The Getty

Traveled west with the Royal Madrigals and Hvnly, drove on the 210 fwy and south on the parking lot that is the 405 fwy. Paid $8 and took the drive down several feet below sea level to the parking structure, parked the Lizzie and we were on our way. While at The Getty we looked at artwork from several periods throughout history, primarily before the 1700's. Mother was enjoying the various paitings depicting religious stories; I would translate the information on the painting and at times before I said a word to her, she remembered the scripture from the bible and would tell it to me. I caught up to Hvnly and said to her - "hey maybe I should work here and do a tour in Spanish" - Maybe I should look into this. Don Ignacio was getting tired from walking around. My dad has bad knees, the knee joints rub on each other, he doesn't have any fluid or cartilage. Dad took breaks and would sit in the galleries sofas or chairs when he felt tired. We entered a different gallery, and we didn't know it but I asked, are these Rembrandt's? We checked on the information cards and saw that in fact we were looking at Amsterdams pride and joy. I was never aware that his paintings were depicting apostles or martyrs, and of his most famous paintings (shown below) is a self portrait as the apostle Paul. We took a break from the the galleries and went to the courtyard and had cups of java. We saw a few photographs of Frederick Sommer, dad was feeling tired from all the walking so we went down to the gardens. I need to plan on going back before Fredericks exhibition is over. A quote on the wall - "Poetry is the quality of our acts and art is the evidence that survives" - F Sommer. At the gardens we all admired the plants, the small waterfall etc. Hvnly took some sun rays while we chatted in the gardens. Mom was talkin about the family, house designs, my brothers and all sorts of stuff. After the Getty we enjoyed some delicious Won Kok Chinese food, we ordered our usual Hu Ta Shia, Tri Pa, mongolian chicken and one extra dish since my parents were with us, mushroom chicken. That sums up the Getty adventure, hope to post some more adventures in the near future once The Getty Villa opens.