/20230313_180714.heic" width="172" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7cwLmBG0FmFPeZX8R__pwjZhBQjmHXHsBvIruQJ5oSAVE6oRyOCfOnW9-7ehSN3y9jk6iCVkT54yuZeh27GyaFfeHcnVrjV-5keJW93KjmCC3B0_MfPw-zUe5zgAjz4DU-3BbRAYAEHpRHFuT-WOxYsz56TSYrOPbWxpLy4JavXbB26lcfu9hpY2lw/s3611/20230313_181250.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We were encouraged to create a fun nametag for ourselves; I made a play on our old cat's name, "Erasmus," as "Razz" (think: raspberry) with a kitty face. We were herded onto a pink replica of the inside of a bus so the staff person could explain the format, and then she gave each of us a (free) milk chocolate frozen Dove bar.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlgXDyetMi7iCj5_cB6-BIHWdl41RcCKKP02Xppl-DgZ7pHH-FzKrqFno4ElsELHk214aofIcmp8jRbB57iaJ23Zv8JjAvXx6vqAjk7bderDSQ0lo5b50W7CfKv24PguEAq9QGXFf5RFC4C9oAUkaeJuHcLtiIurGpipOb0cE38w-jfnHbBdevdduBg/s4000/20230313_181138.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlgXDyetMi7iCj5_cB6-BIHWdl41RcCKKP02Xppl-DgZ7pHH-FzKrqFno4ElsELHk214aofIcmp8jRbB57iaJ23Zv8JjAvXx6vqAjk7bderDSQ0lo5b50W7CfKv24PguEAq9QGXFf5RFC4C9oAUkaeJuHcLtiIurGpipOb0cE38w-jfnHbBdevdduBg/w640-h288/20230313_181138.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">I chose to sit and eat that in the main dining area, where other ice cream as well as cocktails were available for purchase. This room is for an extra experience that can be bought--indeed, the place is set up for groups of various sizes (e.g. a birthday party). As a single middle-aged woman, I am not their target demographic, except insofar as I fancy myself a social-media influencer. Since I had no one to take my picture, I should have invested in a selfie-stick like some of the other guests.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWkIbVHWS4M4CuAVb5mrIH8weTZt0RpqI5Ew83nRqNF7UED3XcaGP8koeWcboqfKDTmAEBhSsN-ftmV1Nuf3xL-FOmOFbecNI7FhQ8yTmOku0W_0EEpezsjEt2jyf7ez0dsrl_8LlWwg7XKLH2FSc3SlvhFW0xMVttRksV_aPbHlS9n95qTE1B0Kk2g/s3863/20230313_181147.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="3863" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWkIbVHWS4M4CuAVb5mrIH8weTZt0RpqI5Ew83nRqNF7UED3XcaGP8koeWcboqfKDTmAEBhSsN-ftmV1Nuf3xL-FOmOFbecNI7FhQ8yTmOku0W_0EEpezsjEt2jyf7ez0dsrl_8LlWwg7XKLH2FSc3SlvhFW0xMVttRksV_aPbHlS9n95qTE1B0Kk2g/w640-h288/20230313_181147.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's also not a great place to bring very small children, since they won't be able to eat that much ice cream, unless you're planning to help them with it. Hasty visitors could miss the pink touch screens which ask provocative questions, like whether the guest would rather float away in a hot air balloon or some other equally fantastical option.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyM_7bOVz-9JUrcIRdEqoaT7GFB89-k41VoJ7c4oxuZD7xHLDgAHV2X2bftSGPd6D9sZIWbLplW-b3VZAjMfKE1ttU-fUzpknhmAgxZbXObWj94jEUm2TcrbFZ89ha3JECw9gKnFFNrLPdWeRpC8UjFY17rYolyePoZoHugSodWBrQnb8M7wyhQvFzEQ/s4000/20230313_181417.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyM_7bOVz-9JUrcIRdEqoaT7GFB89-k41VoJ7c4oxuZD7xHLDgAHV2X2bftSGPd6D9sZIWbLplW-b3VZAjMfKE1ttU-fUzpknhmAgxZbXObWj94jEUm2TcrbFZ89ha3JECw9gKnFFNrLPdWeRpC8UjFY17rYolyePoZoHugSodWBrQnb8M7wyhQvFzEQ/s320/20230313_181417.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-OOP7goS2jPmtrY-Q18tu07WLYHf_nRCVBebRrGwwhJRl9nMUL2i32SBvM9WSKpPKHxckbER-8PhIgqR5qAKT6zr-9AcIHdk304F3aNVj3Cu7JERhnFXf6bigKhfC0R0OhNOCqRM0wVjDs65XPHKt88Wgzo_bkno-cYC1mO9nB6mqBdnZn42FcwPrg/s4000/20230313_182838.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-OOP7goS2jPmtrY-Q18tu07WLYHf_nRCVBebRrGwwhJRl9nMUL2i32SBvM9WSKpPKHxckbER-8PhIgqR5qAKT6zr-9AcIHdk304F3aNVj3Cu7JERhnFXf6bigKhfC0R0OhNOCqRM0wVjDs65XPHKt88Wgzo_bkno-cYC1mO9nB6mqBdnZn42FcwPrg/s320/20230313_182838.heic" width="144" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the left, "Why ice cream? Ice cream is the ultimate unifier. It's accessible across the world and all cultures." It turns out New Zealand consumes the most ice cream; the United States is second.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the right, "Did you know? In 1782, the first not air balloon was set to fly with a rooster, a duck, and a sheep in it. These three musketeers were recorded as the first hot air balloon passengers ever."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxk7h8TaF2hYAd3QaKgVTSl39VjfYgsp-ykgcghK0NJqNhYjtf1D97WZ-DT7SZIlAWxvOZASATooLYD2yFqBErGqlBUo7K3qhJi_kD5OFrEL6A3VPGgB34fqpOSS1uWs7j7_YUD2EguHkTN3473Yf1SEDWjVYiOHL1ERpxn-stTXGDshaGYH1xqYFHg/s4000/20230313_181823.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxk7h8TaF2hYAd3QaKgVTSl39VjfYgsp-ykgcghK0NJqNhYjtf1D97WZ-DT7SZIlAWxvOZASATooLYD2yFqBErGqlBUo7K3qhJi_kD5OFrEL6A3VPGgB34fqpOSS1uWs7j7_YUD2EguHkTN3473Yf1SEDWjVYiOHL1ERpxn-stTXGDshaGYH1xqYFHg/s320/20230313_181823.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Q_xQU54m0ivLB4rHb_EmuI6f3iTcDzctjt47kZ7jXEpUUATb1Q4zPZRfUclH-_mrVz9sggVY1RdvnAgxv99iMptJZIyBfaNkLvAyhhhcsiY-Oka2m5GdQARytL7_QiG55v6sMG88OSBHlqMDwx9JfcSS6ZEIiYq97gOCUYvuQeyPsIFWPvwXkm8tNg/s4128/20230313_182519.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="1860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Q_xQU54m0ivLB4rHb_EmuI6f3iTcDzctjt47kZ7jXEpUUATb1Q4zPZRfUclH-_mrVz9sggVY1RdvnAgxv99iMptJZIyBfaNkLvAyhhhcsiY-Oka2m5GdQARytL7_QiG55v6sMG88OSBHlqMDwx9JfcSS6ZEIiYq97gOCUYvuQeyPsIFWPvwXkm8tNg/s320/20230313_182519.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the jelly bean room there were a few hands-on activities, but mostly you could eat this pineapple confection with a hard cherry shell. Some people scoffed when I said I was visiting on a day when there were flurries in the forecast, but is there a bad kind of day on which to eat ice cream? </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJSpZ2nH_V55CuWLzMuWEfDNS1PLz-stvEnpMhfpKqUlY9WRenBugDU8AltUrR_UJYh4_PxTQt3NvfzPz3vmIRRSfIuFq5XuxoStge7hPns9jbbZH7cTbuvZsgYacRfCdG0JDg50xiqQXZUopX8nLqmrfr3WVg7dTORvJrsZyGjYFQraUc1mpeGmbsg/s4000/20230313_182444.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJSpZ2nH_V55CuWLzMuWEfDNS1PLz-stvEnpMhfpKqUlY9WRenBugDU8AltUrR_UJYh4_PxTQt3NvfzPz3vmIRRSfIuFq5XuxoStge7hPns9jbbZH7cTbuvZsgYacRfCdG0JDg50xiqQXZUopX8nLqmrfr3WVg7dTORvJrsZyGjYFQraUc1mpeGmbsg/w640-h288/20230313_182444.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the next room I took a selfie with the enormous cherries and searched this image for cherries and strawberries. The whole place was instagramable. I just wish there had been a coat check, as it was tough to juggle the kind of winter coat you need in Chicago with ice cream and a cellphone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5GgOGRdwA1wm6UGIxBM2xLqBdGTS1MnEgYW4wy0gQeZQUi_Fnk8fEQoZI30Lraj93K1tgDq71PXAJugzoGovnRxLVHEh_5zHEPXg2Cj1ipspU3ve4SWb8-d3R37AE0pUYijLYy38JYigazvYwl-KDWXhccs_5ejMdL0CVNVyLmJfUeamF0aqN3s_FA/s4000/20230313_183826.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5GgOGRdwA1wm6UGIxBM2xLqBdGTS1MnEgYW4wy0gQeZQUi_Fnk8fEQoZI30Lraj93K1tgDq71PXAJugzoGovnRxLVHEh_5zHEPXg2Cj1ipspU3ve4SWb8-d3R37AE0pUYijLYy38JYigazvYwl-KDWXhccs_5ejMdL0CVNVyLmJfUeamF0aqN3s_FA/s320/20230313_183826.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVmZRVBnJOJUxSp55RfbegzNqpnaaavx-W-7GEu6g8dgP6k2ZIZo0Yjwsp0g9IEPgCH1VP4Ksuoy3l4y_WUbAHahITsiUIsGO14c9ZSsiRGcXxhBqhPMzcSTkluzFSxB18M8vwK-9_y1amk9EjZiORQ53eZKqq7UAxALSuANikRL9FFCnmDnmwVAkSA/s4000/20230313_183931.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVmZRVBnJOJUxSp55RfbegzNqpnaaavx-W-7GEu6g8dgP6k2ZIZo0Yjwsp0g9IEPgCH1VP4Ksuoy3l4y_WUbAHahITsiUIsGO14c9ZSsiRGcXxhBqhPMzcSTkluzFSxB18M8vwK-9_y1amk9EjZiORQ53eZKqq7UAxALSuANikRL9FFCnmDnmwVAkSA/s320/20230313_183931.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next room with food had "Superman" (an unidentifiable concoction of red and blue) and raspberry sorbet. I chose the latter and was disappointed by the blandness. Again not a whole lot to do until I got to the next room which had too much stimulation in it. Late in the game, here was a wall with objects from the history of ice cream and hard-to-read labels of red on pink. There was a cute little video about ice cream and the museum foreshadowing the next taster. Two walls of interactive exhibits, not all of which were in very good shape anymore. And a couple things in the center of the room. It seemed late in the game to have so much interactivity in a room that could lead to large crowds, if they even had the patience or interest.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikF4qdy6Eahh8vAJHu3ngtn-MUo1ixxfjtGv-5gl3CkelO0fAYnb6WbP2EEVAszwI-WnIhxePVSVnW_y092cfztZUFOW1mVdDercV6EwDNoKprCEWAyyOEMt6qJHK-NOicx0O-FzchHN0XRZCLelyOugfTNr_TrbURXhZRBSTylLnq1Pr39mD1BDn7Hg/s1956/20230313_185019.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1956" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikF4qdy6Eahh8vAJHu3ngtn-MUo1ixxfjtGv-5gl3CkelO0fAYnb6WbP2EEVAszwI-WnIhxePVSVnW_y092cfztZUFOW1mVdDercV6EwDNoKprCEWAyyOEMt6qJHK-NOicx0O-FzchHN0XRZCLelyOugfTNr_TrbURXhZRBSTylLnq1Pr39mD1BDn7Hg/w640-h480/20230313_185019.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These large scoops of ice creams from around the world taught me that, for instance, "Aukutaq is a frozen treat unique to western Alaska and northern Canada, made by whipping caribou fat together with salmonberries, fish, tundra greens and a dash of seal oil."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Vp-SJCcn6JAmmKYN9Dlx6nLxVhNxGBG62dv_QMNrYvAzEDkqNU4r83FLwH1ScUb_KQoUADTOE2PsTWf_Sosfr-JCoht3d1oJuwLFpgwusHW3Zihzbp4sg0le7rzq8jrVn17lB84b9UC2EQFIl1AZGg6rVODOBiKZnf2-phslEMXc0Hp4_X4PO6DqFg/s4000/20230313_185517.