Erin Gets Out

I had two opportunities to go out with friends in the last month.  Both were fun and a bit out of the norm. 

Outing #1 – Cleveland Museum of Art and Pretty Woman the Musical

I went with Sandy, Tracy, and a friend of theirs to Cleveland.  We started with the art museum.  It had a special exhibit by Alberto Giacometti. I didn’t really know his work, but Sandy said he is one of her favorite.  So here are some of his pieces:

         

As well as some other things that stood out during my meandering.     

We had lunch at the museum cafe.  I had salad with some delicious mac and cheese. 

We headed out to make it to the “preshow” to the musical. (There is an actual term for this time, but I honestly forget what it was called right now.  Hopefully, Sandy doesn’t kill me!)  It was interesting.  There was a man who talked about the making of Pretty Woman the movie as well as how that led to the musical.  We grabbed a pretzel as big as our faces before finding our seats.  Then, we settled in for the show.  It was good.  I really like the movie.  The musical was a very similar (identical) storyline with songs added in.  I’ll still pick the movie over the musical, but both were worth seeing. 

         

Outing #2 – Curling

Sandy had posted a link for Learn to Curl at Mayfield Curling Club.  It was a 2 hour session for $50.  She asked on Facebook if anyone wanted to go.  I was all in.  We rounded up two others to join us – Rachael, a high school friend, and Erin U, the new family life pastor’s wife.  We left on Saturday, April 2nd in time to grab amazing food at Lock 15 Brewing Company in Akron.  Then, headed to the curling facility.  It was a BLAST!  If I could have had 4 hours, I would have been there for every minute.  The first hour we were instructed by Jenny, who had been curling since college (about 10 years).  She was fantastic.  The second hour, we played another Learn to Curl team who was (thankfully) equally as bad as us.  Curling is hard, but so fun.  I so wanted to practice throwing the stone the full length of the ice sheet to get it in the house!  (Yep, reread that sentence… so many good curling terms.)   I did get to be the skip (person who directs the throw and yells for the sweepers to sweep).  I also was a sweeper.  While I didn’t get it in the button (center circle), I think I made one in the house… which was later knocked out.  I definitely have a video (or two) of me falling; ask if you want to see it. 

              

We finished the night at Pav’s Creamery where we each enjoyed a flight of ice cream – 4 kinds!  It was a sweet ending!