Morisot & Manet - Two important artists. The only woman among the first group of Impressionists (Berthe Morisot 1841-1895) and Edouard Manet (1832-1883) the father of modern painting. The relationship of two artists explored in an exhibit organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Modern Art Museum of San Francisco.
Two Trains Running - play by August Wilson at the Studio Theater at the Beck Center in Lakewood (formerly Lakewood Little Theater). The play is set in a urban diner in Pittsburgh in 1969. The Studio theater setting is intimate and cozy. Janie finds herself seated next to an emphatic and emotive fan wirh an emotive ongoing series of responses (almost like a woman responding in a black church reacting to the services, paster and music).
The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin
Dan agreed to take the trip again to Oberlin after I arrived at the airport on Friday. The third time is a charm. The Allen was closed in January due to some mechanical problems. The time I was in town before that was some sort of break. So I was good to finally get to roam this terrific museum. I left with a complementary copy of a beautiful book that served as a sort of catalogue of their colllection of over 14,000 works. I especially loved a Claude Monet painting he did from a window looking outside of the Louvre.
An awesome weekend in Cleveland Friday March 27, Saturday 3/28. Sunday 3/29, Manday 3/30.
Accomodation in suite #1911 on the 19th floor of the Winton Place and lots of quality time with Janie. It wan a memorable trip. Dan picked me up at the Cleveland Hopkins Airport on Friday, We lingered a bit over Haddock sandwiches (since it's a Friday in Lent) at the Winking Lizard.
I can’t wait to see Janie again. The Cleveland Art
Museum special exhibition Manet & Morisot is just the incremental nudge I
need to book the Southwest round trip from Friday 3/27 to Monday 3/30. Dan is
busy building images for his workplace apparel client and Netti navigates crazy
nursing shifts at the VA hospital that results in periodic sleep deprivation.
Janie has similar time-management issues as she is often on-call as baby sitter/grandma
and pediatric nurse who seems to be at the top of the list when someone needs a
sub to fill in for a shift at University Hospital.
The Winking Lizard is perfect place to bounce around from
NCAA basketball, the NBA and Majoy league baseball. Dan invited us for burgers
and baseball but we ignored the suggested timing around the Cleveland Guardians
game start at 7pm – instead contributing potato salad from Giant Eagle (the
former Pick n Pay) on Bunts. Duke lead UConn until the last few seconds and
some careless ball control resulted in Janie’s favorite (Duke) is eliminated
from the final four March Madness.
The Diner Bar on Clifton is a favorite of mine and Dan
and I lingered there for breakfast. Joe’s for lunch on Monday is the last stop
on Monday before Janie shuttles me back the airport with lots of time to deal
with long lines and ICE agents augmenting the struggling TSA (but barely noticeable
inconvenience for me as I had hours before my 8 pm flight).
Monday 3/30/26 is Lynn’s birthday and it was sweet to
talk to the Matriarch earlier in the day and Lynn’s sister Randy later on. (Toby
has been a widow since 1993 and Randy lost her husband David six years ago).
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