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Vp-SJCcn6JAmmKYN9Dlx6nLxVhNxGBG62dv_QMNrYvAzEDkqNU4r83FLwH1ScUb_KQoUADTOE2PsTWf_Sosfr-JCoht3d1oJuwLFpgwusHW3Zihzbp4sg0le7rzq8jrVn17lB84b9UC2EQFIl1AZGg6rVODOBiKZnf2-phslEMXc0Hp4_X4PO6DqFg/s320/20230313_185517.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidBeiotaIg9Am-8NbWOK8Pi1mCMBVqTAqf79KfTyBQZVmMBIvOw5uwttXXv4xNLUs1Puiw3XUoT45D2iR26DktHdQtCAatNkmQy86bXOt4Di5FIu-3qxOoOkDO9EhosIhFQjSruEwQ_KgJFZGz2KL6Ul6WorexYSG1ftEqjFX9u2TWq0wJH3gn_jrdxg/s4128/20230313_185340.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="1860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidBeiotaIg9Am-8NbWOK8Pi1mCMBVqTAqf79KfTyBQZVmMBIvOw5uwttXXv4xNLUs1Puiw3XUoT45D2iR26DktHdQtCAatNkmQy86bXOt4Di5FIu-3qxOoOkDO9EhosIhFQjSruEwQ_KgJFZGz2KL6Ul6WorexYSG1ftEqjFX9u2TWq0wJH3gn_jrdxg/s320/20230313_185340.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the next room you could play 3 holes of minigolf (I came very close to a hole-in-one, couldn't get the ball to fall into the hole despite a depression, and skipped the last one). It was also the location of a hotdog-flavored ice cream served on a bright pink mini bun with mustard and relish. It was...different. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZrJBa41KbtXeMu9U7Lbq-8eEIGUw4QFSIp3uR2cyJYhh-tOkyCPWwi4DHgWqPSQbA_G9vjLFPyYyuRei_uHe1PRduhqXwmR-7QnruacpSpkolAdR0uXA_NeNNoX7pZ7YGM2GXIYjWZawG99EqQFWgfgNHR4SbmyLLwlfAebaFplyMj9dna_h2P_Vvg/s4000/20230313_185638.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZrJBa41KbtXeMu9U7Lbq-8eEIGUw4QFSIp3uR2cyJYhh-tOkyCPWwi4DHgWqPSQbA_G9vjLFPyYyuRei_uHe1PRduhqXwmR-7QnruacpSpkolAdR0uXA_NeNNoX7pZ7YGM2GXIYjWZawG99EqQFWgfgNHR4SbmyLLwlfAebaFplyMj9dna_h2P_Vvg/s320/20230313_185638.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5iH9M84fcmNGRXPd5yR7I1Ip4KOkcuBfyzNKUocZ2eyOFtjLnG6-cGnOh6Xb856LApyrk9hDTvvZQhqhhJ53_GE8TYxZ-vC1wrC7MfTguH7uQRqDdKGMQKV0de8PgToh6qOeeXZ44A8TW_GbUZKw-bb03rZP3vaKnStAJqNBie_yRRKLcIE1oQOZRw/s4128/20230313_190113.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="1860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5iH9M84fcmNGRXPd5yR7I1Ip4KOkcuBfyzNKUocZ2eyOFtjLnG6-cGnOh6Xb856LApyrk9hDTvvZQhqhhJ53_GE8TYxZ-vC1wrC7MfTguH7uQRqDdKGMQKV0de8PgToh6qOeeXZ44A8TW_GbUZKw-bb03rZP3vaKnStAJqNBie_yRRKLcIE1oQOZRw/s320/20230313_190113.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQd2byuX0AOnh9k6NJIIEo0juo6TGyqjsVvysEDKATAl-cJLnrOLCRmmr3bqsGNR5r-EM2lxXvNknH6f6He5mD9oA4KTKggMNxEOyKQziOn8mDMx0I2okA8do4ACvM9Wl_2t7-F_YbL1wfUyBUWRJfLEKVEhuSt7N4CwZUBuogsoXHRFbPjmZ8h98UGQ/s4128/20230313_210030.heic" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="1860" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQd2byuX0AOnh9k6NJIIEo0juo6TGyqjsVvysEDKATAl-cJLnrOLCRmmr3bqsGNR5r-EM2lxXvNknH6f6He5mD9oA4KTKggMNxEOyKQziOn8mDMx0I2okA8do4ACvM9Wl_2t7-F_YbL1wfUyBUWRJfLEKVEhuSt7N4CwZUBuogsoXHRFbPjmZ8h98UGQ/s320/20230313_210030.heic" width="144" /> </a>Since I was supposed to be meeting a friend "for dinner," I skipped the last room and sample (chocolate cookie dough and arcade games) in favor of the famous "sprinkle swimming pool," which is a large indentation filled with plastic sprinkles. They are less viscous than your typical ball-pit balls, so everybody floats.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then it was off to meet my graduate school "work spouse" at the original <a href="https://www.billygoattavern.com/" target="_blank">Billy Goat Tavern</a> for which <a href="https://www.billygoattavern.com/legend/curse/" target="_blank">the "curse" of the Chicago Cubs</a> is named. The burgers are supposedly very good, but I just watched him eat one since I was full of frozen treats.</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe it's counterintuitive that the "health nut" thinks it's okay to have ice cream for dinner, or maybe it's all right once in a while to start with dessert and skip the entrée.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, it was a quick trip to the Windy City for a lot of work and a little bit of play (a different friend had picked me up from the airport on Sunday for a convo and a healthy snack). The Museum of Ice Cream has other locations and is worth an hour or so of time, especially if you're there to take photos while catching up with friends or family.</div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-30884843495796717612023-03-12T12:01:00.081-04:002023-04-11T08:19:30.540-04:00An Elite Yelper in Phoenix<p>Bonus post! Here are some pics from the more memorable of our food experiences while on vacation in Phoenix.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwW4csTtwhaTA9UAvUVVfJ0JX8Hb2hWuLOOpBLRCS7uyONUIS1tEVu9DiVpVX4dRi3eLhyVyTQtFZAo3eAZsnN7L9devJSeX5S-uSDpywhWpl0oKrn4o_JKvNRd1dxVsxKPL54qiJ0ETXjoUL1GIehSvt6Mw-4jEmqPuqaDA0exrVK0r1P_2UsfdwxQ/s4000/20230306_114348.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwW4csTtwhaTA9UAvUVVfJ0JX8Hb2hWuLOOpBLRCS7uyONUIS1tEVu9DiVpVX4dRi3eLhyVyTQtFZAo3eAZsnN7L9devJSeX5S-uSDpywhWpl0oKrn4o_JKvNRd1dxVsxKPL54qiJ0ETXjoUL1GIehSvt6Mw-4jEmqPuqaDA0exrVK0r1P_2UsfdwxQ/s320/20230306_114348.heic" width="320" /></a></p><p>Lunch at <a href="https://www.frybreadhouseaz.com/" target="_blank">The Fry Bread House</a> -- A must if you're interested in Native American culture in the Southwest. <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fry-bread-house" target="_blank">The Gastro Obscura article</a> in which I learned about it explains that "fry bread" is either the product of forced assimilation with white culture and government food boxes, or an example of culinary genius when faced with limited resources. Either way, cheap, fast, and delicious. <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-fry-bread-house-phoenix-4?hrid=6RwodorIex8dzgRmUE9Eqg&utm_campaign=www_review_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct)" target="_blank">This is my Yelp! review.</a> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3bSWnENqhzdCcrsHBmtq4dYkyGdGc2CbH3GXWUAYqVM6Hy0XmTyERlfAcpINYBPsYteKQMuRKze5Ukx_DtkgsAVjDNgNC1qmZCIgj70sW8x0Mwj2F66EH3Jmo0gZcK7Q8e13Eqp8Z0rwadmHcOc4wivF-fWFR_8lypR2qvXq7kLmf6QZ8xR_8A4k-g/s4000/20230306_175955.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3bSWnENqhzdCcrsHBmtq4dYkyGdGc2CbH3GXWUAYqVM6Hy0XmTyERlfAcpINYBPsYteKQMuRKze5Ukx_DtkgsAVjDNgNC1qmZCIgj70sW8x0Mwj2F66EH3Jmo0gZcK7Q8e13Eqp8Z0rwadmHcOc4wivF-fWFR_8lypR2qvXq7kLmf6QZ8xR_8A4k-g/s320/20230306_175955.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dinner at <a href="https://organstoppizza.com/" target="_blank">Organ Stop Pizza</a> -- Dear Husband heard about this unique eatery at an American Guild of Organists chapter meeting, when the presenter discussed famous theater organs. It's the oldest pizza parlor with the largest Wurlitzer theater organ. The food is just okay; you're really there for the atmosphere. <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/organ-stop-pizza-mesa?hrid=KQTOwwMJQMMlzSrFDCjRAw&utm_campaign=www_review_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct)" target="_blank">Here's my Yelp! review.</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCz5bl77m4XYaCXA4GtwnB_Txxd0L2UQWlpcdH7fKgjsKg_NgE3aVoQJN7mAk3cqTNNyaB118e0YeJegJmizIInzcUVvqVXpD88-NUshtmFRWFQw2D6meerTCiA2FRjEdBrKgB9CAvvtkePYoB1p-AvKa3kq_eFWcUp387ta4225V83xkvgdMepSj_g/s4000/IMG_20230306_180940655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCz5bl77m4XYaCXA4GtwnB_Txxd0L2UQWlpcdH7fKgjsKg_NgE3aVoQJN7mAk3cqTNNyaB118e0YeJegJmizIInzcUVvqVXpD88-NUshtmFRWFQw2D6meerTCiA2FRjEdBrKgB9CAvvtkePYoB1p-AvKa3kq_eFWcUp387ta4225V83xkvgdMepSj_g/w640-h480/IMG_20230306_180940655.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you go, be prepared for sensory overload.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bottom left: trumpet stops at the back of the balcony.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bottom right: disco ball overhead and a shot of the console with the lights on.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FffEQvFvHfpCLE7FxGaPW4TxbGZg4v6RJO2A3pMegDliu6_EjRuPQR4Mmo0D3-Ve5bv9bR8mA3TO9eTGDLhNVPRZu2R0t5ysDL8GrQbXC3ZOGA4Y_O35YyhdS-CIwhS4JuTIbAOyPcH9G5yJoeDzQfkzaA8oRgNb0QYpUY6oG9hBH8nTEgv7VJ7i7w/s3259/20230306_181343.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3259" data-original-width="1647" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FffEQvFvHfpCLE7FxGaPW4TxbGZg4v6RJO2A3pMegDliu6_EjRuPQR4Mmo0D3-Ve5bv9bR8mA3TO9eTGDLhNVPRZu2R0t5ysDL8GrQbXC3ZOGA4Y_O35YyhdS-CIwhS4JuTIbAOyPcH9G5yJoeDzQfkzaA8oRgNb0QYpUY6oG9hBH8nTEgv7VJ7i7w/s320/20230306_181343.heic" width="162" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5749n1EQr7lUL7Ndl9tP1GMCBaqzUuEjxeDiDgKHAZ7WtW4fnRpOxUGdMuL0JBpB5co3iN9cIG5cEDEo4TF4SNVwuSIUEMYaRuCVUkJqVrqGrLtnE5bZJVpPyQp0TzhOnr8nNkjWf-cj8tOx5CLKXMo4bTbWt1NNfMtKWMnbALph6tbFk6b580vpOw/s4000/20230306_182559.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5749n1EQr7lUL7Ndl9tP1GMCBaqzUuEjxeDiDgKHAZ7WtW4fnRpOxUGdMuL0JBpB5co3iN9cIG5cEDEo4TF4SNVwuSIUEMYaRuCVUkJqVrqGrLtnE5bZJVpPyQp0TzhOnr8nNkjWf-cj8tOx5CLKXMo4bTbWt1NNfMtKWMnbALph6tbFk6b580vpOw/s320/20230306_182559.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Dinner at <a href="https://www.cocinamadrigal.com/" target="_blank">Cochina Madrigal</a> -- After hiking South Mountain, we were ready to treat ourselves at THE best restaurant in these United States of America, according to <a href="https://www.yelp.com/article/yelps-top-100-us-restaurants-2022" target="_blank">Yelp's 2022 100 Best Restaurants List</a>. It was loud, and busy, and we enjoyed our Mexican dishes. I wish had had someone to go with us to share an order of their famous churros, because DH wasn't interested, they're not as good rewarmed, and I couldn't finish off a whole order by myself. <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/cocina-madrigal-phoenix?hrid=zAtep5z3hvgQ_itC7cdORg&utm_campaign=www_review_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct)" target="_blank">Here's my Yelp! review.