SAM was having a special exhibit of ancient Roman art on loan from the Louvre's collection. There were a lot of marble statues. There were also mosaics, jewelry, bronze inscriptions and sculptures, and a lead sarcophagus to boot. It was a great stuff. It was also unfortunately the last weekend of the exhibit, so it gallery was packed and pretty hard to get around in. Next year I guess we should just do Mother's Day in Rome...Afterwards we had lunch in the museum's restuarant. Highlights included establishing that our server was from Germany. Mike had vegan soup (I think he is considering switching to vegan.) Then we walked to our favortite gellato place at the Pike Place Market.
Just because we just hadn't gotten enough sugar, we stoppped at a really nice candy store at the Pike as well. Sandy was searching for a special kind of candy that Grandma Isobel had been reminscing about. We were unable to find it, so Grandma got a chocolate covered Twinkie instead as it was the closest approximation we could find to the creme filled chocolate she had described. But the rest of use got in on the action and tried some "Seafoam." It was an airy wafer Crispy wafer something or an other covered in dark chocolate. Patti used to get them with her mother when she was a girl.
We then walked along the water front so the Kitsap contingent could retunr home on the ferry. It rained a tiny bit, so we rolled the seismic dice and perambulated under the Alaska Way Viaduct.
Hopefully Patti and Sandy had a fun time on their day. Happy Mother's Day to Shannon, Katie, and Anna too!
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