Parsnip Crisps

Today, I went to the Cy Twombly exhibit at the Tate Modern. Today was the last day of the exhibit and luckily, I got tickets online the day before. It was a really interesting show, I hadn't seen much of his work other than one or two chalkboard scribbly ones. My favorite ones were a series called Nini’s Paintings, dedicated to the wife of Twombly's gallerist who had died suddenly. They were so spot on in achieving their goal of "absence impossible to articulate". The mark making was really beautiful and not at all something I thought I would enjoy walking into the exhibition.

After the exhibition, I stepped out onto a balcony that overlooked the river:



So one of the things I love about London's Museums is that they are free. Therefore, I didn't feel bad that I skipped out on the rest of the Tate Modern this time, I'll be back. Maybe next time for one gallery, maybe for longer.

So you can't see it in the picture, but at the opposite end of the bridge, I could see a parade, so obviously I had to check it out. Turns out it was a Fallen Firefighters Memorial parade? I'm still not sure. I got there at the end, and people were standing around getting their picture taken with the firemen. I happened to be wearing a orangish-red sweater and so, I got m picture taken with them, and thy were laughing saying I understood their dresscode. Unfortunately, whoever took the picture, didn't actually TAKE a picture. Oh well.

Other than that, a TON of walking today. Like 4-5 miles of walking. My legs are begging me to buy better shoes than my converse to walk in. I somehow ended up at the British Museum and popped in for a quick look. They have an on right now, like many big museums where you can watch the conservationists working on Museum pieces. The thing that made this exhibition different was that you could talk to the conservationists, and if fact, they encouraged you to do so. Today, there were three stations with marble sculptures that were being cleaned. I had a nice chat with one woman behind the counter who was not at all sad to be working on a weekend, as her department was now on exhibition. The different conservation departments are rotating through the space so in two weeks, textiles will be in there. I can't wait.

I went to other parts of the British Museum, but it was really crowded, probably the only downside to free admission. It didn't help that it was a weekend and still sort of tourist season. The number of people sitting on or putting their arms around sculptures to get a funny photo made me nervous so I left. I'll be back of course.

Oh, also, I've become obsessed with these:


I got them accidentally once, but they are strangely delicious.