Sunday, September 02, 2012

Saturday September 1, 2012


Saturday September 1/12 update
Boy!   I had a solid 8 hour sleep for a change!   And I’m still tired!  That’s what exhaustion does to a person.  I should have the next few days to recuperate. 
Today was an afternoon BBQ at Joe’s Secret Garden.  I take their photos and put them in Joseph’s DropBox account, so there is no more running back and forth with memory sticks.  My only problem with that is that the download is SO slow….  I love the afternoon meals at Joe's because I get to take most shots outside in natural light which was wonderfully overcast today, so no harsh shadows.  The bar room also has nice ambient light so I can avoid having to use my flash.  Today I decided to use the big Sony and it did a good job.
Today’s meal was Grilled Beef Tenderloin and Barbequed Pork, with Banana Pudding.  Everybody was raving about it afterwards.   It was my only meal of the day and I was so full I could hardly walk.   It was a good thing that I had taken the majority of my pictures already.
They even had 2 people plus a photographer doing an article on Joe’s for the magazine Vistazo and I believe Chris and Bettye got interviewed for it too.   I hope somebody sends me an electronic copy when that comes out.
Afterwards Chris and Bettye asked if I wanted to see this new art they were having delivered so I popped over to their apartment.  Two artists came up with a bunch of art, in addition to the one they had already purchased.  The painter’s name was Holger Zavala and the sculptor was Miguel Illescas.  They had one realist painting and about 6 abstracts.   I hated to admit it but I was not fond of the realist painting which was way too busy, but I liked the abstracts because of the iridescent materials used.  The effect of the art changed as you moved around the room and caught different light angles.  Once Bettye and Chris had decided on what they wanted, they also discussed other pieces of sculpture they wanted to complete their living room.  Art is such a personal thing but Bettye certainly has good taste and good ideas.  (They did not buy the big busy green picture.)
Then we all went over to Brad & Cindy’s to try out 3 pieces on their walls and everybody quickly came to the same agreements once we saw certain pieces in the right configurations.    
Then I had to wander back to Joe’s to retrieve my backpack, which I had forgotten there, before heading across the river to try to catch the #50 home.   After waiting a ½ hour and not seeing one going either direction I decided to walk to Feria Libre to see if I might snag a #15.   However it was already past 7pm and after another 20 minutes I broke down and hailed a cab.
That was today’s excitement.   Please see all photos at souvenircuenca.blogspot.com.  Hugs to all.

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