Museum Hopper

We went to the Newport Aquarium on a Sunday rainy afternoon with my husband, his sister and her almost two year old son!   I had not been in a while and we went about two hours before close.  It was just the right amount of time.   The aquarium is not cheap -- it is worth making sure that you are in the mood and can spend as much time as you need to there.  I think they charge since they are fairly restricted in how many people can be in there.  That being said, it feels like it is always crowded.   We followed the path.  Our nephew loved splashing in the water at the different exhibits where you could touch the animals.  It did remind me of the Finding Dory scene where all the animals hide!  The turtles were great and he loved seeing those.  He kept pointing out all the fish and their colors.  He seemed more engaged at the aquarium than at the zoo.  Perhaps the zoo warmed him up?  Or getting closer to ...

A few weeks ago, I finally went to the Cincinnati Zoo !  It was one of the first nice, non-rainy Saturdays in Cincinnati, so the entire city showed up at the zoo.  My sister-in-law and almost two-year-old nephew were here, so it just seemed like destiny. Unclear if we parked in a zoo lot, but our car was there when we got back, so that's good! We got there about 2.5 hrs before it closed, but there was still a line to get in.   I feel like we did end up covering most of the zoo.  I was a little surprised at how tight the zoo really was.  I guess after the Detroit Zoo with its vast acreage, anything seems small.  Some of the areas though seemed so small for some of the animals.  A number of the animals also did not appear to be out yet...hard to tell if it was still too cold or what it was.  Most of the big cats were not for example.   That being said, we really liked the giraffe exhibit.  We really liked how they put th...

A few weeks ago, I did a girls afternoon at the Cincinnati Art Museum to see the Paris 1900: City of Entertainment .   We had a delicious brunch at the cafe.   The Paris exhibit does require tickets, but the tickets are just for the day.  They do not require a time.  I was able to use my annual pass for my ticket -- all included! I really liked the exhibit.  It was in the back two rooms on the second floor.  The artifacts were grouped by themes and it was across a variety of mediums (if you will).  I liked seeing the jewelry and paintings and sculpture and clothes.   Aren't these paintings beautiful?  It's really hard to believe that at the time they were considered so groundbreaking.  The use of light in these three paintings was really radiant, in particular the middle one.  I love the landscape, too.  The blue in that painting is very rich.   Basically this photo is for my husba...