Sunday
Bad night of little sleep. Cold slowly getting better.
Penns Landing
looking out the window from the hotel – 16th floor….
Battleship New Jersey across the river….
Walked on the promenade below the hotel:
A few historic markers:
Barnes Museum
Parking ended up to be about 1/2 mile from the Barnes. Saw this strange truck across the street.
Sent photo to Matt Almeida as a joke. He replied:
That is GREAT! Only in Philly.
I remember all the food trucks in Philly, but I have never seen a background check truck.
Looks like you may have stumbled onto a new franchise model. A cheesesteak and criminal record check truck. The back half can sell cheesesteaks and you can order your criminal record check from the front half while you wait for them to cook it.
At The Barnes
Is the slurping sound part of the design??
The iron works caught my eye. Turns out that Barnes had worked at the layout and arrangement of the objects in these room for decades. All part of a pedagogical approach (see John Dewey) to display not that of a museum. Then I noticed that the iron works were really arrangement of objects with their own shapes in counterpoise to various aspects of the paintings. The ironwork is a decorative element. There is not an intent to display them on their own.
Left Philadelphia and drive to Berkeley Heights for a visit with Ed and Meredith. Talk about their plans to move to the Seattle area, land and construction versus buying existing, Meredith’s retirement plans complicated by changes in retirement plans by the school system. We had roast lamb. It was Easter afterall. Met the new dog. Now forgotten the name. Energetic part beagle, 6 years old. Parker was in his usual question mode.
Returned to Hudson in time to go to Swoon for a drink with Dave. Doors closed but we got let in. Several people we know from Catskill were there. Ole walked in.