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHcjLVO8-JTuLAs2jvfCBUXtnqKl5jUFPN9juH0QNCBNyAKO3PU_CZ0oXFC6_m5ha3u3WajaleP9EMSvjFGdWQxfEF94yR6U_lhZbXbi3ePExObhTireNttRu6wTp_ceeCR8ItCCYsguUJdMmfI5T3y_-JDYhKtJLfufoH8UNYKReIfp9G5iu8MyVLdw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="842" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHcjLVO8-JTuLAs2jvfCBUXtnqKl5jUFPN9juH0QNCBNyAKO3PU_CZ0oXFC6_m5ha3u3WajaleP9EMSvjFGdWQxfEF94yR6U_lhZbXbi3ePExObhTireNttRu6wTp_ceeCR8ItCCYsguUJdMmfI5T3y_-JDYhKtJLfufoH8UNYKReIfp9G5iu8MyVLdw" width="255" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lunch at <a href="https://www.pizzeriabianco.com/" target="_blank">Pizzeria Bianco</a> -- Alas, we did not get to visit this famous pizza parlor, because I didn't realize it was across the street from the baseball stadium where the World Baseball Classic was being held at the very same time. 2.25-hour wait? Not if we wanted to catch our flight!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Honorable mentions: lunch on the sidewalk at <a href="https://ilovefarmandcraft.com/" target="_blank">Farm & Craft</a> in Scottsdale; take-out from <a href="https://www.harumisushiaz.com/" target="_blank">Harumi Sushi& Sake</a> with its famous purple rice; a relaxing meal at <a href="https://phxart.org/visit/dining/" target="_blank">Palette</a> at the Phoenix Art Museum; and dinner at <a href="https://www.iamaflowerchild.com/locations/phoenix-az-desert-ridge/" target="_blank">Flower Child at Desert Ridge</a> before a concert.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Didn't place: Ice cream from <a href="http://www.shakesandcones.com/" target="_blank">Shakes & Cones</a>; <a href="https://www.sonoratacoshopphoenix.com/" target="_blank">Sonora Taco Shop</a>; and the <a href="https://wildflowerbread.com/" target="_blank">Wildflower</a> at the airport.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxwfHbA9w1s5v7IM-oEkaqvqJGBvrXFpFc6tYMQ9g52-YHpm_CyNdv_mp8tWC9ECQGS_ugdFtAdK6VdWuidH6ZZUwvf4WF5JhiOYk2pwMhzLFe44GwWNQBg2dpdh6dQgFXToA8xDHAslz6gTeQaCQy-l_K0MXKZfKW-m0-g2NGu_cO4nGaMT-uRlEdA/s4000/IMG_20230306_170100789.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxwfHbA9w1s5v7IM-oEkaqvqJGBvrXFpFc6tYMQ9g52-YHpm_CyNdv_mp8tWC9ECQGS_ugdFtAdK6VdWuidH6ZZUwvf4WF5JhiOYk2pwMhzLFe44GwWNQBg2dpdh6dQgFXToA8xDHAslz6gTeQaCQy-l_K0MXKZfKW-m0-g2NGu_cO4nGaMT-uRlEdA/s320/IMG_20230306_170100789.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bicycling along the canal with Camelback Mountain in the background.</div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-75001773959771094142023-03-11T12:37:00.003-05:002023-03-23T10:01:07.045-04:00A Peaceful, Friendly Garden in Phoenix<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yKF6dnoRnxZprwQmFTOH3edNe9wAG5Mgi72lX9-qZS6zC-hfNNllXL2quZldDm2yqsdiWQvjKytYpKYD1wSBuAvXTlwXhXxi4OkrTFab4-HFs5j0LiNDus5-voFvpwzdcCNxEfAEt_KcsIjIQQ9Z1YyQXIcxxysUt1r0uXThALuLlKpe-yci0-573g/s3134/20230311_101842.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1431" data-original-width="3134" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yKF6dnoRnxZprwQmFTOH3edNe9wAG5Mgi72lX9-qZS6zC-hfNNllXL2quZldDm2yqsdiWQvjKytYpKYD1wSBuAvXTlwXhXxi4OkrTFab4-HFs5j0LiNDus5-voFvpwzdcCNxEfAEt_KcsIjIQQ9Z1YyQXIcxxysUt1r0uXThALuLlKpe-yci0-573g/w640-h292/20230311_101842.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXk1PO626NMlWH9pt0TxeqxEPfjv-xME110ze6dnMnfqNElKc5qA3mXMS_Ia5hlV58HWf4pYPNn1gTljR2cyL63SgnzUT926dFDKV7haAG-XABoEp-nWntu1L0Dv8avWApW3OkTPoBRGO9f4bXoGeHMWTdHs3cYSnl1NqKGI7smdO2DyMu8DKKHj6IQ/s3074/20230311_114100.heic" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3074" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXk1PO626NMlWH9pt0TxeqxEPfjv-xME110ze6dnMnfqNElKc5qA3mXMS_Ia5hlV58HWf4pYPNn1gTljR2cyL63SgnzUT926dFDKV7haAG-XABoEp-nWntu1L0Dv8avWApW3OkTPoBRGO9f4bXoGeHMWTdHs3cYSnl1NqKGI7smdO2DyMu8DKKHj6IQ/s320/20230311_114100.heic" width="187" /></a></div>For the last day of vacation, I was so pleased that our departing flight didn't leave until late afternoon that I had looked for an activity to do on Saturday morning, like a pottery-making class or a couples massage. I was thinking of our pre-pandemic trip to Portland, OR, when <a href="http://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2019/10/portland-chinese-garden.html" target="_blank">we participated in a free Kung Fu class at the Chinese Garden</a>. So I was delighted to discover a class at the Phoenix <a href="https://www.japanesefriendshipgarden.org/" target="_blank">Japanese Friendship Garden</a> on ikebana (flower arranging). It seemed like the garden itself was small, so this would give us an excuse to spend more time there. Alas, about a month before our trip, I received an email that the instructor was no longer available, and did I want to enroll 2 weeks later or have a refund? I took the refund, but we still ended up spending over an hour at the garden, mostly sitting on a bench by the water, enjoying nature and people watching. Dear Husband mentioned it was the perfect way to hang onto that relaxing "vacation feeling." It turns out we needed those reserves, because I had unknowingly planned for us to eat "the best pizza in the country" at a restaurant next to <a href="https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/ballpark" target="_blank">Chase Field</a> at the exact time that a <a href="https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic" target="_blank">World Baseball Classic</a> game was scheduled. Traffic was terrible, and the wait at <a href="https://www.pizzeriabianco.com/" target="_blank">Pizzeria Bianco</a> was 2.25 hours, so we opted for a taco and a burrito from <a href="https://www.sonoratacoshopphoenix.com/" target="_blank">Sonora Taco Shop</a>, a hole-in-the-wall eatery closer to the airport, and then watched the game on the TV in the sandwich place where we got second lunch before going through security.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZNSgylPvxwB8ldjejQCfHOXrhtGNAEEofHY0XJJfUIPLOlzjdoqmpvXRWoArlSWgSUHKQA1NjMSA5zwwLZIkd_XAFvZr0LbvTaUjYMnyOlfjgO1Tw8u0my9x4CDyywKJwy9P9UPxYUJdSH3dY4PrSbV0UtEO0crL1hOQwj5bCQ7dsfznNzULW78WZg/s4000/20230311_102015.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZNSgylPvxwB8ldjejQCfHOXrhtGNAEEofHY0XJJfUIPLOlzjdoqmpvXRWoArlSWgSUHKQA1NjMSA5zwwLZIkd_XAFvZr0LbvTaUjYMnyOlfjgO1Tw8u0my9x4CDyywKJwy9P9UPxYUJdSH3dY4PrSbV0UtEO0crL1hOQwj5bCQ7dsfznNzULW78WZg/w640-h288/20230311_102015.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAgIJnrbaJVOiiXJUuKUAXXDQ_BKb-J_5ZADkb_pf8-15P_UBN7pf181_7J6gGCq6hhf8JKK2OD-hLvKi-igqXobfh_Y_URXWeb_Ls7eddyA_KYxSu9lcO5rKNKNe7Nj58SwaVZy9dDnyrDzco0_N8StP7O82XFEl3ftmSekFW2QD8chEbkf0h5zFFg/s4000/20230311_102415.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAgIJnrbaJVOiiXJUuKUAXXDQ_BKb-J_5ZADkb_pf8-15P_UBN7pf181_7J6gGCq6hhf8JKK2OD-hLvKi-igqXobfh_Y_URXWeb_Ls7eddyA_KYxSu9lcO5rKNKNe7Nj58SwaVZy9dDnyrDzco0_N8StP7O82XFEl3ftmSekFW2QD8chEbkf0h5zFFg/s320/20230311_102415.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a kasuga doro, a 10-foot-tall stone lantern named for the Kasuga Shrine in Nara, which was the capital of Japan in the 9th century.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegD14fMkVyKTUpVffp_L-pXXhKzYt3nnOtVExErzAwK0-l7Nn8PhOAVc1H8e3BYulswvAv1VUuKrWHX_2rGQJJy5nitp6EM6XbPmpA00qIlo6gt-OQJlHEx-asxg7Tq1mbDdxBwbvGKWDSHqAhNx6BswCn0bF02qpfAgfyg4Lhggu9I8eixvhWs6MnQ/s4000/20230311_102423.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhegD14fMkVyKTUpVffp_L-pXXhKzYt3nnOtVExErzAwK0-l7Nn8PhOAVc1H8e3BYulswvAv1VUuKrWHX_2rGQJJy5nitp6EM6XbPmpA00qIlo6gt-OQJlHEx-asxg7Tq1mbDdxBwbvGKWDSHqAhNx6BswCn0bF02qpfAgfyg4Lhggu9I8eixvhWs6MnQ/w640-h288/20230311_102423.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In 1976, Phoenix and Himeji became Sister Cities, and in 1987, Mayor Matsuji Totani proposed this joint project. Completed in 1996, the 3.5-acre site includes a tea house with garden, a stone garden, a courtyard garden, and the stroll garden we walked through.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sgENXzmaPftPnjfo_PaGllHPZUmhWMevJc8zav8baURkTnQPrQ6YZPuDvhE_N4XB3YqxrD3cdFtLT3-k-7swqVaYE_EYgLg_Jqi0UPCNwxAnQckHgFjJ1ZJlmB1SgS44hgPCddKj0vNEoCpgpUhCyXGUhVqO7jKkLmtqt69fqtVvKCgZyuLTkhCJcQ/s4000/20230311_102636.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sgENXzmaPftPnjfo_PaGllHPZUmhWMevJc8zav8baURkTnQPrQ6YZPuDvhE_N4XB3YqxrD3cdFtLT3-k-7swqVaYE_EYgLg_Jqi0UPCNwxAnQckHgFjJ1ZJlmB1SgS44hgPCddKj0vNEoCpgpUhCyXGUhVqO7jKkLmtqt69fqtVvKCgZyuLTkhCJcQ/w640-h288/20230311_102636.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Its name includes the Japanese words for heron (ro), the bird symbol of Himeji + phoenix (ho) + and garden (en). RoHoEn was designed as a <i>miegakure</i> or "hide-and-reveal" garden such that you can't see all of it from any angle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOMlk_dK-6B7yhaj_oX2L1DKp9FyS8SZ0jkA6pn5F2Bv3cuxS9E7nnksu1iDFRViT-YPZMsYJhyrPp-4gV6-4kCYQcR307RbtzpD8RUtgutlmUH6GHuMndrTWI1rngumiP-fpEhBBKcCpemq4dkV-EJAopXlbv0nJunxGn6oVMabu-ZEY33VsVv-fLA/s4000/20230311_103405.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOMlk_dK-6B7yhaj_oX2L1DKp9FyS8SZ0jkA6pn5F2Bv3cuxS9E7nnksu1iDFRViT-YPZMsYJhyrPp-4gV6-4kCYQcR307RbtzpD8RUtgutlmUH6GHuMndrTWI1rngumiP-fpEhBBKcCpemq4dkV-EJAopXlbv0nJunxGn6oVMabu-ZEY33VsVv-fLA/w640-h288/20230311_103405.