What a day!

I would call today a super success. Scott got up and finished his meet and greets with the hospital residency big-wigs while I blissfully slept in. Not a bad start, I must say. After a great cup of joe with my wonderful hostess and friend she made a few great suggestions for what to do today. At the top of the list was the Getty Center.

If you don’t know what the Getty Center is, take a moment and go look it up. To say it is an art museum doesn’t quite capture the fullness of this place. It is A-mazing!

Scott and I drove out to the Getty for the day. The sun was shining, the sky was crystal blue, and it couldn’t have been more beautiful. The center is enormous, like beyond the largest single establishment I have ever been in my entire life. So, we decided to take a couple of tours so we could understand where we were and what we were looking at more fully.

We took a 45min architecture tour explaining the building (which is totally art in and of itself) and its architect.

After that we took the 45 minuet garden tour (which, again, is living art). Between the breath taking views and the brilliant way the center was constructed to bring the surrounding environment in to the center as art, we had spent half the day at the center and not set foot inside the doors.

During a respite on the lawn we decided to tackle the Imagining the Past in France exhibit. No pictures were allowed but we were able to look at books and artwork from the 1400’s depicting life, religion, and myth. There was a scroll explaining the time line of the world that was 15+ feet starting from the creation of the world and ending with the crusades. The detail was baffling.  

From there I really wanted to go see the Greek sculptures and painting from the 17-1900’s. Millet, Degas, Renoir, Monet, and Van Gogh were the all time high light of this little excursion. It was so strange to be standing there face to face (so to speak) with pieces of art I have studied, discussed, and been tested over. It was real. Not just another picture in a book I had to know for a class but real and inches away from me.

So much beauty inside and out and we only went into two of the 6 or 7 buildings.

After the Getty we grab a quick bite of wonderful Sushi with MK and headed home to get dolled up for a screening of a web series she is playing in. Of course it wouldn’t be LA if we didn’t go to some kind of screening or premiere. It was a blast but we were starving when we got out. Thankfully she lives around the corner form a great little 24 hour diner called Fred’s. We didn’t catch any stars there tonight but I’ve been told they frequent there often.

We couldn’t be having a more wonderful time.

Love to all,

S/A