Chihuly Glass :: Do you know it? The stuff is all over the Pacific Northwest. It’s cool, or atleast I’ve always thought so. There’s a new museum at the Seattle Center – The Chihuly Garden & Glass Museum. It’s a controversial establishment because it’s privately owned, but on public grounds. So, perhaps depending on one’s perspective that’s a downside of the place.

Here’s an upside – the place is cool. I can only hope that someday I will be invited to a party there. The event space is so awesome and as museums go, I was pleasantly surprised.

That, and the museum showcases so well the passion of an artist. I’m always always always attracted to people who are in love with what they do and how they spend their days.  Dale Chihuly has spent his whole life making glass and he loves it –in a crazed maniacal way that I admire and find so attractive.

The museum felt like Disneyland in a strange way. Walking through it my mind just wandered into some imaginary place. I wanted to be small and run the through the glass sculptures, slide down them, play in them and in the colors they are made of.

“I want people to be overwelmed with light and color in a way they have never experienced.” – Dale Chihuly

Mission accomplished Mr. Chihuly.

GELATO:: Perhaps you’ve heard, I kind of REALLY LIKE gelato. I once spent a few months in Chile and while I have many fond memories of my experiences there the best thing that happened to me while in Chile was the gelato.

This weekend, while watching the Olympic Gymnastics Trials, I may have eaten half a pint of gelato [major benefit of performing in a leotard no longer being part of my life].

All this to say, the brand and flavor of gelato pictured above is definitely worth trying. My friend, who is a kindergarten teacher, bought it for us to consume on recommendation from the mom’s of several of her students. Having tasted the stuff, let’s just say that as far as I’m concerned those kindergarten soccer moms are THE experts when it comes to choosing your gelato.