The MIA and The Bad Waitress

For those of you who were unable to make it to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Art in Bloom Festival this weekend.  I thought I would share a few pictures from our trip.  My daughter, friend Wendy and I visited the museum this afternoon.  What a lovely way to to spend the day!

My daughter "trying" to lift up the bouquet outside of the museum.

Me and my daughter.

My daughter next to a sand art painting and matching bouquet.

My favorite art/bouquet combination.  I love the simplicity.

My daughter's favorite - the peacock fine art piece and bouquet.

Two more interesting pieces.

The museum was packed but we had no trouble finding a place to park or finding the art work and flowers we wanted to see.  I love that my daughter recognizes pieces of fine art here and can speak knowledgeably about them (a wonderful testament to the Art Partner program at her elementary school AND having a mom that brought really little kids to the museum A LOT).  She even has her favorites that she has to visit every time we go!  Make sure you mark your calendars to visit Art in Bloom next year - I know we will!

After the museum, we went to The Bad Waitress Coffee Shop and Wine Bar that is located very close to the museum.  My daughter likes to go there because they have windows like big garage doors that they open so when you're sitting in a booth by these windows, it feels like you're sitting out on a patio.  When you walk into the shop, there is a counter by the front door where you can order take out.  If you want eat in just find a place to sit.  Once you sit down, the menus are at your table along with an order pad.  You find what you want on the menu, write the order number down on the pad, bring it to the counter to pay.  Then you sit back down and the waitress brings to you what you've ordered.  Here's a link to their website for more information and pictures of what a cute and fun place it is  www.thebadwaitress.com  As you can see by our pictures, we enjoyed ourselves.

Wouldn't it be great if every Sunday could be this enjoyable?!

"If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year....  Today should always be our most wonderful day."  -Thomas Dreier