Sunday, August 23, 2009

Fine Arts to Fenway to Freezers

Our last week of freedom was spent exploring some of Boston's well-known sights.



The Boston Museum of Fine Arts. We got free tickets from the public library, but when we showed up it turned out it was donation night, so we didn't have to pay anyways. But at least with the free tickets we didn't feel bad for not making a donation.



Nothing quite like hanging out with TJ. Can you imagine what his statue would say if it could talk? Probably complain about all the people misquoting him all the time.



Renoir's Dance at Bougival.



So that's why they have all those leftover pieces in Egypt. They've shipped parts all over the world. How can the Egyptians be expected to put their temples back together with parts from Karnak sitting in Boston?



An exhibit at the museum featured men and women singing Madonna songs. The artist placed an ad in a Milan newspaper inviting the singer's fans to come and be taped singing her greatest hits. Life is a mystery...



Always wanted an authentic Van Gogh doll, detachable ear and all?



We had our first celebrity sighting. First person to spot the celebrity in the photo and name them will get an autographed photo of said celebrity!



We also stopped by Fenway Park, visiting some of the Red Sox's more famous former members. Even if they are currently in a freezer somewhere.



How serious are they about their baseball around Fenway Park? Well, just pick up a copy of the paper and you'll know.



Nothing quite like a giant floating jumbo-tron, broadcasting advertisements for all to see.

6 comments:

Merry said...

david ortiz in the boston cap or alfred hitchcock getting in the car that's double-parked in front of the hotel.

i like the van gogh doll. is that vg dancing in renoir's painting?!

Craig Weeks said...

Dang it! She's right. Not a baseball fan, but clearly the guy in the Boston cap is a big, black professional athlete.

Click: proof!

I think it's actually the woman with him. She clearly does not care to be recognized and I clearly am culturally illiterate enough to be completely incapable of identifying her.

Merry said...

does anyone besides me wonder just how many times the word clearly can be used before you realize the writer is clearly hampered by a teeny tiny itty bitty vocabulary?
i know what i'm getting you for Christmas...

Craig Weeks said...

Clearly it's just you.

Merry said...

6:31 am; that's your problem right there, clearly.

Merry said...

so, who was the celebrity?