Happy Andy Warholiday!

Happy Boxing Day!

Actually, no one ever wishes you a happy boxing day! They are too busy not going to work. We got busy with not working, too. We had big plans. Revisit the GOMA to check out the Andy Warhol exhibit that opened Dec 8th (you remember, Andy Warhol- who Kevin had seen everything already at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh- for free) and see a new movie.

We left for the museum around noon. It was a drizzly sort of day. Yesterday with the heavy cloud cover and 16 sprinkles was MUCH BETTER beach weather! The exhibit was very cool. I got to see everything I expected to see - Campbell Soup Cans, Brillo Boxes, Marilyn Monroe - and marvelous things I never knew about- Mao Zedong wallpaper, lips and shoes and giant guns! One of the things we most enjoyed were the comments/questions/information posted with displays that were written for children. "Do you think they (the stamped dollar bills) are all the same?" "Do you think there is a million dollar bill?" "Jackie Onasis (I'm paraphrasing here) was the beautiful wife of the American President John F. Kennedy. Her life was marked by great shock and sadness when her husband was shot to death. In these prints, does she look like she is feeling sad?"

Actually, we probably had the most fun in the children's wing. That is where they set up the "Silver Clouds" Exhibit. You can walk amongst and bounce about rectangular, silver, helium-filled pillows. One little girl was quite ruthless in her zeal for the balloons and would dash under Kevin and steal them as they fell his way. The other big joy was the photo booth. (They actually had 4 of them) where you could take your photo, choose your own Warholesque color variations, then email them home! No one was waiting- so we went crazy.

Our movie- "Enchanted". We were both enchanted by Amy Adams performance. The story was wholly predictable- but that comes as no surprise in a fairy tale. Still, it did disappoint Kevin. He didn't like it as much as I did- but the film was starting at a disadvantage on the Kevin meter, anyway. Family Film. Romantic comedy. Singing. I'm recommending it because I think everyone needs to see Amy. And, after,they need a grown-up film to continue their Amy Adams fest "Junebug".