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiWzQwPDAA0u3wfQ6gtzP-gaXT8ewI7YzVe7krup7vmMWslHu6dKYk0W87lAqy96EhJiAf81icRG4vhdkY6TCtxeWY1O6J0ur0Ixxm_FkdJgY8MjRxzS0zYximP77iFG0ur7XLUQq5JQWTetH_YhMs_htUUY_L0E5V74K3LSdr_rf1UqQT7IaLeI9bg/s4000/20230311_103708.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiWzQwPDAA0u3wfQ6gtzP-gaXT8ewI7YzVe7krup7vmMWslHu6dKYk0W87lAqy96EhJiAf81icRG4vhdkY6TCtxeWY1O6J0ur0Ixxm_FkdJgY8MjRxzS0zYximP77iFG0ur7XLUQq5JQWTetH_YhMs_htUUY_L0E5V74K3LSdr_rf1UqQT7IaLeI9bg/s320/20230311_103708.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyI_N6Qj5Hwmt1MpFipZ_XI_VZVzFJhZIcqxj4WUy7WxSYWsEnt7QChgOF_duitq_-npRAHV2_hVjQkgK1Emy7wdvfrMBPcp-GeHhT9Pmo9jnjkFpJ_A8jos_7Lc6ZR3wjS-ernFukXJQEBdRiuHhxuPsJRbIvS4X2L3q_byPdFfccVUojAZ0lwRUFg/s4000/20230311_110337.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFyI_N6Qj5Hwmt1MpFipZ_XI_VZVzFJhZIcqxj4WUy7WxSYWsEnt7QChgOF_duitq_-npRAHV2_hVjQkgK1Emy7wdvfrMBPcp-GeHhT9Pmo9jnjkFpJ_A8jos_7Lc6ZR3wjS-ernFukXJQEBdRiuHhxuPsJRbIvS4X2L3q_byPdFfccVUojAZ0lwRUFg/s320/20230311_110337.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGyETgnkbOaNSJMg9rm6X-STmHqhC-4fz3QUXIHo04Hp7JbS1oZjAudf5QGB9sjM99qWi2eK_eLvs9MpbeB2DTmNRaiYYgVCvhUmkZAM0UfFKfKL8BDEK-amSbXNt8MtXhv12J2ZsSOLzmfS67hKsoe-jXay0yYRRRb47dqd0xkDNMS_eoV5HaPjNGw/s4000/20230311_110356.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGyETgnkbOaNSJMg9rm6X-STmHqhC-4fz3QUXIHo04Hp7JbS1oZjAudf5QGB9sjM99qWi2eK_eLvs9MpbeB2DTmNRaiYYgVCvhUmkZAM0UfFKfKL8BDEK-amSbXNt8MtXhv12J2ZsSOLzmfS67hKsoe-jXay0yYRRRb47dqd0xkDNMS_eoV5HaPjNGw/w640-h288/20230311_110356.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The koi pond has over 300 fish in it. In the middle background is the 12-14-foot waterfall, and on the right is a yukimi doro or "snow-viewing lantern," whose roof is designed to catch snow. The stony peninsula behind is is supposed to look like the scaley back of a fish.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxxGz2qjlcuOl107FtqoAE5FE40m1jm8_alf4aiZ1w4UMl81Y0G2dQqEYHsMrm-ANpwptr35vRWq3yEkRAdy13lQDycQs4iFLV-53Y98aKpS7KXtjc8g3iCiplzP0FV2URIiM9dhCVa5vvm5kt0ypGLU7v3IvBXYCusZSzw5eJTbdkJ_eSylduW32Ng/s4000/20230311_111433.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxxGz2qjlcuOl107FtqoAE5FE40m1jm8_alf4aiZ1w4UMl81Y0G2dQqEYHsMrm-ANpwptr35vRWq3yEkRAdy13lQDycQs4iFLV-53Y98aKpS7KXtjc8g3iCiplzP0FV2URIiM9dhCVa5vvm5kt0ypGLU7v3IvBXYCusZSzw5eJTbdkJ_eSylduW32Ng/w640-h288/20230311_111433.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSQ4vWrTCLTZ-kbCHsZbS_mIsUw8mMsi2ICBvQpwe_HbNmmq17F5X_9MpXexojqHzh7xgJo1RwgR56HFB9BhRUNd7upREUvZQ2soOWNsdnd-fYgXSabxxl9Xk2UwfLPv0LUV8pAEPNTG0ehEgmM7hM1u4Q0Kx5dO8YKjuA42eq-cbOdhlFLW7HVyFNQ/s4000/20230311_111511.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSQ4vWrTCLTZ-kbCHsZbS_mIsUw8mMsi2ICBvQpwe_HbNmmq17F5X_9MpXexojqHzh7xgJo1RwgR56HFB9BhRUNd7upREUvZQ2soOWNsdnd-fYgXSabxxl9Xk2UwfLPv0LUV8pAEPNTG0ehEgmM7hM1u4Q0Kx5dO8YKjuA42eq-cbOdhlFLW7HVyFNQ/w640-h288/20230311_111511.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From the bench where we sat, we watched a hummingbird visited bushes, gardeners weeding, and other visitors taking photographs of each other. The city is very close, but the traffic noise wasn't bothersome compared to the burbling of the stream and the sounds of the waterfall.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnKpdRiHk8J6vIRH4RszO6OfuKCyvSQC03Tgc4g2f6Ir3jvxRzVitjYL04QDtfjwcdkt7V8aG4rEFumx4lqZwVEfcR5DDJ4ZMCP_jf5XjQ2oEGE1VKYmLBMjdLW_Ew5QBGct95424HTtBXUzxzDl6T13KFli9uPJULiz1qI9NvwsK_m-gwrmKuMZsBQ/s4128/20230311_111603.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="4128" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnKpdRiHk8J6vIRH4RszO6OfuKCyvSQC03Tgc4g2f6Ir3jvxRzVitjYL04QDtfjwcdkt7V8aG4rEFumx4lqZwVEfcR5DDJ4ZMCP_jf5XjQ2oEGE1VKYmLBMjdLW_Ew5QBGct95424HTtBXUzxzDl6T13KFli9uPJULiz1qI9NvwsK_m-gwrmKuMZsBQ/w640-h288/20230311_111603.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGWyrKAcuwION6BfFVIDKmcnU6UTYY7cRmNjRoA9mbcXoks_ZKBe40GRyPbHHUBkeSlX3c0xSI7QbzRHKVWoBo2_Hsq2Izj196MknO6oAzR7WipvUCxIXKVu1BNJ6uNq_dg7k2wP6BDVHX6qq9Hg6qVEoMNHp5Ex90aXhEXkbJYk13_zHmTpCRqdndw/s3512/20230311_111803.heic" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3512" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGWyrKAcuwION6BfFVIDKmcnU6UTYY7cRmNjRoA9mbcXoks_ZKBe40GRyPbHHUBkeSlX3c0xSI7QbzRHKVWoBo2_Hsq2Izj196MknO6oAzR7WipvUCxIXKVu1BNJ6uNq_dg7k2wP6BDVHX6qq9Hg6qVEoMNHp5Ex90aXhEXkbJYk13_zHmTpCRqdndw/s320/20230311_111803.heic" width="164" /></a></div>Meet Shachi, a mythical creature with the face of a lion and the body of a fish. In Japanese folklore, he can make it rain. Shachi "gargoyles" were used to protect important buildings from, such as Himeji Castle.<div><br /></div><div>On the left is a stone pagoda (tasoutou) designed to store Buddist relics. It should always have an odd number of tiers.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">The four distinct landscapes represented in the garden are low-lying grasslands, woodlands, forested mountain, and stone beach, if you walk in a clockwise direction.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>All of the stones, rocks, and boulders in RoHoEn come from Arizona--including the 25-ton behemoth next to the waterfall--except for the blue-grey cobblestones on the beach, which come from Mexico.</div><div><br /></div><div>From above, the koi pond is suppose to have the shape of the kanji character "kokoro," which means "heart" or "spirit."<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghl9avFwvAPZvvnMPZ8UGrIiYLItgd3eYAw-fAyidfoFjOlSPUioPa6-h8uJkoN2CYQ6NspDFDrx_cOrAyP1CsHGkn7rs_LyZCl9JsCmCwsnkd1hufj0MBKVymuYx7Z9MebiKtrH_PpFSmyByz1DweCQX2ZlsUzar7V1UuHzXNSSrg1nlIQr5E6VBZFg/s4000/20230311_112318.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghl9avFwvAPZvvnMPZ8UGrIiYLItgd3eYAw-fAyidfoFjOlSPUioPa6-h8uJkoN2CYQ6NspDFDrx_cOrAyP1CsHGkn7rs_LyZCl9JsCmCwsnkd1hufj0MBKVymuYx7Z9MebiKtrH_PpFSmyByz1DweCQX2ZlsUzar7V1UuHzXNSSrg1nlIQr5E6VBZFg/w640-h288/20230311_112318.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqd8FMhanwrKbYNwA8YEKki91gD0KqJDWu_nH7RTaa1hUWD3jDJxqNYvmcj4Qkd-g8WDyduTQtjsLaQCg3KvtxE7tcTmMT4GiTruPZsh9ExVl4s9EHngvqf80GBJgchd3h9nSCGDvz9GZNjDmUlC2jKejRwJErIBtpOzUU2Wl2XIaPKOVIEJUjPRzamw/s4000/20230311_112340.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqd8FMhanwrKbYNwA8YEKki91gD0KqJDWu_nH7RTaa1hUWD3jDJxqNYvmcj4Qkd-g8WDyduTQtjsLaQCg3KvtxE7tcTmMT4GiTruPZsh9ExVl4s9EHngvqf80GBJgchd3h9nSCGDvz9GZNjDmUlC2jKejRwJErIBtpOzUU2Wl2XIaPKOVIEJUjPRzamw/w640-h288/20230311_112340.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUikls70-cU-BU-ykxUNXg2COAomcX9e6air0ye5V3jp7yPgCtjhoGCmc-1Lr95pEdXEs1cAk_hG38j_bFW60BXQfUyoksIM6LAYQ3GqqAmcOgogcAceoCW9cHzA_pMbR2MLtfiBBhUL0qVxiy6oqGlLMMSocrP4HjEzTqb4Xaowxy2dXlNchcPgfOVQ/s3949/20230311_112552.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="3949" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUikls70-cU-BU-ykxUNXg2COAomcX9e6air0ye5V3jp7yPgCtjhoGCmc-1Lr95pEdXEs1cAk_hG38j_bFW60BXQfUyoksIM6LAYQ3GqqAmcOgogcAceoCW9cHzA_pMbR2MLtfiBBhUL0qVxiy6oqGlLMMSocrP4HjEzTqb4Xaowxy2dXlNchcPgfOVQ/s320/20230311_112552.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J5xC5SJDLhg5SLAsTVRSgSq0EjpQKBc-_jcqsXT8Rs8nSbCR4X7SP7WXvi37Ib8PV6p455kc9MqAVHuRBSV_5NWbP7e612QuKdPIBYHW30KzQTUsDgX1_iSTVqnbj4iG20HeL0lb9DOD4FB-Qkhk-OBQ9SJ_wZ_7fj9o-QHVOLEuPJ-Ss81Y_eDgcw/s4000/20230311_113646.heic" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J5xC5SJDLhg5SLAsTVRSgSq0EjpQKBc-_jcqsXT8Rs8nSbCR4X7SP7WXvi37Ib8PV6p455kc9MqAVHuRBSV_5NWbP7e612QuKdPIBYHW30KzQTUsDgX1_iSTVqnbj4iG20HeL0lb9DOD4FB-Qkhk-OBQ9SJ_wZ_7fj9o-QHVOLEuPJ-Ss81Y_eDgcw/s320/20230311_113646.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The other bit of Japanese culture I wanted to experience in Phoenix, given its proximity to the West Coast, was Japanese soda. You see, <a href="https://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/2023/02/14?ct=v&cti=1747219" target="_blank">one of the comics I read regularly online</a> featured a character who has a crush on another student, so she offered to buy <i>and open</i> a bottle of <a href="https://sangaria.com/ramune/" target="_blank">Ramuné</a> for her (on Valentine's Day, no less). Only there were no words, so I had to look to the comment section to find out what was going on. sjordane explained,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: hinted-Graphik, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 16px;">Ramune is a Japanese carbonated soft drink. It was introduced in 1884 in Kobe by the British pharmacist Alexander Cameron Sim. Like Banta, an Indian lemon drink, ramune is available in a Codd-neck bottle, a heavy glass bottle whose mouth is sealed by a round marble thanks to the pressure of the carbonated contents.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I found <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/E9PZPu8_3bU?feature=share" target="_blank">a short video on YouTube</a> of a family demonstrating how to do it and put it on my Phoenix bucket list. Sure enough, at the Japanese Friendship Garden, they offered several flavors. Dear Husband got the sweet lychee, and I chose the more mellow melon. As you can see, we managed to open our bottles and enjoy their contents.</div></div><p></p></div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-24754374688879141102023-03-10T19:36:00.163-05:002023-04-02T17:05:17.401-04:00Mystery Hike in Phoenix<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl2mKIOF4JkcT2ypvdrpKCtcrzzGA-5qUWaSUtEi3XcMTZg0-uU5g2WLkAJltmxi1lcxtGAWMv00j14HDerQSR61_DQcgT37SnqG2VEAQKqSuj_g14ABxbQOUj3_7IKUK2L8i0nxOP7LKTBOM0q8T5lYuYvqAiSNrvexwfRnIihchMbzp1dEGEsmV-Q/s4000/20230310_094052.