Museum Hopper

for training, my new company was nice enough to put me up in chicago for the weekend to avoid the travel back and forth.  my boyfriend, jason, came to town and we decided to check out the field museum , a chicago classic.  it ended up working out perfectly since we met a friend in the south loop for lunch and went on a boat ride afterwards, which was docked outside navy pier.   jason and i were able to use our student IDs, which was great.  we ended up getting the pass that allowed us access to the whole permanent exhibit and one of the special exhibits.  we choose our special exhibit to be ghengis khan   who i was excited to learn more about since all i knew, i learned from the movie mulan .  we really enjoyed the museum.  we started out in the permanent exhibit about the egyptians .  this was definitely the most crowded and loudest part of the museum completely with running and screaming children. i also enjoyed learn about the tsavo lions  and the man-eater of mfuwe .  i had

about two weeks ago, i was in chicago for the kick-off training of my new job.  i ended up skipping the intro to excel training (smart move -- it was optional!) and headed up to lincoln park to the chicago history museum .  i had been once when i was in middle school with my mother and sister.  my wonderful friend, kelly, also had her wedding reception there last august, but unfortunately, i was unable to attend. i got there a little after 3:00.  the entrance is pretty easy to find although my cabbie wanted an actual street address. i really enjoyed the museum.  i first tackled the first floor including the dioramas and the very old "mystery" american flag.  the dioramas are some of the oldest part of the museum.  the story with the flag is that they really do not know the story of the flag!  it is not standard print or size, so they are trying to figure out where it is from and why it was created.  i then headed upstairs to where the main action is.  i spent the most t

i cannot believe it has only been about 10 days since i went to the milwaukee art museum .  i was in milwaukee with about thirty of my closest friends for a fun weekend!  i remember the first time i visited the museum, they had a degas sculpture exhibit; i took these lovely picture yes, the famous degas sculptur this time, i was very excited to see the posters of paris: toulouse-lautrec and his contemporaries .  i loved the exhibit (mam does do special exhibits very well)!  for the last ten years or so, i have noticed the parisian posters almost everywhere except in museums.  the first time i was aware of them was within my college dorm on friends' walls.  this exhibit clearly explained the appeal of them and how the parisians used them both as advertising and then later as art (reminding me of the andy warhol campbell soup can series).  the exhibit walked through the chronological rise and fall of the poster craze in paris.   i loved the information about how the pos

i went to greenfield village this weekend with my man friend, jason, and his college roommate, jon, his wife, and their two sons who are four and six.  the perfect crowd for greenfield village!  i love going with kids since it is so much fun to see their reactions to the houses, equipment and outfits. we went on a very hot sunday!  i do not feel like we were as adventurous as we might have been if this had not been the case.  it also slowed us down a bit... i was surprised at how much it was to go to greenfield village now and once we got inside, it did seem like we were a little more nickel and dime-ed than we had in the part.  jason remembered more of the activities being included with your admission and i do not remember a charge for the train, etc. (although that used to be included in the family pass [which it no longer is] so that may be why). we started out visiting the artisan village, which i really did not remember from when i went as a child.  it was really fascinati

this is a little late!  whoops!  i participated in the women's football academy at the university of michigan a few weeks ago.  i went with my future mother-in-law and sister-in-law!  we had so much fun!  part of the day was time to visit the schembechler hall football museum.  it is located in schembechler hall , but seems to have very limited hours.   if you have ever wondered where all the trophies and cups that the football team wins, schembechler hall is the answer.  they are all in there! 2012 sugar bowl trophy! yep, they have a placeholder for the trophy! i saw a heisman, the brown jug and numerous capital bowl trophies!   i really enjoyed it!  they had details as well about some of our more memorable players including president ford ! if it is open and you have a chance to go, i would definitely recommend it! time in museum: 30 minutes times visited: 2 overall: A-