Weekend

[avad]

__carina__ visiting from Germany. Chatting over humus and pitas at my kitchen table...then over to the internet where she showed me pics of the places she just traveled to...the Amber Room of Pushkin Palace in Russia....and a great site with floorplan maps and a virtual tour of The Hermitage. (Course I love the floorplans and navigating).The opulence is just

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[sendao]

Awww no more hugs :'(

S'ok, I got some nice hugs and good memories, so I'll survive. ;) And I'll be back... there may well be more hugs in our future. Look up!

[captainbigwig]

I remember the brought over the amber room to the meuseum of natural history in NYC way back in 96 or so.

It was really fun to look at them slicing and cutting amber.

And see all the bugs in side too.

[rokkitz]

oh... right... the amber room! i forgetted 'bout that tingie!

[pancake_meow]

I sent your earrings off today! :-) I hope you like.

[chaizzilla]

if you haven't already seen russian ark, do so :)

[avad]

oh thanks! I just looked it up, hadn't heard of it before- now I'm intrigued!:)

[avad]

especially since this video by Eve Sussman was one of my favorite things at the Whitney Biennial. She brought the painting 'Las Meninas' to life so absolutely, astonishingly..in every detail.