a weekend of appreciating art & nature
Aug. 21st, 2023 09:56 amAfter spending much of Friday recovering from Thursday, my Saturday turned out to be pretty mellow. I went to Capitol Hill with absolutely zero plan, and ran into ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
namoda on a first date! They were headed to the Wildrose, so I decided to... not go there and give them some space.
Instead, I went to Vermillion and assuaged some guilt: you see, it's an art gallery with a bar at the back, and even though I've gone there to see the art a zillion times over the years, I had never bought a damn thing from them. Well, I remedied that. The place was near empty because they were about to close for a private party, but even the bar itself has lots of cool stuff to look at.
Fun fact: one of the art pieces on the wall in Vermillion is a map overlaying Capitol Hill of 1993 with Capitol Hill of 2023; it shows which buildings have been demolished since and what they've been replaced with. I like it as art, but as a city resident and fan of that neighborhood*, it's depressing.
Did not go to the Merc because I didn't want to spend more money. Of course all my friends went. Damn FOMO.
Snarfed Persian Rose ice cream at Sweet Alchemy. Went home at a reasonable hour.
I went to Lake Washington on Sunday for sooper seekrit circumflatulation, and even with all the crud in the air reminded myself of how beautiful the lakeshore is.
*I did consider moving to the Hill back in '12, but at the time I needed three things: space for the Wendling, parking, and rent I could afford. I could pick any two in that neighborhood.
namoda on a first date! They were headed to the Wildrose, so I decided to... not go there and give them some space.Instead, I went to Vermillion and assuaged some guilt: you see, it's an art gallery with a bar at the back, and even though I've gone there to see the art a zillion times over the years, I had never bought a damn thing from them. Well, I remedied that. The place was near empty because they were about to close for a private party, but even the bar itself has lots of cool stuff to look at.
Fun fact: one of the art pieces on the wall in Vermillion is a map overlaying Capitol Hill of 1993 with Capitol Hill of 2023; it shows which buildings have been demolished since and what they've been replaced with. I like it as art, but as a city resident and fan of that neighborhood*, it's depressing.
Did not go to the Merc because I didn't want to spend more money. Of course all my friends went. Damn FOMO.
Snarfed Persian Rose ice cream at Sweet Alchemy. Went home at a reasonable hour.
I went to Lake Washington on Sunday for sooper seekrit circumflatulation, and even with all the crud in the air reminded myself of how beautiful the lakeshore is.
*I did consider moving to the Hill back in '12, but at the time I needed three things: space for the Wendling, parking, and rent I could afford. I could pick any two in that neighborhood.
