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.

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Hmmm sounds like

[chiefted]

The exhibit that was at the Legion of Honor out here in SF.

Did they have the design mode for Rockefeller Center?
That and the dresses were wonderful (guess thats the girl side in me, liked the dresses more than the car)

Re: Hmmm sounds like

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

Quite possibly the same exhibition. It was organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London according to the MFA's web site.

The other women in our party, all of whom are far more girly than I am, were all really into the car. But the dresses were cool too.

[pinkfish.livejournal.com]

fj and I were into the dresses.

But I was especially into the cocktail service.

The car was "eh!" for me.

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[rsc.livejournal.com]

jwg and I looked quite wistfully at the dresses --especially the purple one -- knowing full well that we couldn't come close to fitting into any of them and that they wouldn't be danceable anyway.