Pittsburgh is a beautiful place

I have been having fond, pictureque memories of my trip to Pittsburg. On the way to the Andy Warhol Museum I got this shot of the Hienz 57 ketchup factory! I can just visualize what Andy would do with this photo! Well, I just had to do it to it, didn't I?

The Andy Warhol Museum seemed alive with the Ron Mueck exhibit. I wear it was so eerie, I thought that huge baby was gonna take a big ole breath and start crying any second! All of his works were this way. It was truly like being in the land of giants. I was reminded of David the past few days reading and listening about fear. It is a great thing to know who we are in Christ and that if Christ if for us, who can be against us!!!! I got Dan (my husband) what I thought was a yo-yo and on closer inspection after son and I got home, well, it was a magnet! I love adding to his yo-yo collection.

After visiting the Andy Warhol Museum, my son, Joshua and I took a stroll a block down to the riverfront. We caught the city coming to life at dusk! It was breathtaking, the park was nicely filled with art. And, right down the riverfront are the Pirates' and Steelers' Stadiums.

What's Goin' On

And I say, Hey, hey, hey, hey....Hey, hey, hey, hey, what's goin' on!

Monday morning, January 7th, 2008 after boarding my flight for Pittsburgh, the crew announces that by federal regulations, they are allowed to delay our flight for one hour. I immediately whip out my cell, phone my airline, tell them this will make me miss my O'Hare connection and I need to get another flight! No problem. I arrive to Chicago safely, check in to find my flight has been moved to another gate, no problem. I get to the other gate and begin to wait a couple of hours. Announcement tells me my flight has been delayed (I did notice a rather unflattering, large photo of George W. in all the newsstands I pasted on the way to my gate). I begin to wonder, what is up? A very nice person (traveling nurse) preceded to tell me her last leg(45 minute flight) of a three day journey had been held up. She also told me on her flight in, her plane had to circle the airport for two hours and the captain announced Air Force One was prioritized to keep air space open while in Chicago! So this is why I was waiting and watching O'Hare fill up with people!

I arrived safely in Pittsburgh, Monday night, around 7 PM, I was supposed to be there by 2:35 PM.

The next day, my son and I went to the Andy Warhol Museum, I can now cross that off my list of things to do! I bought what I thought was a yo-yo for hubby....My son pointed out it was a magnet!
Here's the stash from the Andy Warhol and Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!!! Yes, my son and I toured Cleveland on the way back from Illinois! I went to Pittsburgh so my son wouldn't have to drive by himself to Illinois for my father's eightieth birthday. I will have to show you the birthday and then the real stash! Yarn, not lots, some purchased, some gifted and some gifts and what my mom has been up to!

Mama's Got A Brand New Bag

Warhol now, Warhol then. His new logo, or should I say, new for me, I gotta say is pretty cool, I am sure Andy would approve! On this application, for my "new" purse, it is fascintating for me. The tag is thick, and it has a luminosity about it, due to its base and the yellow of the lining. I love the lining, it's bright and you can see what you are looking for in this great new purse. I have already dubbed it my new stash bag. Plus, it came with a banana ditty bag, which is also too cool! So, I knew something was up when my son called me from the Warhol Museum and was asking me a plethora of questions about what I liked about Andy Warhol and wow, I probably couldn't have picked out a better selection than he did for "Mother's Day." Yep, I get home after hubby takes me on a ten minute shopping spree (hubby picked me up late form work - he almost forgot me) at a great one day sale at our local Kohl's and I find me a desperately needed new purse (the big red one, yes, needles and project will fit), new summer hats, one for gardening, one for fun!

So, I get home and hubby's in the door first telling me, "Oh, a package, oh, it's from Josh!" I am thinking wow, what's up, maybe he's sent me his dustruffle to repair. yeah, the box looks the right size? So I grab a knife, open it and my heart starts to rapidly beat as I discover a really cool silver bag with the words, Andy Warhol, I am estatic. I first pull out the Marilyn Monroe Portrait Nite Lite (in another really cool silver bag, yep, that will work, then the really, really cool pink Campbell's Soup digital watch - it has red on pink digital display, which my son pointed out, he has never seen that before! Then, I get to the bag, , open it to a gorgeous yellow lining and then notice the banana key chain holder on the side no need to repeat anymore!

My son must know me or it's in the genes, because he picked up all the cool brochures (which I would have done to scapbook.) What caught my eye was the menu, a cute little pink thing, I loved the menu! I dig on menus because I was brought up in the resturant business (grandpa owed three, and I worked two-the cafeteria across from the courthouse, and the gourmet out on the lake.) Grandpa was president of the Illinois Resturant Association and the local boilermakers for years. He was a great man and served on the Peoria City Mission Board as director for years. Anytime I see I menu, I think of grandpa. Grandpa would gather up the men in the family on holidays and cater in the meals to serve the destitute. It was a great lesson I will always hold dear, I love you grandpa, you have been sorely missed for 36 years now, onto a greater glory, I am so joyous that he is in a better place!

I also loved a letter of rejection found inside the cool bag. It was so intreging and written to Andy from a famous museum rejecting his donation of a work called "Shoe." The letter was writtin in 1956 and little did this famous museum know! It was a real inspiration to me thinking of persons who have decided to reject me for one reason or another - does it really matter? The letter put a very nice smile on my face with more appreciation, gratefulness for myself and what I have accomplished and persons who do love, nuture and appreciate others and give honor to God who is the beginning of all inspiration!

Did I mention, I love my son, Josh, he is a great guy, lives around Pittsburg, and is single, looking for a long-term/married relationship? I also pray for him everyday and am very encouraged by him everytime we speak. We are seriously thinking about doing a podcast of our artsy/fartsy conversations.

My oldest boy lives around Pittsburg, PA. He's one cool dude. I told him about the Andy Warhol Museum and how I could not wait to go and visit him and how he would have to take me to see the place. So he has been there three times or so? This time he calls me from the place asking me all kinds of questions about what I have told him about Andy's paintings, and the one's I like. So, he goes home, calls me and tells me to open my email. Low and behold, I am so jealous, but thankful to have such a great son to send me great pics! So I linked these first three pics to his photobucket if anyone wants to check out more of Andy's art. Son says the art is rotated out and new is put in everytime he has visited. It's so nice to see works I have never seen of Andy Warhol.

Then, just because Cara has inspired me so, and I love green, I picked this Perrier painting to mess around with, pretty nice!