Ariel and I are watching Amy Sherman-Paladino’s new show about ballet, Étoile and then exchanging postcards. Her first one arrived today.
I wasn’t bowled over by the first episode, but I will happily sit through anything with Luke Kirby in it. I also enjoyed the dancing.
Ariel was not at all thrilled, calling it verbose, but not at all brilliant so far. She also was annoyed at the missing L apostrophe that should be before Étoile. It’s never a good sign when the postcard ends with “ugh!”
The Engelszell Monastery makes Trappist beer, and Sara and traveling party tasted some on this day.
Aside from this view of the choir stall and organ, Sara reported the presence of a sweet church kitty. Always a plus!
I guess we know that Prague’s postal service is more efficient than Vienna’s as this was posted 5 days earlier than the Prague postcards, but arrived a day later.
Sara says that they saw not only “the Kiss” but also a lot of Klimt’s other work on the first of their two days in Vienna. The second day, she and Shawn planned to explore on their own.
Sara wraps up her trip with these two postcards from Prague
Prague seems to have been a highlight of the trip. Sara tells me that it was the only larger European capitol not destroyed in either of the world wars, and it managed to escape an architectural renovation during Communism. She reports that this postcard was made by a local artist.
On this last postcard from her trip, she tells of their Mucha Museum trip and that Prague is definitely worth another visit.
Sara couldn’t resist sending me this “Disneyfied charmer.” Apparently the long arm of the mouse doesn’t reach all the way to Hungary.
Sara reports a dearth of postcards, which I found to be the case in 2008. I’m sure it’s gotten much worse since then. Sara’s hotel is right on the river; she and Shawn went for a walk and saw the sights.
Look at these fun stamps that came along with the postcard!
This is a very pretty ad card for this event in Northern Idaho.
Sara says hello from finals week in Arcata. She is excited for the semester to be done.
Sara sent this painting of a girl taking a nap (the text on the back with information about the painting is too small for me to read, and I don’t want to go and find the magnifying glass). As a fan of naps, I’m all for this picture.
Then we have the well known Renoir (which I know both because it’s famous and because the explanatory information is in a readable font.)
Both postcards arrived on the same day (!). Sara reports that she found these postcards while updating her office, which made room for all the books she is going to read for Notables.
Sara sent this postcard after her return from her North Carolina visit. The barcode sticker is blocking the crucial information that this is a postcard about the UNC Libraries, always a fun thing to visit. She was correct that the postcard would make a fun send.
Sara really liked the campus (she called it stunning) and the flora (the cherries and tulip magnolias were in bloom) and the food (biscuits at three different meals and okra at two). Overall, a great trip for her.
I returned from my vacation to find that Sara had sent me a postcard from her sister trip to North Carolina. Jessie and Sara were visiting their cousin.
I quite like this colored pencil drawing by Egon Schiele, which the internet tells me was done the same year as his death at 28: 1918. Also nice, the washi tape Sara got at the museum store and included on the other side of the postcard.
“Let’s keep an eye out for a mailbox,” I said to Matt as we set out for the airport. I had a few things to post. Imagine my surprise when I saw this quite large mail receptacle outside of the card store at PDX. Mail posted!
From there it was on through security and to our gate for our short flight to Las Vegas.
