friday january 22, 2010 queen anne trip

once upon a time in queen anne

• homey feel
• richness
• kerry park ( )
• cafe ladro
• churches presbateryian ( tree with mirrors) baptist
• sense of community
• public art
• five spot

We are playing around with the idea of having a royal feel, to the theme. Hence the name queen anne. ( possible titles, once upon a time in queen anne.)

We first went to cafe ladro and had 3 delicious cups of coffee, then we journeyed on down the main strip. We stopped and took some pictures are the two church's a baptist and a Presbyterian. The presbyterian church had this tree with mirrors hanging from it with scripture and christian quotes. Then we looked thru a few more places. Five spot ( we agreed we need to set up an interview with the owners because they change their theme every month for a certain part of their menus).

We also went to a chocolate place. (most expenseive chocolate ever!). Then we walked on down to kerry park, which is BEAUTIFUL! The view is so incredible, it captures seattle perfectly. It reminds me a lot of volunteer park actually. Then We walked down into the homes which are even more breath taking then the last. It reminds me a lot of this part of fresno called huntington blvd, the houses were similar each very different but still their was that sense of community. (aka kingdom haha).

After walking for a little bit we went into malorie's secret garden( don't remember the name of the park). Then we went to the bookstore and found out about the historical society of queen anne and looked through those books and decided to check a few out from the queen anne library on our next trip.

To do next time 1. call historical society 2. visit library 3. set up interviews

HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY!

Thanks for all your good work in Integrated Studies this fall. I look forward to seeing you in January. In the meantime, relax, restore, and enjoy the holidays!

Best,
Chris

PS Books for next semester are listed on the right--click on the links to find them on Amazon.

Final Conferences

The schedule for final conferences is in the right-hand column. Note the date and time of your appointment in your calendar, and please be on time.

Monday, December 7 - class in MCC 511

Just a quick reminder that our class on Monday, December 7th will take place in MCC 511.

Maya Lin Exhibit

Here's an image from a Maya Lin exhibit at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle in 2006.

Limericks from class today

Popcorn always makes me happy

Girlfriends can make me feel snappy

And sometimes it’s true

She makes me feel blue

And so I became slaphappy

~

There was a young man with a boot

Who really could not give a hoot

His feet were still dry

Megan makes me cry

He sat and enjoyed his loot

~

A black rhino named Arthur

Who refrained from meeting his father

Skipped to the zoo

To see what he could do

And proceeded to meet his illegitimate daughter

~

I go to the moon after dark

I kill them all like larks

They all bleed green it makes me keen

I enjoy the sounds of the park?

~

There once was a boat out to sea

Full of lads and lasses drunk on tea

They laughed and they sang

And shotguns “Bang! Bang! Bang!”

The party roared above the sea

~

I once met a man who was yellow

He was quite the odd fellow

He drank only tangelo

While playing the cello

So at least his music was mellow

~

The unicorn went to the park

And sniffed at all the bark

It smelled pretty bad

And it made him quite sad

So instead he sniffed glue in the dark

~

I thought that it had been bought

Now I’m stuck with what I got

I threw up my hands

And set to the sands

And found all I had sought

~

My Grandma once said “Listen Boy,

So I sat up and put down my toy,

Eat up some sweets lad

And don’t dare be bad

Or Santa won’t bring you no joy”

~

There once was a young man named Huy,

Who turned into a tall, stripy tree

He kicked and he cried

He wept and he tried

So a lumberjack let him go free

~

There was a poor lady in London

On her foot there was once quite a bunion

She wasn’t a witch

But her foot had an itch

So she had several onions

~

A cat sat upon a tall wall

And made a long delectable call

No one answered him

He felt quite grim

A rat sat in a small hall

~

A protestant man from New York

Flew fast away on a stork

In Dallas its said

He wore on his head

So many poked him with a fork

~

Up on an apple tree limb

A robin and squirrel so prim

Began first to squirm

Harassed by a work

The poem was written on a whim

~

If people were thinking of cheese

They would happily fall on their knees

To grab their keys

As if they were bees

And to all, “cheese please”

Andy Goldsworthy Stone Sculpture