Not A Lazy Sunday!

My Sunday was both wonderful and annoying, at the same time. What a day! We headed out to the Art Museum on time, plenty of time to get there. Then things started to go South a bit. The exit we had been told to take was blocked, pushing me way to the South and West through massive roadblocks and traffic jams. Still, we finally got to the "right" part of town. Then I turned West instead of East and we wasted a half-hour going the wrong direction, then turning back around to get headed correctly. After one way streets and blocked roadways, we finally ended up at the museum on time - 15 minutes before they opened. It was a mess. 

As an example of our frustration, these five robes. They supposedly
are from five courtiers, all of different rank. We are told they are
displayed in order and that only the emperor could wear yellow
and have nine dragons. But all of them had eight dragons. The
changing spotlights could have indicated their order, but the lights
were random, not in a pattern. It was annoying. 

The exhibition I had been longing to see was plainly - "meh". The items displayed were wonderful, but the "sensory experience" aspect of the exhibit actually took away from the items, instead of enhancing them by emphasizing the thousand years of history that occurred before their construction. In many ways it was quite disappointing. Fortunately we had the rest of the museum to go through afterward, and we spent several hours exploring. I took a lot of photos, so that was fun. 

Lake Street is extremely multi-cultural. It'l been "Little Mexico" for
more than two decades, but it's also Native American and
Somali. It's ever changing, and the traffic is horrendous since
it's one of the few East/West streets that isn't closed by
construction. 

After leaving the museum, heading back East was a bit easier ... except we were driving down a street that is always a bit of a nightmare to get down, and a portion of it was blocked off for a weekend street party celebrating Cinco de Mayo. Yet another detour, more one-way streets, and some more guessing games about whether or not we would end up where we wanted to go. Finally we got back to our side of the Mississippi River, and we felt as if we could breathe once more. What a nightmare! I suspect I'll be using the southern route to get to and from Renaissance Festival in a few months. My usual route is completely torn apart! 

I ended up with Chili's grilled chicken and grilled steak
fajitas along with a lovely Patron margarita for dinner.
DH had cheese enchiladas. We figured we'd just
celebrate Cinco de Seis instead of Cinco de Mayo. 

DH took me out for a lovely dinner to celebrate my birthday (early) and Cinco (a day late), and we declared ourselves exhausted. Sunday turned into such a positive/negative kind of a day, but I had a great time spending a day in a museum with DH, so it was a good day all around, despite the traffic issues. So, I declare the weekend a win! Here's hoping yours was good too. 

Happy Monday. I'm back on normal schedule and dealing with road construction that's not as directly impacting. Huzzah! Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow.