Today we had a fantastic day at the Getty Center in L.A. Saw lots of great art... one of which was van Gogh's "Irises" which is ALWAYs a treat! For any of you that saw our pictures from our Paris trip last year... you may recall that we had a great pic of Jon standing beside a Giacometti sculpture. Well, we saw a variation of the same work... but I couldn't persuade him to do it again... so I had to be the one to pose with it this time! While sitting in my FAVORITE spot in the world (the stone bench that looks onto the reflecting pool in courtyard area of the Getty...) I saw a guy walk by wearing a super classy t-shirt... "Master Baiter - Bait and Tackle Shop". I just can't believe people actually buy this stuff... let alone wear it in public! But... who am I to judge!
One of the rotating exhibits that we saw was a series of photographs taken in L.A. by a photographer named John Humble. While we were looking at the photos (which were indeed nice!) a woman sidled up to me and said "That's the artist over there..." I turned to look and she said "the tall guy..." I was all "Cool!" At first I thought she mistook me for someone else... then decided she was just being friendly. I alerted Jon to the fact that the artist was present... and the woman proceeded to say "If you asked for his autograph... it would just make his day!" At this point... I realized that she is his wife, or friend or something! SHAMELESS! It was kind of funny though... we assumed that this was the first time he had visited the installation... as he took a good handful or two of the exhibit programs to take with him or autograph or something! Later, I saw him again in the gift shop chatting with an employee about autographing some of his books or something. Later, I realized I should have bought some of the post cards of his photos... and had him sign the postcards so we could sent them! Ha!
Ok. A fun but exhausing day! We are back home and preparing to go back to work in the morning and return to a normal schedule after Jon's Asia trip.
