On Thursday evening we went to the Sackler Museum for a special event called Asia after Dark. I really did not know what to expect but the event sounded great, and it was. When we arrived our tickets were waiting at will call and we went right in. The museum was full of excitement; this was a party! We bought a raffle ticket and headed for the bar. There were two theme drinks, one called Asian Persuasian made with peach nectar and rum and a minty rum lemonade (I can not rememebr the clever name). Daniel of course tried the Asian Persuasian, yes he drank alcohol. I know...but when in Rome besides he drank half and turned a nice shade of pink. Our ticket to the event was a great deal; it included 1 beverage from the bar, food tasting (dinner) from Mei N Yu http://www.mienyu.com/ and Johnny's kabob from Germantown. Daniel was quick to point out that Johnny probably was not his real name!
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The food was outstanding and the stations were set up on either side of this Anish Kapoor sculpture called Perspectives. http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/kapoor.htm#
I'm not sure standing next to this when on line for food is really such a great idea since as you walk you are morphed into a midget, a giraffe and then a complete combo of wide body from the waist down and gumby from the waist up.
Aside from food and drink there was a 40 minute dance performance by the Smithsonian Folklife dancers covering many countries such as Iran, Russia, Afghanistan and Uzbekestan, origami class and a DJ Delbar from RadioJavan.com for dancing until 11pm.
Most of the galleries were open for veiwing, here is Daniel with our neighbor Lisa.