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl2mKIOF4JkcT2ypvdrpKCtcrzzGA-5qUWaSUtEi3XcMTZg0-uU5g2WLkAJltmxi1lcxtGAWMv00j14HDerQSR61_DQcgT37SnqG2VEAQKqSuj_g14ABxbQOUj3_7IKUK2L8i0nxOP7LKTBOM0q8T5lYuYvqAiSNrvexwfRnIihchMbzp1dEGEsmV-Q/s320/20230310_094052.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On our last full day in Phoenix, Dear Husband and I went hiking on South Mountain. We had originally planned to do this in the late afternoon after my brother and his fiancé arrived from San Diego, but he was recovering from COVID and couldn't make it. So DH and I hiked in the morning, which turned out to be the right idea, because the weather had definitely warmed up later in the week, with a projected high of 80.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sv5eck7bmBjLi05Ox-m3s-KqCie8Y6jZRgOHWP2ykQD33GGQbwBFT8nVW_MqDMUuUPFODTWdvtOUXdLFgvmtCQ5ZL55oUkBkOHIhFq5O9lib2dNqgVqAKcRdlHpKMtVX184pZ3oJ1YmWrBO6t-tWziOtzcDuQJyeyp99GaTrx9TIJtcDkkr7lYJ-LA/s4000/20230310_095032.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sv5eck7bmBjLi05Ox-m3s-KqCie8Y6jZRgOHWP2ykQD33GGQbwBFT8nVW_MqDMUuUPFODTWdvtOUXdLFgvmtCQ5ZL55oUkBkOHIhFq5O9lib2dNqgVqAKcRdlHpKMtVX184pZ3oJ1YmWrBO6t-tWziOtzcDuQJyeyp99GaTrx9TIJtcDkkr7lYJ-LA/s320/20230310_095032.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSL5kKNKcJtKIIBr0lZeotFMWBCXnYytZ-dTGPxMoeBtUAl0sB8br_t6DdVLwIV564ngGbVCdrmmjXMhsbEcpyDCX2SA0lVGsxheWtW7m1EvqD7t0JnVBzJ8Th-jhoIHZa_Wpxa6JX_KwMK9KE7JSAbGILFZR52pk-nqk8bMR0H8rmYhCWmv3qbF9DQ/s4000/20230310_093843.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSL5kKNKcJtKIIBr0lZeotFMWBCXnYytZ-dTGPxMoeBtUAl0sB8br_t6DdVLwIV564ngGbVCdrmmjXMhsbEcpyDCX2SA0lVGsxheWtW7m1EvqD7t0JnVBzJ8Th-jhoIHZa_Wpxa6JX_KwMK9KE7JSAbGILFZR52pk-nqk8bMR0H8rmYhCWmv3qbF9DQ/s320/20230310_093843.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had found us a 1-hour-out, 1-hour-back hike up to Dobbins Lookout, named for James C. Dobbins, who chaired the Phoenix Planning Commission that acquired the land for South Mountain Park. The head of the trail was not marked, but thankfully another hiker finished just as we were parking. It was somewhat busy, with lots of folks going in both directions. Apparently it's a popular place to catch the sunset, but then of course you would have to drive up and back.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPL-EOvQdLqteG-_ic2uL_GDAOp3WUNIWTsUEvp5Toq5mbFTAy0Pj-VopowBzQ5Q015LHcshZ685dXdDhIusDctqIEp2oew4D_nWlQyXYFSeUwHfHVr4dDXJkmCral4bPVaR0UN2ylVrOZYFyjlogq0X05tW3x7zBwDVOpa5HfVduCVBouADGa5JCIeA/s4000/20230310_103621.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPL-EOvQdLqteG-_ic2uL_GDAOp3WUNIWTsUEvp5Toq5mbFTAy0Pj-VopowBzQ5Q015LHcshZ685dXdDhIusDctqIEp2oew4D_nWlQyXYFSeUwHfHVr4dDXJkmCral4bPVaR0UN2ylVrOZYFyjlogq0X05tW3x7zBwDVOpa5HfVduCVBouADGa5JCIeA/w640-h288/20230310_103621.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the summit, 2,330 feet above downtown Phoenix, seen here to the north. To the left is a stone structure good for taking Instagrammable photos (while we were there an Indie musician arrived with her acoustic guitar to take promotional shots). To the right is the part of South Mountain we hiked. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoH1i7v--w8mqV04zdDZSZSl7QKv1tDaOhFt4Eh3ZNJjduBhHvjHyODqqPk7xGjiyWywTReWSE7ty2pHQ0cGAsR4SJRfTpH54IZdq8Ynw4Q1bsDyFPcS0sr_uDyMe8vAcQAdIXZ4mg9-S69ygOS_pExQdHsEfkveOlHIt84R3Y7hQHaxFrpL6gTE34Ug/s4000/20230310_103934.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoH1i7v--w8mqV04zdDZSZSl7QKv1tDaOhFt4Eh3ZNJjduBhHvjHyODqqPk7xGjiyWywTReWSE7ty2pHQ0cGAsR4SJRfTpH54IZdq8Ynw4Q1bsDyFPcS0sr_uDyMe8vAcQAdIXZ4mg9-S69ygOS_pExQdHsEfkveOlHIt84R3Y7hQHaxFrpL6gTE34Ug/s320/20230310_103934.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqlAgIoOb2TsnbrK-JL-6enFyZuMMfy7Rn8Y7Xf0Ax6vEYpgprhCFeMSvhn4BAhbTl-VKgmyNhDGYb5ZpIDiuJzvpGNYQ4lpBUlNTsMAYpXqb0azgSzVhKLq-YdlOPbEbSUuZoaoqE4lQuAQXn9V233eyC8u_JWhL3D0MIIrpCXJy35ktVlx2GX_Pdg/s3211/20230310_113834.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3211" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqlAgIoOb2TsnbrK-JL-6enFyZuMMfy7Rn8Y7Xf0Ax6vEYpgprhCFeMSvhn4BAhbTl-VKgmyNhDGYb5ZpIDiuJzvpGNYQ4lpBUlNTsMAYpXqb0azgSzVhKLq-YdlOPbEbSUuZoaoqE4lQuAQXn9V233eyC8u_JWhL3D0MIIrpCXJy35ktVlx2GX_Pdg/w400-h224/20230310_113834.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Immediately after we got down, we joined a 45-minute tour of <a href="http://www.mymysterycastle.com/" target="_blank">Mystery Castle</a>, the eccentric domicile constructed by father Boyce Gully ( -1945) after he relocated from the Pacific Northwest to Phoenix as "treatment" for pulmonary tuberculosis. He intended it for his daughter, Mary Lou, but he died before he could finish it or reunite with his family. His wife and daughter moved down from Seattle to Phoenix to take possession, and almost immediately it became an unofficial tourist site, and then quickly an official one, as Mary Lou invited the press, guests, and weddings into her home.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio34Omy5wv-iHQnaV0iV88UxVvlFHFNvr24RQVij9QCbJV5WN34-lAZGOCa5NtQgwEcVmWSlYwAS5LG6rIM0_PFHCS2NdX77h6vjjGTikJsxMIEfaTwmlO5woqMCOjMa4Z4DqzklcC_7J4_YhY8HdUI3z8oO9uncjDqOrKWInpsf3CQFRjCMJvzAqd7w/s4000/20230310_114330.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio34Omy5wv-iHQnaV0iV88UxVvlFHFNvr24RQVij9QCbJV5WN34-lAZGOCa5NtQgwEcVmWSlYwAS5LG6rIM0_PFHCS2NdX77h6vjjGTikJsxMIEfaTwmlO5woqMCOjMa4Z4DqzklcC_7J4_YhY8HdUI3z8oO9uncjDqOrKWInpsf3CQFRjCMJvzAqd7w/s320/20230310_114330.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdIAKrEK23rFvEV_ygQR6chYmb-DmoJtuO6yhddHgPDQwfVyT5GUX8O7-WpYRd0gJIxh-PNEoQRQDiP3yV1DMoF7kdIynRx_yDJme34cXyEBFQ316in-zypxlGyyyGYGU-P5DlZ10lnlsAv7XJkl-JThv-HTvZE2NlD_f5c-vruLISzcH4ClZSZrctw/s4000/20230310_114913.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdIAKrEK23rFvEV_ygQR6chYmb-DmoJtuO6yhddHgPDQwfVyT5GUX8O7-WpYRd0gJIxh-PNEoQRQDiP3yV1DMoF7kdIynRx_yDJme34cXyEBFQ316in-zypxlGyyyGYGU-P5DlZ10lnlsAv7XJkl-JThv-HTvZE2NlD_f5c-vruLISzcH4ClZSZrctw/s320/20230310_114913.heic" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gully scavenged stones from the desert, cast-off bricks, and other materials for building. He worked as a shoe salesman to earn money for food and concrete. Electricity and indoor plumbing weren't added until decades after Gully died, so they had to haul water every day from 1 mile away.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7BjAKLZXaRoQVCCJNHuS1NMlmBit1i4sdbOyxrFldJmIh4iIvatX9cBh0E9VfXiH2Y_c7Sooa6cQpi2RWifun6Of1EwTwXx1Q7vw3elebFtkpTAbIS87mWZz1otLf5i6g4Px7Wa7Fy09SIixBhfX3zleh5ZytJZMrIMxNFl6L-h29Ert7onGsuVIoQ/s4000/20230310_115137.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7BjAKLZXaRoQVCCJNHuS1NMlmBit1i4sdbOyxrFldJmIh4iIvatX9cBh0E9VfXiH2Y_c7Sooa6cQpi2RWifun6Of1EwTwXx1Q7vw3elebFtkpTAbIS87mWZz1otLf5i6g4Px7Wa7Fy09SIixBhfX3zleh5ZytJZMrIMxNFl6L-h29Ert7onGsuVIoQ/s320/20230310_115137.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7nmXncgoBVSQNXU2mJ6eR1eBLdZfuDWMwgL3Pg-GhVH2jmQ9ecnlS3XTlIEetUZPVbhN-6m61UWNOeJXz0BX5fVnLdGLAGLqNUgIORx4bpTXL5-fD61SjmFkvHVhRHc1xsP3V-Esv2KDIlkdXAeGSjruvVqoLu73v7Ce1oWd_LtJ2n1N7CC09EFOwA/s3357/20230310_115219.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3357" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7nmXncgoBVSQNXU2mJ6eR1eBLdZfuDWMwgL3Pg-GhVH2jmQ9ecnlS3XTlIEetUZPVbhN-6m61UWNOeJXz0BX5fVnLdGLAGLqNUgIORx4bpTXL5-fD61SjmFkvHVhRHc1xsP3V-Esv2KDIlkdXAeGSjruvVqoLu73v7Ce1oWd_LtJ2n1N7CC09EFOwA/s320/20230310_115219.heic" width="172" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apparently someone vandalized the house the exact time we were in Phoenix last year, but I hadn't been able to squeeze it into our itinerary, so I'm glad they were able to repair the estimated $100,000 in damages (according to Wikipedia) so we could appreciate this father-daughter duo of collectors and animal lovers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAArSz49RKYuBhXPG3oetXfWxIGz0rT_pkt-VeDJl3hbDk9MVnYuCkns8b78W4-VY4Pv4aHHTF4_0LMkDt8tQTTwiOQWinTEg31rrF43GBlxXPPZ5ynZRZXn8C_7MSJ0e7XlsGS9uwVmxKMzxIV6LONd9G0KSmQNswPJHha45faiXPKsKEYb7K3z5WA/s3264/20230310_114931.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="3264" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAArSz49RKYuBhXPG3oetXfWxIGz0rT_pkt-VeDJl3hbDk9MVnYuCkns8b78W4-VY4Pv4aHHTF4_0LMkDt8tQTTwiOQWinTEg31rrF43GBlxXPPZ5ynZRZXn8C_7MSJ0e7XlsGS9uwVmxKMzxIV6LONd9G0KSmQNswPJHha45faiXPKsKEYb7K3z5WA/w640-h288/20230310_114931.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj956y_gUSpYf_2KcUYzZPpa0VV-ZXNO3fWtqtN7y8qGDNIGJZlan9NFG2-ylPqNJdsnVPv0JWzPoO_tUCcnxYABWhAs1UVDAdeUrfSj3R2xpK4AbFmed1g8q3pYzhgncGgsQNxA4m0x0pyGDbko1f6N_n_Ry_yZ1mWrNVESSSlEGTAtBJaUpkkkZpoyQ/s3264/20230310_115253.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="3264" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj956y_gUSpYf_2KcUYzZPpa0VV-ZXNO3fWtqtN7y8qGDNIGJZlan9NFG2-ylPqNJdsnVPv0JWzPoO_tUCcnxYABWhAs1UVDAdeUrfSj3R2xpK4AbFmed1g8q3pYzhgncGgsQNxA4m0x0pyGDbko1f6N_n_Ry_yZ1mWrNVESSSlEGTAtBJaUpkkkZpoyQ/w640-h288/20230310_115253.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The floor doesn't slope <i>too</i> much in Gully's bedroom on the main floor. May Lou's bedroom above the kitchen remains off limits despite her passing in 2010. (See the chain across the stairs below.) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthCOeeNnNUI-jDUEIaM1TaokKFWfzhYcTbDUZZdp9rh37T1p5DsyWf6t5Fv-_07Beq8ZZiNrjpjVA7SeIi5Lxoib47nWUOQ61ot-sS8Cdg0iOACCfLZMrDheNoBJZwa1M-uQJor7B8V1gx217vqMfz5kUP4OU73GIzjr49-g49n8VO1xSpNMecjBkBw/s3264/20230310_115345.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="3264" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthCOeeNnNUI-jDUEIaM1TaokKFWfzhYcTbDUZZdp9rh37T1p5DsyWf6t5Fv-_07Beq8ZZiNrjpjVA7SeIi5Lxoib47nWUOQ61ot-sS8Cdg0iOACCfLZMrDheNoBJZwa1M-uQJor7B8V1gx217vqMfz5kUP4OU73GIzjr49-g49n8VO1xSpNMecjBkBw/w640-h288/20230310_115345.