Art deco

[blinker]

If you're in or near Boston, the Art Deco exhibit at the MFA is worth a visit. It's not necessarily a cultural must-see like their major exhibits of great painters, but it's a lot of fun. They included paintings, jewelry, furniture, classic examples of art deco industrial design and textiles, a Frank Lloyd Wright stained glass window, and a lot of other neat stuff. One thing that I particularly liked was how the last room in the exhibit included a whole bunch of pieces inspired by New York City.

After the exhibit, a whole bunch of us went back to Dean and FJ's place to hang out and try some homemade ice cream from their new ice cream maker. For people who've only been making ice cream for a week or so, they're doing a very good job of it.

In other news, our new living room furniture arrived on Thursday and it looks great when the cats aren't sleeping on it. As soon as we get a coffee table, the living room will be fantastic and we'll be able to have our long-delayed housewarming party.

I start work tomorrow. I'm very excited and a little bit nervous that I am going to be introduced to too many people and it'll be impossible to remember their names. Still, I think it's going to be good.

Comments

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

It's not that we've given up, it's that we haven't yet had any success. Kelly tried leaving library books on the chair while we were out today and we came home to find Morgan napping on the library books.

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

Asia likes sleeping on books, too. I don't know why; it cannot be comfortable.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Cats have odd (or at least different) ideas of what is "comfortable". I had a cat who would sleep on top of the upright piano while I was practicing.

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

When I went to NYC last week to visit Tommy Katopodis, Scotty Heald got quite a shock. Scotty sat down on a sheet-like thingy that Tom had laid out on the couch. This sheet gives a shock on contact and is meant to discourage cats from climbing up on the furniture. I can get details from Tommy if you'd like.

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

I'm intrigued, but unfortunately my wife said "no!".
At first I thought it was a disbelieving no, as in "is that really possible?" but further discussion revealed that it was more of a "we're really not doing that" no.