BUSY SUNDAY.

sunday we decided to get up and go! after our morning walk, we grabbed a groupon now deal. it was for a little coffee shop in my dream neighborhood, congress park. very similar to my nashville love, sylvan park. under the umbrella cafe had great reviews, so we were excited to try it out.

90+ degrees. weather be damned, he was having coffee.

giant breakfast burrito. b gave it two thumbs up. as you can see, the silverware were making their way in, barely waiting for me to snap a shot!

the mexican. green chiles, turkey and pepper jack. delish.

next door is the daily scoop. we saw the owner giving out dog treats and being generally really friendly, so we poked our heads in. i have never had frozen custard before and i am a hardscoop ice cream supporter all the way, but this was amazing. we got snickers on top and it was perfection.

next stop: the denver art museum for the yves saint laurent retrospective! i've been wanting to go since we moved. it's extra special that denver is the only place in the u.s. where the exhibit will be shown.

no pictures allowed inside. woh, woh. my favorites included video of women marching in france and referencing wearing pants. can you imagine wearing pants being controversial?! we got to see amazing outfits and listen to saint laurent speak on his designs. my favorite quote was, "the most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves. but for those who haven't had the fortune of finding this happiness, i am there." isn't that romantic?

on the love theme, he sent out valentine's day cards every year. the art museum is selling postcard versions of them and i just had to have some.

a surprising hit: the madeleine albright exhibit. actually, it was an exhibit of her brooches! in her role as secretary of state she chose what pin she wore every day based on her meeting or her mood. she wore some in foreign countries, had one made out of pieces of the berlin wall and was given a pin by a young man whose mother had died in hurricane katrina. she has a truly amazing story. i want to read more about her. i'll add it to the summer to-do list!

oh, you know, just some cows. more of denver's public art on our way out.

getting artsy.

this weekend we went downtown to check out the ysl exhibit at the denver art museum. the museum is right beyond these red pillars. unfortunately, the exhibit sold out for the first time that day. but, we were downtown anyway, so i finally got to take photos of some of the crazy installation art that i've driven by.

doesn't this make you think of beauty and the beast when all the furniture comes alive and helps out? {my swiffer could hop up and mop these floors anytime it likes.}

the public library is right on the other side of this building.

mini-mountains. 

horse on a chair. 

in the very center of downtown.all the occupy denver residents watched us walk around and take these photos.

there we are!

it was another great weekend, capped off a costco run, getting my birthday gift all set up and sleeping approximately 20 hours on sunday. and that is my kind of weekend.

currently craving: watercolors.

{via dear friend}

{anthro}

{the unbeatable rifle paper co.}

this week's cc is kind of random, but it all started when i stumbled upon rebekka seale's etsy shop and then found her blog and she is from nashville and that only increased my love for her hand-drawn art. plus, i had already purchased these monogram cards from rifle when they were having a sale a few weeks back. and now i can't stop thinking about these detailed plates from anthro.

i'm know i'm not done with my christmas list, so i'm sure someone is not done shopping for me.

hint, hint readers ;)

frist center.

on sunday, courtney and vickie and i met up at the frist to see the andy warhol exhibit.

isn't the frist beautiful? it used to be an old post office and the interior is just as amazing as the view from outside.

lady sunday.

art deco everywhere. it's like transporting back in time.

and the view from upstairs.



i absolutely love it. i feel very lucky to live in a city that has a museum of its stature that can draw exhibits from around the world.

now, about warhol. you can't take photos in the frist, but here's one of my favs i found online.

you feel like you're tripping, right? although dolly is for real beautiful, still today.

there were beds, ballons and VERY odd/scary videos that went along with the usual you'd expect from warhol. i was glad we caught the exhibit on it's last day in town, even if it made me feel like i had done drugs. i actually think that was the point.

art: confusing people since the beginning of time.