If I had three months, I have always wanted three months to research in
Egypt. Within the next month or so, one dream trip is coming true. I am
going to Philadelphia to see the King Tut exhibit.
I would also like to visit the FIDM during Oscar week to view the film
costumes nominated. Then watch the Red Carpet for the Oscars to see the
fashions worn up close. I would also like to see Debbie Reynolds film
costume collection
I have also wanted to go to the Costume Institute at the MET, then see the
Lion King play.
I would love to go to Mexico for Day of the Dead. I saw a mini-version when
I lived in New Mexico. I would also like to go back to the Folk Art Museum
in Santa Fe, NM. This is one of my favorite museums. The displays are the
best I have seen in a museum.
Go to Carnival in Venice. Also, go to Rio for Carnivale. Another carnival
related one, Gasparilla in Tampa, Florida. I would love to see the pirates
taking over the city! I was so close to going to Gasparilla and couldn't
because I was teaching at the time. These celebrations are actually high on
my list with Egypt and the Oscars. I party hard when away from the kids!
Those who have been at CSA symposiums know that I travel with a blender!
Last weekend, another dream trip happened...not so costume related but fun!
We went sailing on one of the tall ships. We took a short cruise on the
York River from Yorktown, VA. We celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary on
a sunset cruise.
I would also love to go to the Vatican to see the art collection and the
castles in Germany. My husband has been to Germany several times and has
been most impressed with the castles.
I am known for getting kicked out of museums... not for my partying or my
blender ; >! I stay in museums and state libraries until I am the last one
there. I always get a guarded escort out. I just don't want to leave until
someone says that I HAVE to leave. Well, last week, I got kicked out of the
National Archives! A new notch on my belt. LOL! I have been to the
archives several times to research but had never seen the exhibits.
So far I have been kicked out of:
***London's National Gallery, the Portrait Gallery, Tower of London, V&A, &
St. Paul's Cathedral
***Liverpool's Cathedrals (I'm bad when I get kicked out of the Catholic and
the Church of England's Cathedrals)
***Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh: Guards followed us around because I wanted
to look up close to every brush stroke. I believe another he-costumer was
with me for this one!
***Williamsburg Museum: I didn't get kicked out, but I was setting off
alarms from getting to close to the needlework samplers. I just wanted to
see the stitches up close!
***Virginia Historical Society: I was drawing floor plans for a class.
***Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: This one was not my fault... #2 son was a
baby and wouldn't stop crying. Irony, he majored in art in college. And he
is a big art critic! BTW, this was my first museum to be kicked out of.
***Library of Virginia: too many times to count! I was doing research.
***LDS local Library: many times!
***I even got kicked out of the Painted Desert. I will retract my VA Museum
of Fine Art response about my first. The Painted Desert was my first!
Believe it or not, the Painted Desert does close. I asked the ranger if
they draw a big curtain around it. My husband and kids thought it was
funny. But the ranger didn't and escorted us out.
Penny Ladnier,
Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
www.costumelibrary.com
www.costumeclassroom.com
www.costumeencyclopedia.com
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