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iAsngNxiN9m8ySQB1wA-juwyiiE-XYy2OgQyxgJNoZrFCqz_ggUc_53yraMLHM8h5l4E0FMK9Yz93cUcXc3jAOGKuKUyUSBV_ZporiWwqC9uupQ0VWmnCSXDZ2AqhIBHqkCq7gQUbfKYoa0vub9mHU_ogv8Q0YSzwgVCju7bNyXoI6JcElvBHf62rw/s4000/20230310_115414.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iAsngNxiN9m8ySQB1wA-juwyiiE-XYy2OgQyxgJNoZrFCqz_ggUc_53yraMLHM8h5l4E0FMK9Yz93cUcXc3jAOGKuKUyUSBV_ZporiWwqC9uupQ0VWmnCSXDZ2AqhIBHqkCq7gQUbfKYoa0vub9mHU_ogv8Q0YSzwgVCju7bNyXoI6JcElvBHf62rw/w640-h288/20230310_115414.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above are photos of the kitchen and dining areas. Below is the main patio with a view toward the wishing well, the mother-in-law's quarters (accessed by a winding staircase without a handrail...), and the gift shop, which looked like a cheap yard sale. No photos were allowed, however.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lMO_rdt393clfkroENDxyXPD0M99ucpFvzHqJcCRYfooO-X6rL2cRElWfb7bLHB305_JJJcMuTHk4IkAl7zJq0VD7gbX9fHxqFRx-kL0eKOhI1RutPjrNBKR6WfF0MFhLMVIir_YQRHzmxw8cbq55C58rpAaBVdp639wRFzf_HMDY-u_jcFx2HkrUQ/s3264/20230310_115659.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="3264" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-lMO_rdt393clfkroENDxyXPD0M99ucpFvzHqJcCRYfooO-X6rL2cRElWfb7bLHB305_JJJcMuTHk4IkAl7zJq0VD7gbX9fHxqFRx-kL0eKOhI1RutPjrNBKR6WfF0MFhLMVIir_YQRHzmxw8cbq55C58rpAaBVdp639wRFzf_HMDY-u_jcFx2HkrUQ/w640-h288/20230310_115659.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1gZQ-inVw7vzzETYAvQ216kgG2JvcoenMPCY-MCY5zkC4q_8TYvV-ldE_9deHvKmdMndvcTqX1xH7-qrggjNa5WBFwKEgfRx6f-s-cUiCQ5tkx636c6WdJkiCUls8Pnp803YqNVPHXcM5IT_5RSh8MlebIsjnlHmHQ5-vCW96aO2DEbIcueD0JzReg/s3229/20230310_115751.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3229" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1gZQ-inVw7vzzETYAvQ216kgG2JvcoenMPCY-MCY5zkC4q_8TYvV-ldE_9deHvKmdMndvcTqX1xH7-qrggjNa5WBFwKEgfRx6f-s-cUiCQ5tkx636c6WdJkiCUls8Pnp803YqNVPHXcM5IT_5RSh8MlebIsjnlHmHQ5-vCW96aO2DEbIcueD0JzReg/s320/20230310_115751.heic" width="178" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fON1EKGEADdyiMEDWEWHdWV3dogCzTrCygZtrTyxtEoqK2foMKBqCpTSjUsXqqtLb_9mRWSSRwbCdbH44C5GrGgFoBEB7Y0nnkpfVnuGfjocNF3MkqNgUS22t7HrFJdqqXfFAt8XJZEaZ97NUPtdAvatoW2-FsIkvrzlC35J7E9dFqupD1pfz0jGmA/s4000/20230310_115944.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fON1EKGEADdyiMEDWEWHdWV3dogCzTrCygZtrTyxtEoqK2foMKBqCpTSjUsXqqtLb_9mRWSSRwbCdbH44C5GrGgFoBEB7Y0nnkpfVnuGfjocNF3MkqNgUS22t7HrFJdqqXfFAt8XJZEaZ97NUPtdAvatoW2-FsIkvrzlC35J7E9dFqupD1pfz0jGmA/s320/20230310_115944.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pw-0J8CWXmwm8Fcq1vEltksIPgOLyER-K2TjdNC-Iy96vdHWEzqF4xs6h0ihI8uFWJYvok-duF5NjYvF51FiMss1_nYHKeOg4W4zwjJojQzDVZn8Yom5igvF1NQ_eaPzAWoDKIMUrsZQ5SPG4X7vI2b0x-OjnLXw58CMKolZqLsKqpvl34FOeuJSTw/s4000/20230310_120538.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_pw-0J8CWXmwm8Fcq1vEltksIPgOLyER-K2TjdNC-Iy96vdHWEzqF4xs6h0ihI8uFWJYvok-duF5NjYvF51FiMss1_nYHKeOg4W4zwjJojQzDVZn8Yom5igvF1NQ_eaPzAWoDKIMUrsZQ5SPG4X7vI2b0x-OjnLXw58CMKolZqLsKqpvl34FOeuJSTw/s320/20230310_120538.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"He who does not like cats was a rat in his former life."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpN9FsrlSCeQyi_hF5MqArXpoOIlIr9kgL2GOUL0hGSUU_oN0mv0ANnefM7rqeiZKdmc3LOF0dAs99u9--Wr5-ygZX63b52IsLBEtwfyPa1GZpKgZlYEUwhCR7T5Fmqmw46C2uly_rfTk4NICphazePrHiwVH0704DNIDdeGrJumZYFguEfcxgi2GvA/s3264/20230310_120633.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="3264" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpN9FsrlSCeQyi_hF5MqArXpoOIlIr9kgL2GOUL0hGSUU_oN0mv0ANnefM7rqeiZKdmc3LOF0dAs99u9--Wr5-ygZX63b52IsLBEtwfyPa1GZpKgZlYEUwhCR7T5Fmqmw46C2uly_rfTk4NICphazePrHiwVH0704DNIDdeGrJumZYFguEfcxgi2GvA/w640-h288/20230310_120633.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the entrance to the guest suite, which was mostly complete when Gully died. It consists of two levels: a sitting area above and then down a staircase the trundle bed that stores in a niche under the upper level. Below left you can see the skeleton of the saguaro cactus that was on the site when Gully started building. It lived until he put the roof on. You're no longer allowed to kill cacti like this one, which must have been over 100 years old (given its height and presence of 2 arms).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92wNA5KH-SuzY7hJsXVBfzT1dF8Ubr7aUycH53lDJmIzf2_94CYG42HTiagUmuYm8iDxab5lxGTAmzuxodIIXmhywQ_24ltQYewH1nOjDphMOOEgcITpfncRSlQAS6Va9QN0JU7PnzlAjLaIG7gHGJ25D8QP2K1O2R4h1zE36CoeiJ6bQke1cqi4R6w/s4000/20230310_120807.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92wNA5KH-SuzY7hJsXVBfzT1dF8Ubr7aUycH53lDJmIzf2_94CYG42HTiagUmuYm8iDxab5lxGTAmzuxodIIXmhywQ_24ltQYewH1nOjDphMOOEgcITpfncRSlQAS6Va9QN0JU7PnzlAjLaIG7gHGJ25D8QP2K1O2R4h1zE36CoeiJ6bQke1cqi4R6w/s320/20230310_120807.heic" width="144" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdxtVeb_mSub46sbcfR3qSJd6lpPHwE3szA2cE5MS8H-_UE3TDdDBuicjQu1CnP6hSGHcB6z0IwjqVfGGuXOxbCQUgCcSUR-CqNmlp5UUvgGFkTfiTzeW-vxOoK1rlOVbpO7O1yngcu5V3lqkkfDkgYaB4LFoJxe88A0ps6pQgc_adBaunMEHlkcpcw/s3674/20230310_121350.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3674" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdxtVeb_mSub46sbcfR3qSJd6lpPHwE3szA2cE5MS8H-_UE3TDdDBuicjQu1CnP6hSGHcB6z0IwjqVfGGuXOxbCQUgCcSUR-CqNmlp5UUvgGFkTfiTzeW-vxOoK1rlOVbpO7O1yngcu5V3lqkkfDkgYaB4LFoJxe88A0ps6pQgc_adBaunMEHlkcpcw/s320/20230310_121350.heic" width="157" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the right is some furniture from the underground parts of the castle. Under the trapdoor the alligator is standing on were important documents and money Gully had made from selling what little bit of ore who scraped from the dirt while building. (It's the excuse he gave to acquire the land for free under the homestead act as a "mining operation.")</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoH436YZ_bR-BAKqB87Fu9knlXuJhqPljQ2V6g5gzKNr2a9fmjfFInOD29tohE410FgkxDC4C_iXfur64V4B1G0K1ANw7QQU-LATWF0orAc3dCOlvXwL3-De4Gcn5krnOFK-I8jdrPW8Eph6gUKOf5gOewqDrDJlFntk9cPCwnEjlYiMQ23xi1bVU1Ew/s4000/20230310_122152.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoH436YZ_bR-BAKqB87Fu9knlXuJhqPljQ2V6g5gzKNr2a9fmjfFInOD29tohE410FgkxDC4C_iXfur64V4B1G0K1ANw7QQU-LATWF0orAc3dCOlvXwL3-De4Gcn5krnOFK-I8jdrPW8Eph6gUKOf5gOewqDrDJlFntk9cPCwnEjlYiMQ23xi1bVU1Ew/s320/20230310_122152.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp687H9Lz9ddbC-sVGo4ss-Od1uBAmIHjU104WFSfEkB5eGJmIKKd-PjoyZ6hWFRemoPCJiT1RlMAT5Tt22xe4nuwvKvBY7gWYUQWJOBI-yqaCvC2_moyDdE0NFY4xQNpsYbyDygjLCLeOPKpv_5a1j48FNtwVSUvrx1Mzpt0Yay1B1ouCGCsEi6jUAg/s2607/20230310_121801.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2607" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp687H9Lz9ddbC-sVGo4ss-Od1uBAmIHjU104WFSfEkB5eGJmIKKd-PjoyZ6hWFRemoPCJiT1RlMAT5Tt22xe4nuwvKvBY7gWYUQWJOBI-yqaCvC2_moyDdE0NFY4xQNpsYbyDygjLCLeOPKpv_5a1j48FNtwVSUvrx1Mzpt0Yay1B1ouCGCsEi6jUAg/s320/20230310_121801.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1BP6qelxcxNvuZ0BaU8DTkCKrmIFjVTuCfg1bXEZnvIW-yEaOx_IiFzfIY-vSJQ2g1ySxP0aMts8PrxyNzbXIIF841Jz6yDyUTEdhn5DbzJdCDmDv37QWfVX5PZrYbtAPhwFzzZsEBnaK2bx2lvMKp1FpLgykWAShAnMcscFk274CrQ4mXPVCJPBCw/s3408/20230310_121813.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3408" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW1BP6qelxcxNvuZ0BaU8DTkCKrmIFjVTuCfg1bXEZnvIW-yEaOx_IiFzfIY-vSJQ2g1ySxP0aMts8PrxyNzbXIIF841Jz6yDyUTEdhn5DbzJdCDmDv37QWfVX5PZrYbtAPhwFzzZsEBnaK2bx2lvMKp1FpLgykWAShAnMcscFk274CrQ4mXPVCJPBCw/w640-h338/20230310_121813.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Woman who grinds corn grinds away her troubles."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxt_5YTAN2vOr6pd9TV0kVM7EkVgh-ERFelfojMuLePWf7xdbb-mH0ABKPVWozaDI2X-_5o2rG_nj9AHrfEKj2WIj85b4tFDywAQSHlo-AeuLOn3rFpj-dwU7leZGDaa1utJJ1CWWVO57E5TND1AWZzePKxhrbfZBnk-pme4N913urFiht3ULHBM0Wg/s3264/20230310_121920.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="3264" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxt_5YTAN2vOr6pd9TV0kVM7EkVgh-ERFelfojMuLePWf7xdbb-mH0ABKPVWozaDI2X-_5o2rG_nj9AHrfEKj2WIj85b4tFDywAQSHlo-AeuLOn3rFpj-dwU7leZGDaa1utJJ1CWWVO57E5TND1AWZzePKxhrbfZBnk-pme4N913urFiht3ULHBM0Wg/w640-h288/20230310_121920.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every castle needs a dungeon, right? I don't know why it needs whatever is going on in the corner below, which is what you see on the righthand side of the above view. Yes, that's a mannequin wearing a blue bandana and a star-spangled top hat. Reportedly they have parties / receptions here.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPe2Fr1Ori3fcf6R8bAsvUJv1c27W2oIb0ytSkxXAmWmK0VaKTBpkjNcWeaDol7LK-1-eOyqPIAmZVk-HBDLJ5Az2bau1Mj56xw3omVPAtOf2rcBz-yGlBlZj_f8X1W1nemAFG2KTumE6tyENykRkP8LtUDv7pIHf_oGWWwtAf2kEY9z-mQT3NM4_pg/s3898/20230310_121858.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3898" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPe2Fr1Ori3fcf6R8bAsvUJv1c27W2oIb0ytSkxXAmWmK0VaKTBpkjNcWeaDol7LK-1-eOyqPIAmZVk-HBDLJ5Az2bau1Mj56xw3omVPAtOf2rcBz-yGlBlZj_f8X1W1nemAFG2KTumE6tyENykRkP8LtUDv7pIHf_oGWWwtAf2kEY9z-mQT3NM4_pg/w400-h185/20230310_121858.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKvzymIFzydconm9TFkr74O1jsGeNqnFrLB09eOZwm9JVzoHQpJj8CDdAYgdrT5F6HA4U6sPSGKvgoJtSIbqW_X1xP7vOLIxOpsB6JP2YfDvj1VN-O17nImDrbrru8SI98yEuT12m4oPuzFQx_XcInkZhw6e6h-yLpm3Rv2DdPCO4l6bELwDIgdLtvA/s3264/20230310_122001.