“I am always searching for more light and space.” — Santiago Calatrava
Week 33 - Abstract: Capture something in a way that it would not usually be seen. Look for the details, the patterns, the lines, the form, shape and colors that complete a subject and utilizing those key features, make an engaging image that has the viewer questioning what it is. #capture52 #capture52week33 #abstract #calatrava #milwaukeeartmuseum
The Lakefront, the Art Museum, Marquette, St. Joan of Arc Chapel and Gesu, the East Side, the Third Ward…
It has been exactly one month since I visited Milwaukee, but this print in our kitchen reminds me of the city I love. Bien-sûr, I love Paris (which is displayed on the opposite wall), but I was born in Milwaukee and lived there for nine years. Milwaukee will always be a place that I call Home. Here in Delafield, we are only 30 minutes away from our favorite restaurants, museums, neighborhoods, and marinas. We are staying away for now, but today I’m celebrating Milwaukee Day (414) and longing to be back.
“The wound is the place where the Light enters.” - Rumi
In times like these, so many are wounded — wounded by illness, by fear, by loneliness, by uncertainty. But there is hope and light. So many of the Capture 52 photos this week reflect the difficult state of the world. I choose to focus on the horizon. #Capture52 #capture52week15 #tellastory #astoryofhope
“The year has held its ups and downs for me; I'm sure it has for you, too. I'm counting on the year ending on a note of joy (and gingerbread!) and look forward to a new year brimming with promise and peace.” - Kirby Larson (no relation!)
For the past several years, Eric and I have enjoyed a New Year’s Eve lunch at our favorite French restaurant, Lake Park Bistro. We linger over Champagne and coffee and return home before the craziness of NYE ensues.
The pastry chefs at Lake Park created this beautiful gingerbread Eiffel Tower.
I looked online to learn more about the LPB Eiffel Tower and discovered that there was a whole gingerbread French village at the North Shore Boulangerie in Shorewood. 1. How did I not know that this French bakery/café exists? 2. How could I not drive 3.5 miles to check it out?
What beautiful details — the flower cart, the croissants, the sugar glass windows, the exquisite piping! Read more about it here.
“Well, I'm a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers were coming here as early as the late 1600s to trade with the Native Americans… Actually, it's pronounced mill-e-wah-que which is Algonquin for the good land." - Alice Cooper, Wayne’s World
This year, during Doors Open Milwaukee, we stayed a bit off the beaten path since we hit most of the major attractions last year. See photos from last year in gallery below.
The Mackie Building and 100 East Wisconsin Building
The Milwaukee Ladybugs, 100 East, and City Hall
The Chase Bank building with Carlos Rolón’s glowing floral cube in the lobby and 365º views of Milwaukee from the 16th floor:
Looking South | The Third Ward
Looking East
Looking North
Looking West
Visiting my cousin Frank’s Sadler Art Gallery in the Marshall Building in the Third Ward
Feeling melancholic at the Milwaukee Community Sailing Center
Feeling nostalgic on on the rooftop of the Catholic Financial Life building (aka Catholic Knights) where I lived in Grad School
Marquette campus looking south and the Court House in the foreground looking east
The Pabst Mansion
Cheers to Doors Open Milwaukee!
"Mighty is geometry; joined with art, resistless.“ - Euripides
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