Day 4 (Tuesday) King Tut, IKEA, Fabrix, and Lost

As my title suggest, Larry and I had a busy, long day. Today (Tuesday)Larry and I went to the exhibit of Treasures of Tutankaman at the DeYoung Museum. I decided that I really did want to see it and Larry apparently did also. We hoofed it over to the museum and spent a pleasant couple of hours thinking about ancient Egypt. We are both fans of Amelia Peabody and have been reading about her adventures in Egypt, so the exhibit is something that we can visualize as we listen to her audiobooks when we have insomnia. Here are some photos of what we saw (from the internet).





This last one is an idea of what he would actually look like in the flesh, based on his mummy.



In addition to looking at the King Tut exhibit, we also looked at a wonderful exhibit of Amish quilts at the museum.

After taking in some culture, we went back to IKEA in Emeryville to finally get Cliff's bedframe and to exchange his nightstand. Cliff asked us to help him with his furniture for his new apartment. He has been excited about it, especially since it is his first place on his own. We decided to have a furniture assembling/Lost season premere party. Larry and Cliff went right to work putting together the bedframe, while I went to an Ethiopian restaurant to get some takeout food. We had dinner together, then watched Lost together. His apartment has really shaped up nicely. He does want some sort of black-out shade for his window. I volunteered to try to sew something. It will give me a challenge.




One last thrill to mention for my sewing friends, I walked over to a fun fabric store called Fabrix. They have thousands of treasures at great prices. Although their rolls of fabric are all stacked on top of each other, the staff there really know their stock and help customers find what they want. The prices are amazing. I didn't buy much, since I may have to thin down my stash in Bellevue if and when we move. I recommend this store to fabric lovers!