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKvzymIFzydconm9TFkr74O1jsGeNqnFrLB09eOZwm9JVzoHQpJj8CDdAYgdrT5F6HA4U6sPSGKvgoJtSIbqW_X1xP7vOLIxOpsB6JP2YfDvj1VN-O17nImDrbrru8SI98yEuT12m4oPuzFQx_XcInkZhw6e6h-yLpm3Rv2DdPCO4l6bELwDIgdLtvA/s320/20230310_122001.heic" width="144" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Above is the organ in the castle's chapel, where I was surprised to hear they were holding weddings already in the 1950s. Below is the "altar" area; they have the couple stand between the stone snakes on the floor. There is also a shelf with a collection of shoes donated by brides who have gotten married there.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSnXSBc7YabIUepc3qMUvDp0LN-83_o6ltM3a8hkfUarzXD3-MPhQ0zwP6SmzHC8-8fXSjgaPdoDL_IzT9xyFQ67Ks0JityQxdx0k6HVHi5uBZLSWlZ66qy-lBz5p73F07Vi5m0X8g1rTZIX6w3rizndbDq4flXDZVcs_CDWpbWToDkYqIV04VIEANA/s3264/20230310_122044.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="3264" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSnXSBc7YabIUepc3qMUvDp0LN-83_o6ltM3a8hkfUarzXD3-MPhQ0zwP6SmzHC8-8fXSjgaPdoDL_IzT9xyFQ67Ks0JityQxdx0k6HVHi5uBZLSWlZ66qy-lBz5p73F07Vi5m0X8g1rTZIX6w3rizndbDq4flXDZVcs_CDWpbWToDkYqIV04VIEANA/w640-h288/20230310_122044.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With the jigsaw puzzle nearly complete, our vacation was almost over.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHMxZCsY1hwvg8Hr0x7qR2_SM992tx6EHUsvapUM1Y7fwbeBJuW6MXPuA63aNzcRZj5Jccu_MnFXh-41myKfG9bpjqlJ0UPBVM3jxaGFZwdP4zbUEDe-V9v50QPbN0-0t3Ndl02EP1TsABp3vhpi7Smo6_zBjivoPBb60qyKTAD1tH2jmhtNLYpjxig/s2931/20230310_161850.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2931" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHMxZCsY1hwvg8Hr0x7qR2_SM992tx6EHUsvapUM1Y7fwbeBJuW6MXPuA63aNzcRZj5Jccu_MnFXh-41myKfG9bpjqlJ0UPBVM3jxaGFZwdP4zbUEDe-V9v50QPbN0-0t3Ndl02EP1TsABp3vhpi7Smo6_zBjivoPBb60qyKTAD1tH2jmhtNLYpjxig/s320/20230310_161850.heic" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459344908967814026.post-32538155395219277232023-03-09T20:29:00.016-05:002023-03-19T16:36:03.174-04:001 Train, 2 Train, Locomotive, Choo-choo Train<p>The next day in Phoenix, Dear Husband and I had a much-needed slow morning, since our out-of-the-house activities would be concentrated in the afternoon and evening. We did take a nice bicycle ride up and down the length of the dry and wet canals near our Air BnB. After I had a continuing medical education Zoom class, we hopped in the car and headed over to Scottsdale for our second baseball game, where we had to park and walk with the masses. After the game ended, we headed north to the <a href="https://www.therailroadpark.com/" target="_blank">McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park</a>, a free public park run by the municipal Parks & Rec Department.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZUmUCPh6pPEf3xWJlPJZAgkRhCIgJMt-lkj0qiZq5wZTPU2ezdow8PQ-nmTWpGoAKgaV5anPxn-nYsVYAlWJRbU1TUd5Q2n4HK37lKfX_bndX3lOtBxSz-XLWWifpLj5U285wplVPe_JiemSFz_mHcr-JlCDeTCqGruZ5ilvM4oFNYm3uq-Fo22Caw/s4000/20230309_163123.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZUmUCPh6pPEf3xWJlPJZAgkRhCIgJMt-lkj0qiZq5wZTPU2ezdow8PQ-nmTWpGoAKgaV5anPxn-nYsVYAlWJRbU1TUd5Q2n4HK37lKfX_bndX3lOtBxSz-XLWWifpLj5U285wplVPe_JiemSFz_mHcr-JlCDeTCqGruZ5ilvM4oFNYm3uq-Fo22Caw/w640-h288/20230309_163123.heic" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEGWAlGUprxCPuLtmpjB0nkUHKt2wrMRJh9OuYVr-cz3phrjw32pvuOwDihfIAygnQ_r6MkuA4VSC5v3T1_4C_1TFV2TgT9WZUnRuU9w8o9Dv_gZaxpAlCv9F73kW8J2xBdKL1um5-jEMWXgXHs8C4A8LpV_FHe4aEXNyNAESweWMrUEDwmM-ShCG9g/s4000/20230309_161910.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEGWAlGUprxCPuLtmpjB0nkUHKt2wrMRJh9OuYVr-cz3phrjw32pvuOwDihfIAygnQ_r6MkuA4VSC5v3T1_4C_1TFV2TgT9WZUnRuU9w8o9Dv_gZaxpAlCv9F73kW8J2xBdKL1um5-jEMWXgXHs8C4A8LpV_FHe4aEXNyNAESweWMrUEDwmM-ShCG9g/w640-h288/20230309_161910.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With a miniature railroad, a carousel, a playground, and a birthday suite, it's mostly directed toward families with young children. However, there's enough to see that two grown adults were entertained for an hour and a half.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuuGdDNKV2499vcKehJG8FMR7xb21SQGpI2WEDzcnc4xXTmnq7PQjtwx706teazD095C2O3UF4THKEWO17HdDDlV_1rot3AB_l5iBUHYJbXz78KXp0lSWOs2Q8wi8IBeISvw8o667RGBxqNTXznYBYyM5B25V_3VukvOnO9SeIhj1x-1pywEz_UWB6g/s2911/20230309_163820.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="2911" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuuGdDNKV2499vcKehJG8FMR7xb21SQGpI2WEDzcnc4xXTmnq7PQjtwx706teazD095C2O3UF4THKEWO17HdDDlV_1rot3AB_l5iBUHYJbXz78KXp0lSWOs2Q8wi8IBeISvw8o667RGBxqNTXznYBYyM5B25V_3VukvOnO9SeIhj1x-1pywEz_UWB6g/w640-h322/20230309_163820.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In one of the several old train depot buildings moved to the site is a small museum crammed with memorabilia. Here's a diorama of a signal operator. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60wb2XF-yCt_-Hn583wVB-xEL8iJ3eydmfRA9prAtR3GuhIjSSxI9hgm6oyjkP6tnz3neTaaeEdiG-82Ms7-eq3GfC4dNqStPQqO9oVfl1OrH7nfooW7jcG5gH-pBUKj5rMXNnhV16Ic-Q-VxTHA-RZt7ZM8LXaWBbNQOo_6sVMTO9yd89C5qGHtZMw/s2750/20230309_164108.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2750" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60wb2XF-yCt_-Hn583wVB-xEL8iJ3eydmfRA9prAtR3GuhIjSSxI9hgm6oyjkP6tnz3neTaaeEdiG-82Ms7-eq3GfC4dNqStPQqO9oVfl1OrH7nfooW7jcG5gH-pBUKj5rMXNnhV16Ic-Q-VxTHA-RZt7ZM8LXaWBbNQOo_6sVMTO9yd89C5qGHtZMw/s320/20230309_164108.heic" width="209" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The park is proud of being the final resting place of Arizona's part of <a href="http://mercitrain.org/Arizona/" target="_blank">"Merci Train,"</a> 49 railroad cars stuffed with presents from grateful French people after Americans gathered >700 carloads of supplies for them after World War II. Each state received one (and D.C. and the Territory of Hawai'i shared the 49th; sorry Alaska). Some of the gifts included these vases made out of artillery shells from World War I and these embroidered anthropometric animals.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51-3ueesoBBSddXlIyCG1idiPHSG7dxk0_h5RfNF_gTJYn1Xhuh8_a9Gtjypeb4EpubxKAnMbC5jdJq2sbJ9d_pKL3v7EpkDEQw6Q68jo1XTFjokMwRWNQ8niKLh_semxBeZyQ7YcHYIVPhSCUc8aHaYcgXHxunO1eAzO4nRqKELnaVtS_qe2NtqrOw/s1928/20230309_164155.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1669" data-original-width="1928" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51-3ueesoBBSddXlIyCG1idiPHSG7dxk0_h5RfNF_gTJYn1Xhuh8_a9Gtjypeb4EpubxKAnMbC5jdJq2sbJ9d_pKL3v7EpkDEQw6Q68jo1XTFjokMwRWNQ8niKLh_semxBeZyQ7YcHYIVPhSCUc8aHaYcgXHxunO1eAzO4nRqKELnaVtS_qe2NtqrOw/s320/20230309_164155.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDKnWMQm1P6oJ0cQdnU_9rvMrY11DILwuc08KC5BtBWGN0cpR__JFSWIM-WewA3Im-801bimvPuZyC1G1MqCqyKkZ1O6hA-W9q3mI8A4UOXeggPHkctVbKfATXs0S91OK1fQz_oELbn-13VbmKybub1NB0t1GIHgdfA4KuvmG_eDgtunTxcsQBD_nqw/s4000/20230309_170328.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDKnWMQm1P6oJ0cQdnU_9rvMrY11DILwuc08KC5BtBWGN0cpR__JFSWIM-WewA3Im-801bimvPuZyC1G1MqCqyKkZ1O6hA-W9q3mI8A4UOXeggPHkctVbKfATXs0S91OK1fQz_oELbn-13VbmKybub1NB0t1GIHgdfA4KuvmG_eDgtunTxcsQBD_nqw/w640-h288/20230309_170328.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There is also the the Roald Amundsen Pullman Car, which was used by every president from Herbert Hoover through Dwight Eisenhower. (The NORAD agreement was signed on it.)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPIjODWBAIRJ1f8BUIks8DacfxcM79VqctNCEIEj_FwRavx99pbdg0_FfJwhxDdrntf9LCUWAejOYG11jkKTBzPWCBSSL5b34JqJgVQ_s_ykScfDjQ_BK0RF8z41z8iyXZW93EDM7qvrAOA5XORMoLfmrdi6s16q6hQiaA7ciqYaW3w8YX8shyAonMA/s4000/20230309_165649.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPIjODWBAIRJ1f8BUIks8DacfxcM79VqctNCEIEj_FwRavx99pbdg0_FfJwhxDdrntf9LCUWAejOYG11jkKTBzPWCBSSL5b34JqJgVQ_s_ykScfDjQ_BK0RF8z41z8iyXZW93EDM7qvrAOA5XORMoLfmrdi6s16q6hQiaA7ciqYaW3w8YX8shyAonMA/w400-h180/20230309_165649.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaY0NkH8CJLv_hUtlRbK8Fz1NxlhjZuntDW-NdpSn-odBkVbna8MJ-P0YgX1515l55s9XHw7P6F3pI5oly1iIE2IPurAJyabRN2ktUoeGzbiRfmZNBFJ30wvQcRzEGNFOmSoLyZ7jieHQ70T7MwhJEV27Swkwb5N99wriqQsXt4KwXidpkEwEl55lSKg/s4000/20230309_165513.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3516" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBknLfei-t9GBuQaR4FQuYz-IMnAgyQSr2pZzVsRE4a5cf6kVvgpnaBXo4M2qb--YSp5ub8olJbZSRBOsXqChtg0mGCF7_k0yOpCDLWc6Wy8t-o9wPwgEo2kFC9AkpELWjN1yTnmWLRVC473Jzx9P2Eqvm7KijIXjIwbbdNeUt0jQ2t5PazU-agz6aA/w640-h328/20230309_165321.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the attached Baggage Car were a bunch of other exhibits, such as this one about the luxury enjoyed on a Pullman Car, and another on the Pullman Strike (1894).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKV0SsAzAUstTY5j8Y9Iq5i3UA0CX8DwzNjyTYlobVOirKGrNgr2MgKzYzTQKSGjUjdQ0pZpgawUBnXOoOIw3zPj0avJ3zsZO_eM72Go5taSgHOmWp2_NMQmV2kID0DwlLLZ3OX5TNOe1juCX2YKlr2eKpbz73KsTtYQ2dkJ6vBzd7GSsz7uLZyNU5KA/s3823/20230309_164932.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">On the left, objects from Fred Harvey's restaurants, which were famous for <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038589/" target="_blank">"The Harvey Girls,"</a> which was also a 1946 movie featuring Judy Garland and Angela Lansbury. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the right, dated railroad nails for recording when sections of the track were serviced. The paper on the right lists various historical correlates, like "1909 Orville Wright injured in plane accident," "1923 bathtub gin and home brew popular," or "1928 Al Smith campaigning -- Yankees in 4." You know, the important stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS34N3FqBepENh6PqAykn9RWR56O_JbzHOlTQc4Gf9iVf2pn1N-GZ_2rWquur5ZJE5moiKqrBWtnsZq0C81m7z9XDs-RmD-LDE8wY7VLVVKxS9n-tagyDQwolGobIm4lI_zAWAzzD1sqjtIpUH2ioYlROuQlsGUSwSAocJuxdHFUyCCj_yMtsG-XNqw/s2584/20230309_170456.