One of the things on my 100 things to do list is to see the art galleries on Roosevelt. It's a little street on Downtown Phoenix that looks so so fun, and so Brad and I went.
It wasn't exactly what I was expecting. For one thing, it was kind of lonely and deserted. For another, a little pornographic. I will be slightly scarred by one picture for a few years, I'm sure. There was one gallery with the artist just sitting in an empty room with "Fears & Anxieties" spray-painted on the wall. There were little paper cut-outs and scary rag dolls symbolizing sadness and fear. Basically terrifying. hmmm... Phoenix art. Maybe all the sun is getting to people. However, there were a few highlights. We did, for example, find this cool framing store:
Also, we found The Arizona Center. Is it that cool? Not really. But it is very pretty. And what's cooler is that I went to a Journalism conference here in 1997 and hadn't seen it since. So I tried to take matching pictures of the palm trees. Unfortunately, that was before digital pictures and I had a little trouble putting up the old ones. Heres the new anyways...
Overall, I wouldn't say Downtown Phoenix is "happenin.'" But there's a lot of potential and a lot of construction, and while I will be visiting Chase Field for a baseball game or the Art Museum soon, I probably won't be visiting any more art galleries in the near future....
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Maybe we should try the galleries in Old Downtown Mesa? Might be a little safer!
I guess boredom can make a person do most anything. Glad this one is off your list. Why is it that artist have to be so stinkin' wierd?!! I think I will be forever scarred by the art history class I took in college (Hey, I needed a humanities credit and that is all that was available). Man that was a PAINFULL experience. The early guys weren't so bad but the modern ones were off the chart. The saying off a bubble comes to mind. I am all for you going to the Ballpark and forgetting the artsy fartsy stuff.
Wow...sounds terrifying...? :)
that's what you get for trying to put a little culture into your life. But it's good that you tried. I like how you can always see the potentail something has and give it a positive check mark in your mind.
Cute pictures :-)
The following link is from a blog that I read and it has ideas of fun stuff to do in Phoenix, which is where she lives.
http://www.africankelli.com/2008/09/16/local-rock-stars/
Thanks Jess! I'm so excited!
Sounds like a trip I'd take adding five children would have made it even scarier LOL Neat about Bridget!
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