As I see people writing about their summer fun, I figure I'd write about how my summer is going as well. So far, it's been fun, somewhat unusual, but I'm enjoying the ride. 😊
Anyway last week was the art fair, it's a big event (I think one of the largest in the world) as you walk several blocks to see stuff (although you can cheat and walk through U of Mich's Diag to get to other parts of the fair.) The day before I was in town doing some work, and walking around town, you get lots of drunks and revelers. Even worse, the pedal pub (a mobile bar where the intoxicated pedal while the bartender steers, usually going slower then a snail with a sore foot, and blocking traffic), which in this case was full of drunks singing Justin Beiber's “Baby” (I kid you not! I could hear it clear across the Diag), and toasting people with White Claw. I'm like, “Did I step through a portal into hell? I gotta get out of here before they start singing that 'Yummy' song.” 🤮@amoxi warned me about those pedal pubs, and she wasn't kidding!
So art-fair day comes, and since I don't want to pay $20 to park in closer to town, I park in the suburbs nearby; I have to walk further, but I'm doing that anyway. I also have a way of picking up friends like this on the way, this girl laying on the porch of some house sees me, and jumps down and walks up to me without me calling her over, wanting pets which she got from me for a good 20 minutes.
So onto the fair. I find it amusing that the people who have signs on their booths that say, "no photos" always feature ugly artworks that I wouldn't want in my house if they paid me, so lord knows I wouldn't waste megapixels on that drivel. Fortunately those are the rarities, and when you get past the grandma crafts, there's some nice stuff (that I usually can't afford), and I had a good time chatting with many of the artists picking up tips and tricks.
A view of the one street from the parking garage.
I didn't know cheeseburgers ate grass!
And of course there was a stand selling penis and vulvae waffles. No I didn't buy any (they wanted $13 a piece for the coochie one, and I'd rather eat the real thing. 😊)
And of course some artworks. I love these metal sculptures.
This guy who does metal prints of underwater landscapes had the best advert of all. 🤣🤣🤣
I did buy some artworks though, two colorful prints. The artist encouraged me to get them framed (which I haven't done yet, but I plan to do.)
Luminescence
Orange Square
Simple and abstract, but I loved what I saw and wanted a print.
I finished out the day at the fair with ice cream: Banana fudge and pistachio (since they didn't have blue moon!). 😁
So another weekend I decided to make a trip the science museum. Only problem with this area, is I always seem to run into lots of rich yuppies with no taste or brains. Case in point, I go to the mall, and lots of stores sell overpriced junk that I wouldn't be caught dead in. I'm a guy, I don't know shit about fashion, I'm like "if the shoe fits wear it!" I couldn't tell you the difference between Versace, Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuiton, Jimmy Choo, Balenciaga, Burberry, or Max Mara (although I've had a few women on SG tell me they wouldn't be caught dead with a Louis Vuitton product, I don't get the appeal.) @rainedemure and I were discussing this a few months ago, where she was looking at clothes online, and found a site that wanted a few thousand dollars for a dress that made the wearer look like they were mauled by a bear. 🤣 I look at stores like Burberry and it looks like people covered by tarps, and wonder to myself if people really pay big bucks to look like a cross between Frankenstein, a walking kitchen table, and a shopping bag. 🤣
So then I head over to the local Sushi joint (@cheshire_ would approve); this is the place where a singing robot delivers your drinks and you have to pull dishes off the conveyor belt going all around the restaurant. Except the location near my house has a far better selection, the selection at this place in yuppieville seems to cater to people who think mayonnaise is extremely spicy; the clientele was even more clueless than the ones at the place near me: robot comes out to bring me my drink, these people were all dumbfounded that a robot was going around.
You can order custom rolls and other stuff using a touch screen.
Unfortunately, no soba noodles, but I was able to get a Spider Roll this time.
You have to be either high or have ADHD to watch those dishes in the kitchen slowly going round and round.
Followed of course by an ice cream of butter pecan, black cherry, and blue moon. (@helainked is going to get hungry with me posting all these desserts. 🤣)
And then of course off to the science museum. Ever go to a museum at night? During the winter months when it gets dark early, it's mysteriously lit up, but it's beautifully surreal.
The outdoor gardens with the water features, steam area, Faraday cages, and other ephemera was closed, but as I told @starry , I did get some other great stuff.
The mineral gallery:
Various birds nests:
...and eggs:
And of course a collection of various insects and butterflies:
Then to the planetarium for a light show set to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". I prefer a laser show, but this one was ok (not the way I would have interpreted the work, but c'est la vie!) I still love the music!
Of course it wouldn't be a visit to this museum without looking through the telescope (one of the main reasons I go there at night.)
Tall as I am, I still have to stand on a ladder to look through that huge telescope...
...still I was able to get a couple pictures of the moon using my cell-phone.
So far, that's what's been going on this summer for me. Still got a few months left for summer, so who knows what other fun stuff may come up. 😁
