Picasso in Richmond

Last Fathers Day Laura had gotten us a family membership to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. It is a great membership as it also allows us access to many other museums and galleries throughout North America. On Sunday we used it to visit an exhibit we had actually been waiting to see.

Myself and Laura picked up Kris and Sam at 10 and headed down to Richmond where we picked up Tika and headed out to lunch. Laura had made reservations at a very popular restaurant in Shockoe Bottom called Cafe Gutenberg. She had picked this place because it had a great menu combination of vegan and non-vegan items. Tika was able to dine on vegan biscuits and gravy while myself and the girls were able to satisfy ourselves with beef satay, waffles, surry sausage and bratwurst. (btw - if you do get to go there - have the sweet potato fries but STAY AWAY from the pork sandwich).

After lunch we headed over to VMFA and the Picasso exhibit. The place was busy. Laura did point out that it was only the second full weekend for the exhibit and with 170 pieces from the Picasso Museum in Paris it is a large exhibit that is unique to North America let alone to Richmond. Thankfully my wife is a very smart lady and with our VMFA membership we were able to get in to the timed exhibit very quickly.

The exhibit has a great mix of his various styles and I love seeing the studies that then develop into the actual pieces so it was an entertaining exhibit to see. We actually spent an hour going through the exhibit and I know that myself and Laura will go back to revisit as it was crowded and we could have spent much more time there. None the less - it was fun.

After the exhibit we headed over to "For the Love of Chocolate" which is a great store down in the Carytown section of Richmond. We picked up some chocolate and candy and after dropping Tika back off at her dorm we made the slow ride back to NVa.

I am looking forward to myself and Laura heading down to Richmond to see the exhibit again and to also see the rest of the museum.