Continuing our tour of the National Gallery of Art . . .
[“The Mill”! Heard those things kill a lot of birds?]
[Nooms? Helping people lead healthier lives through behavioral change and cutting back on the intake of Nut Goodies . . . ]
[A last name of three words is likely excessive . . . ]
[And to think Dutch Masters became famous as a cigar box . . . ]
[My dad is the only person I know who regularly ate mincemeat pie on holidays . . . ]
[With . . . ]
[Or without people?]
[At least he’s wearing a hat – likely an OSHA requirement . . . ]
[This was the special exhibit when we were there . . . ]
[I had no idea of his importance in the grand scheme of things . . . ]
[He taught, among others, da Vinci and Botticelli . . . ]
[Even advertised to and from the indoor facilities . . . ]
[David, and a now much shorter Goliath, by Verrocchio . . . ]
[The next 10 “panels” are all Verrocchio works . . . ]
[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, one of the great names in art. Probably because of the way it rolls off the tongue . . . ]
[Classic Monet . . . ]
[It was time to meet up for food and beverages with some of the locals. Here we’re walking back in the tunnel to the East Wing Gallery . . . ]
[We walked past the Department of Labor again . . . ]
[Then around the corner, the Department of Labor building in the background and off page to the left. This was our restaurant row across a small side street from DOL . . . ]
[This used to be “My Brother’s Place,” the place of lunches and after work affairs . . . ]
[We’re at the Dubliner restaurant, dating back to our days in D.C. It’s just a couple blocks from the restaurants above. The Super received some gifts from my sister Gretch . . . ]
[And here’s Gretch with Bill Gross, my old colleague and boss and now regular travel partner . . . ]
[Photo time!!]
If you don’t mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is a darn good shaving cream. ~ Barry Goldwater
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! This is the follow-up to the original, “alexandriacardinals.wordpress.com,” which overwhelmed the system’s ability to handle it any more. Thus, this is “Part 2.” As the original was initially described:
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“It all began in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, California” . . . wait a minute, that was Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show! Let’s see . . . oh yeah, it all began in 2003 when retirees, i.e., old people, in Alexandria, Minnesota, who had no desire to become snow birds, went looking for mid-winter entertainment here in the frozen tundra of West Central Minnesota. We discovered girls’ high school hockey, fell in love immediately, and it remains our favorite spectator sport to this day. Initially, and for several years, reports on these games were e-mailed to those who were actually snowbirds but wanted to keep abreast of things “back home.” It was ultimately decided a blog would be more efficient, and it evolved into a personal diary of many things that attracts tens of readers on occasion. It remains a source of personal mental therapy and has yet to elicit any lawsuits.
~ The Editor, May 9, 2014
p.s. The photo border around the blog is the Cardinal girls’ hockey team after just beating Breck for the state championship in 2008. It’s of the all-tournament team. The visible Breck player on the left is Milica McMillen, then an 8th-grader – she is now an All-American for the Gophers. The Roseau player in the stocking cap I believe is Mary Loken, who went on to play for UND; and the Cardinal player on the right, No. 3, is Abby Williams, the player we blame most for making us girls’ hockey fans who went on to play for Bemidji State.
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Photos contained herein are available for personal use. All you have to do is double click on any of the photos and they will become full screen size. You can then save them into your personal “My Pictures” file. They make lovely parting or hostess gifts, or holiday gifts for such as Uncle Ernie who wants to see how his grand niece is doing on the hockey team. If any are sold for personal profit, however, to, for example, the Audubon Society, National Geographic, Sven’s Home Workshop Monthly, Curling By The Numbers, or the World Wrestling Federation, I only request that you make a donation to the charitable organization of your choice. You have two hours and fifteen minutes. Pencils ready? Begin!
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