Not bad for Syracuse....

Rob and I had a lovely evening out last Friday. We met our friends Charlotte and Gary at the Everson Museum of Art and toured the Turner to Cezanne Exhibit. The exhibit featured over 50 paintings collected between 1908 and 1923 by sisters Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, two chicks with shit loads of money and very good taste. The collection include masterpieces by Cézanne, Daumier, Manet, Millet, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, and Van Gogh. One of my favorites was Rain in Auvers by Vincent Van Gogh (how hard is it to like a Van Gogh?)
Who knew you could paint rain?

I was highly entertained and did my best to entertain those around me. I always share my feelings and opinions about the art we are viewing...much to Rob's annoyance. It's amazing how differently we can see the same pieces.

After viewing the exhibit, we walked to the Mission for a dinner of exceptionally good Pan-American Cuisine. The food is fresh, original and well prepared. I had for an appetizer a quesadilla made of eggplant, grilled sweet peppers, jalapeno and goat cheese. I am still thinking about it....
The Mission is in an old church (Wesleyan Methodist) built in the 1840's. The inside is tastefully decorated with the traditional Mexican paint colors, an array of crucifixes and the old Virgin Mary in the bathtub display. I was not offended.