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2584" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS34N3FqBepENh6PqAykn9RWR56O_JbzHOlTQc4Gf9iVf2pn1N-GZ_2rWquur5ZJE5moiKqrBWtnsZq0C81m7z9XDs-RmD-LDE8wY7VLVVKxS9n-tagyDQwolGobIm4lI_zAWAzzD1sqjtIpUH2ioYlROuQlsGUSwSAocJuxdHFUyCCj_yMtsG-XNqw/s320/20230309_170456.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then it was on to the main attraction: the model railroads!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Above is a sculpture celebrating the "5Cs" of Arizona: copper, cattle, cotton, citrus, and climate.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2h-E5H5UsJ3Nq6w2RhdcRN4_ayMZCRXD47XlfAEDN_U9_kvKhSuMz74TYzR-gwKRVh_uzFYyw1uAbxxXqpS4pCcoo_Nk0USq4asGm-CbX80jCkWT5WeYwnxHJBPxpukWb80JRD6he2mdAl8fvCibVxetlZlPq6BIiwPC2LIhmod8QaKMCGiaVHNSVA/s4000/20230309_170713.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2h-E5H5UsJ3Nq6w2RhdcRN4_ayMZCRXD47XlfAEDN_U9_kvKhSuMz74TYzR-gwKRVh_uzFYyw1uAbxxXqpS4pCcoo_Nk0USq4asGm-CbX80jCkWT5WeYwnxHJBPxpukWb80JRD6he2mdAl8fvCibVxetlZlPq6BIiwPC2LIhmod8QaKMCGiaVHNSVA/w640-h288/20230309_170713.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUjbEIVmEcJWsvF5GKP2_QXxwP_NY3qGR-Rw6jc2x4mH62byzHvK4wpLk0ZdqSIo8Vqeg2NuuqDK59nERIPdHONUuKnn-GerAF7VWHo7eXEVA2vljlzgdU28RAD28miF1vN0lqjIydmzbNlSD_mN9P__rjgtngKYhYF3qh9mBP7CRUNnlKOGlqsVrGA/s4000/20230309_171020.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUjbEIVmEcJWsvF5GKP2_QXxwP_NY3qGR-Rw6jc2x4mH62byzHvK4wpLk0ZdqSIo8Vqeg2NuuqDK59nERIPdHONUuKnn-GerAF7VWHo7eXEVA2vljlzgdU28RAD28miF1vN0lqjIydmzbNlSD_mN9P__rjgtngKYhYF3qh9mBP7CRUNnlKOGlqsVrGA/w640-h288/20230309_171020.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFsCzH4AoaHJzgXp5Ga1exkXNuDmPXHwLa0uAsToOLvkKJGNFEhRMKe4FtECEw15APjbHUxd8GbYukXZjJC9iPX_1cDAkbDzeZqesNtSP35i9YxO2FXPNn0dtBzUQJyXazru5b5qYMWnbVEIBCZCgWhfy246Ja-FmAzHooALj5kiLguzJSLd2tGaGEA/s4000/20230309_171144.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFsCzH4AoaHJzgXp5Ga1exkXNuDmPXHwLa0uAsToOLvkKJGNFEhRMKe4FtECEw15APjbHUxd8GbYukXZjJC9iPX_1cDAkbDzeZqesNtSP35i9YxO2FXPNn0dtBzUQJyXazru5b5qYMWnbVEIBCZCgWhfy246Ja-FmAzHooALj5kiLguzJSLd2tGaGEA/w640-h288/20230309_171144.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiX9haRTccPGyHawfwZOm4qHOUb-vjjac23vBhDNdAMV2xmuLrxNEbqhcAJEu4psPSs4E9_BMPTkr1och0QTKlMlIh2C9Luv-lC5Ax1vqgY8W1HKCklQOMGMBdUNIPj-leWZhq46tzDlTFJr8OjhzpRCFH0TOp5te5eFjaGw7MD9wUiyDDOqW4HXqJrw/s4000/IMG_20230309_171417956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiX9haRTccPGyHawfwZOm4qHOUb-vjjac23vBhDNdAMV2xmuLrxNEbqhcAJEu4psPSs4E9_BMPTkr1och0QTKlMlIh2C9Luv-lC5Ax1vqgY8W1HKCklQOMGMBdUNIPj-leWZhq46tzDlTFJr8OjhzpRCFH0TOp5te5eFjaGw7MD9wUiyDDOqW4HXqJrw/s320/IMG_20230309_171417956.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">At the drive-in movie theater scene, they have a camera connected to a tiny screen with a label that reads: "Now showing: Attack of the Giants." You can see me impersonating Godzilla.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQp71CnO0nCFztspHgb3KHcVOxyN0kfoBVO1NHl3UpXzd7ctk52OHmnn9Dxe5ZxMmUwHU0_SpojZ4H-OVYLUw_-MehZUikq9FIO0pl_rLJGSIBapSQ8Ag1LrY6rzLrEvka8ENmX5PZEQj6874gY_lGlkSAOBHbdiSgRj_O8_LIPERc6vwG6w4A_x7NQ/s4000/20230309_171512.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQp71CnO0nCFztspHgb3KHcVOxyN0kfoBVO1NHl3UpXzd7ctk52OHmnn9Dxe5ZxMmUwHU0_SpojZ4H-OVYLUw_-MehZUikq9FIO0pl_rLJGSIBapSQ8Ag1LrY6rzLrEvka8ENmX5PZEQj6874gY_lGlkSAOBHbdiSgRj_O8_LIPERc6vwG6w4A_x7NQ/w640-h288/20230309_171512.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">DH says he's always wanted to make a baseball stadium for a model train set.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDC9nT03LwbC7TopNARF3sy0cEjMkESZRfv57yPWHrye8W05hHx97cBfaQpX3yk9gEfYjnEY6iZ7ZpUz3Z1ZdyiZ_bgAAxv_KEfrwCYXs_A62JdUzxMA1MsNKUqErNhYAJlpdwRwbP_eVuUIElPDapwGtfg3robc4gIt4OuEpHKlpRmOfipFEXLP5dGg/s4000/20230309_171748.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDC9nT03LwbC7TopNARF3sy0cEjMkESZRfv57yPWHrye8W05hHx97cBfaQpX3yk9gEfYjnEY6iZ7ZpUz3Z1ZdyiZ_bgAAxv_KEfrwCYXs_A62JdUzxMA1MsNKUqErNhYAJlpdwRwbP_eVuUIElPDapwGtfg3robc4gIt4OuEpHKlpRmOfipFEXLP5dGg/w640-h288/20230309_171748.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This scene reminded me of the <a href="https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjw6_qM5Oj9AhV5_uMHHblvAC4YABACGgJ5bQ&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESa-D2ChQRi4mqtWqlGLi-Kn7AUISCuUixCKPJQu5dQHqOCMT15fZ8fthEIi1aZffNYRJZ89MJ7_Adl6pySUst2CZvuDKDzdzuq_Ulz7ZlsOnL4jYpg2Fe3kMd7T8td0xGQuUIiUzRG6rW0-mi&sig=AOD64_1EpaAs0xvFVnY07OMwO4z6-CYQjA&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwiciPCM5Oj9AhVFEFkFHc71DSIQ0Qx6BAgLEAE" target="_blank">Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix</a> (which we visited last year), because both have models of flat-topped and round Native shelters. Turns out <a href="http://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-desert-oasis-in-phoenix.html" target="_blank">I didn't put any photos of them in my previous blog post</a>, but you can see how much colder it was by the layers we're wearing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BjEC57T7H1P2krLflz5xkKo_Pp_kSm4_Hgbn0KRWTT4YjssvbjJPVbTvRwI0_hFr9-af1cjGZ64lDrDVGfucUbECuQdxTftKfTLeWDU7Bnz4ELbD15wxLyWHG-8oFK8ERk3Hx-AyQnekAC5W8JCQs77TR7OZZAYdgySF05JZhTCWOzJ9qDe_YMaMTQ/s4000/20230309_172509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BjEC57T7H1P2krLflz5xkKo_Pp_kSm4_Hgbn0KRWTT4YjssvbjJPVbTvRwI0_hFr9-af1cjGZ64lDrDVGfucUbECuQdxTftKfTLeWDU7Bnz4ELbD15wxLyWHG-8oFK8ERk3Hx-AyQnekAC5W8JCQs77TR7OZZAYdgySF05JZhTCWOzJ9qDe_YMaMTQ/w640-h288/20230309_172509.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Covered bridge to nowhere.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeA_SG45Qnsa-59uA7ZMdWEROw8TVCGECwEcDWkSONnIKkSuMzeXcdF82HxHnb10RQl1kMas4PmvyRKyH3oZWKiUAicJCWlcobnHjMyHpXVblWpcGGkBewwV4yrmtdo_3HPV1bswDHZtiAKRVBVlvUD8Ys-tonCegS8WGCRov63NYt2qw8rK6EL23g3g/s4000/20230309_173931.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeA_SG45Qnsa-59uA7ZMdWEROw8TVCGECwEcDWkSONnIKkSuMzeXcdF82HxHnb10RQl1kMas4PmvyRKyH3oZWKiUAicJCWlcobnHjMyHpXVblWpcGGkBewwV4yrmtdo_3HPV1bswDHZtiAKRVBVlvUD8Ys-tonCegS8WGCRov63NYt2qw8rK6EL23g3g/w640-h288/20230309_173931.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-Oq2LXABuMVh7LFccaW6_OOWWWXJhcisDSC0aeUzNQxwW8Ou2r_48kneb6FRvlVtCAo6d81OuazGPR1INzW5b2snCF6C7v_D9EUzfAzw290Y2LBmLr274Zl6UvzygIhAxVJ4uBCFzOZ2j2dkN3wi1po8lMKb8U_XJcOj-8AEqlUf-20xv9U7G2wqQA/s4000/20230309_173224.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-Oq2LXABuMVh7LFccaW6_OOWWWXJhcisDSC0aeUzNQxwW8Ou2r_48kneb6FRvlVtCAo6d81OuazGPR1INzW5b2snCF6C7v_D9EUzfAzw290Y2LBmLr274Zl6UvzygIhAxVJ4uBCFzOZ2j2dkN3wi1po8lMKb8U_XJcOj-8AEqlUf-20xv9U7G2wqQA/s320/20230309_173224.heic" width="144" /></a></div>The park is on the former estate of Anne and Harold Fowler McCormick, Jr., (grandson of both John D. Rockefeller and Cyrus McCormick of reaper machine fame), who donated 100 acres from their cattle ranch to the City of Scottsdale in 1967. Anne's son from her first marriage, Guy Stillman, donated his 5/12-scale ridable locomotives from his private property to the Railroad Park in 1971. The Paradise & Pacific Railroad has about 1 mile of track, and you can ride it for $3 on the hour and half hour.<div><br /></div><div>We decided to skip the train and carousel and headed still farther north to eat a healthy dinner at Desert Child and then take our seats in the Left Balcony of the Musical Instrument Museum for a nearly sold-out guitar concert. <a href="https://fraudoktordoctor.blogspot.com/2022/03/do-these-rocks-ring-bell.html" target="_blank">Last year we had listened to a beautiful classical guitar concert,</a> so I figured this would be something similar. Boy, was I wrong. It was an electric guitar concert! I guess I could have done more research when I bought the tickets, but it would have been nice if 1) the people working the doors had explained why there was a bowl of ear plugs, or 2) the sound techs had turned it down so ear plugs weren't necessary. We stayed until the end, but some people walked out after the concert had started.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOZRVM3mGWOgUK6n6t9KRKB-TUUbMBcwOEJ-XsI77eH9zjnCLd2_uapXZYDWAKzZmj9LoI8eUUPzcm17bJ9wczN7rzsPadTUAxgTscBMIaApO2KeqFlWZgKqwB_ABOuv-7Pxj4Mu-NVl3bxrNzvrZqxujE7KGdn4h5EXP4daQMt1CyKLOWQauUdufSA/s4000/20230309_195717.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOZRVM3mGWOgUK6n6t9KRKB-TUUbMBcwOEJ-XsI77eH9zjnCLd2_uapXZYDWAKzZmj9LoI8eUUPzcm17bJ9wczN7rzsPadTUAxgTscBMIaApO2KeqFlWZgKqwB_ABOuv-7Pxj4Mu-NVl3bxrNzvrZqxujE7KGdn4h5EXP4daQMt1CyKLOWQauUdufSA/w400-h180/20230309_195717.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCea96ZTrMus6vfs6gZ4gQYwa1jnlVy7cJjSgOHJVG6MUJsWJhTvCn4DVAuo0s4sHmoJoc13YilSyW9Xx8gnhAwyfYjL57DwVsmxCPn8BoAGCIM7-Uo2i6_pOQlXJ9GIcKbSyZ0h8OUgRBlS8r3Ag2NYDeQJnKk2QP247k6rMN5LtroE8Xgm_gRB6XQ/s4000/20230308_090441.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCea96ZTrMus6vfs6gZ4gQYwa1jnlVy7cJjSgOHJVG6MUJsWJhTvCn4DVAuo0s4sHmoJoc13YilSyW9Xx8gnhAwyfYjL57DwVsmxCPn8BoAGCIM7-Uo2i6_pOQlXJ9GIcKbSyZ0h8OUgRBlS8r3Ag2NYDeQJnKk2QP247k6rMN5LtroE8Xgm_gRB6XQ/w400-h180/20230308_090441.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Uh oh, the puzzle is almost finished!</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Time is running out on our vacation...</div>Frau Doktor Doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756474069436195020noreply@blogger.com0