It's a girl!!

Two babies

I am anxiously awaiting the news. Tomorrow is the day we find out if my brother and sister-in-law Chris and Christie are destined for another girl or will the girls finally have some competition! Only GOD knows...until tomorrow!

Daniel and I are looking forward to all the new additions. One in Boston and another on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. If you guys keep giving us nieces and nephews to love we may not need to proceed!

Love you and all the babies in the bellies

My first time

Today I went to my first exhibition schedule meeting. It was a fantastic experience as I was in a room full of intelligent folks who love art. Just Great!

In this meeting publications for the current and future exhibitions are reviewed as well as the schedule of exhibitions for the museum. Currently there is a tentative schedule up to 2011. I went with my co worker Nancy (it was her idea to attend) and it was a great idea! We previewed the 10 minute video to be shown inside the exhibition opening on October 19th Pompeii and the Roman Villa:Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples. Ahhh Italia I can not say it enough, I love Italy!

(Vesuvius)

The meeting did not last as long as I had hoped. My big idea was to go to the meeting and then go home, no such luck. I had plenty of time to return to my desk and begin a new project.

Shucks!

Venetian love

Lately I have been having flashbacks of Venice and it is tugging at my heart strings. Daniel and I spent our honeymoon in Venice last November and it was spectacular. Italy calls out to me almost on a daily basis. I say I will retire there but I imagine this is only a dream. Let a girl dream ok!
So today I checked the news of Italy at some of my usual web sites and came across something very sweet and a bit comical.
When you arrive in Venice from the airport you can either take a water taxi or a bus. Of course thinking it would not make a difference we chose the bus (it was more economical).
Before I go on... do not take the bus unless you have been there before! It is much more romantic and magical to enter the city by boat.
So, we arrive by bus to the main station which is bustling with people. Forget reading maps of Venice because none are very accurate. Somehow we found our way to the hotel (call it my 6th sense) managing to make it over a series of small bridges. We stayed right on the Grand Canal and loved it!
While we were making our way we noticed a new bridge being built to create a more direct route between the bus terminal and the Ferrovia train station. That bridge finally opened about 20 days ago. The designer is Spanish, Santiago Calatrava and the brige is made mostly of glass and steel. Here is a nice article on the new bridge.

http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/the-new-bridge-by-calatrava-in-venice/
http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/the-new-bridge-by-calatrava-in-venice/
This is the most comical
http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy/veneto/venice-will-not-modify-bridge