Renoir & the King of Prussia

Last night, Ryan and I hastly ordered tickets to the Renoir Landscapes exhibit at the Philly Museum of Art. If you're in the area, I definitely recommend buying tickets, pricey, but if manage to schedule the exhibit on a day with a lecture, you can make it a bargain.

There must have been at least 40 works of Renoirs-the exhibit started kind of slow with some history, but it kept getting better to the point that Ryan and I were looking at paintings and saying, "Oh, Wow." The man was a genius.

Little known fact: Towards the last 15 years of his life, Renoir suffered from rheumatoid arthritis so severely that family members and assistants had to literally fix the brushers to his hands in order to continue painting (the more I think about this, i remember learning about rheumatoid arthritis & the development of Herbedeen's (sp) nodes that develop on the fingers..very painful.)

"Bend something or other" -Renoir...this painting wasn't part of the exhibit, but WAS in the museum.

Some more from the Philadelphia Museum of Art:

AFTER the museum though was King of Prussia. King of Prussia was a mall I first learned about when I originally began my subscription to Vogue: late middle/early high school (style-nerd). I always figured it was right up there with Bal Harbour & Rodeo Drive.

King of Prussia mall is really TWO malls connectd by a covered walkway. Two Macys (one for each portion of the mall). Two Teavanas. Two Starbucks. Hermes (!!), Furla (!), Bloomingdales, Needless Markup Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom (!), Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, WILLIAMS SONOMA HOME, Ethan Allen, Urban Outfitters, etc.

I didn't hit all the stores...we only had about 2 hours to eat, tour and "shop" before heading back home for the Gator Game (which I should be watching, but after last week's game, and the Yankees games, I'm obviously bad luck for favorite teams). I never found Williams Sonoma Home, but I KNOW it's there. The mall has it's own map and nice little old men to serve as 'docents' if needed (ok, not docents. guides to help if you get lost).

Oh, and as for Macy's? (the only department store we went in due to time) Let's just say Ryan is in trouble (as if you haven't already figure that out...)