National Cocktail Day
And I could sure use one already. It's also Reno Food and Drink Week, with a photo from Rum Sugar Lime. "Dedicated to the art and culture of rum." They have a lovely gallery . I have to get back on the line with work IT.
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Best Dressed - Week of March 23
Since we're never gonna see Zendaya's wedding dress, she's been wearing bridal whites for us instead. Sarah Michelle Gellar Dua Lipa Kerry Washington Myha'la Nicola Coughlan Anya Taylor-Joy Princess Catherine And a couple magazine shots. Olivia Rodrigo Nicole Kidman
Science is Fun Fridays!
The Artemis II rocket has made its way to the launch pad at Kennedy Center. The trek takes about 12 hours, as a slow and careful transporter carries the rocket approximately 4 miles from the Vehicle Assembly Building. The window for launch is expected April 1, so in this meantime they will be running integrated testing and final preparations. The astronauts - Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen - have been placed into a 14 day quarantine. Their mission will be run approximately 10 days as they go around the moon and back. The purpose is to test systems, such as the SLS, with a human crew before moving into the next phases. Artemis III will test rendezvous and docking capabilities of the Orion craft. Artemis IV will be a lunar landing. The Artemis V crew will begin building a permanent Moon base.
My Shots - Out and About
Forest Morning. Pyramid Lake Sunset. Lunch Date Downtown. Reno Glow Under the Stars.
Art Class - Boston Heist
On this day in 1990, two thieves posing as policemen stole 13 works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It is the biggest art heist in history, and remains unsolved. The most valuable missing is Vermeer's The Concert. Three Rembrandt paintings were taken, which included A Lady and a Gentleman in Black. Chez Tortoni by Manet. Landscape with Obelisk by Govaert Flinck. A French Napoleonic eagle finial. Additionally, five sketches by Degas were taken. The total haul was estimated to be worth $500 million.
Irish American History Month
On this St. Patrick's Day, I thought we'd look at the bigger picture. The Irish American Heritage Center is in Chicago, founded in 1976. Along with New York City and Boston, Chicago was a popular place for immigrants coming in. Port cities were easier to stick around in, but many traveled West as well, where railroads and mining offered work. The Heritage Center offers a library, museum, art gallery, and archives. Programming focuses on Irish dance, literature, language, music, and cultural contributions. There's also a pub. The Fifth Province Pub was built by founding tradesmen - stonemasons, carpenters, woodworkers, tile-masters and pipe-fitters - built from materials from the former Mayfair School. It would be the place to party tonight! Featuring: Sláinte!
Red Carpet - The Oscars
Wunmi Mosaku Chase Infiniti Rose Byrne Ejae Shaboozey Elle Fanning Marsai Martin Demi Moore Kate Hudson Michael B. Jordan