Exposicion Arte de Frida y Diego

En el viernes pasado, mi esposo y yo fuimos a Atlanta para negocios con el consulado de Costa Rica. En el camino, vi muchos anuncios de The High Museum (el museo) sobre el exposicion de Frida Kahlo y Diego Rivera. Yo queria ir y ver el arte de Frida porque ella tenia dolor, emocion, y la vida de amor tempestuosa. Todas las emociones son evidentes en su arte. Pense que esto podria ser la unica oportunidad en mi vida a ver este arte en persona, entonces, nos fuimos.

Pase el mayor parte del dia nariz a nariz con las pinturas de Frida, y me senti muy cerca a ella.  Pude ver la pintura pinceladas centímetros de mi cara. Yo se su pinturas son llenas de temas como dolor, fisico y emocional. Tratando de no sentirse poco profundo, mi favorito es el retrato de uno mismo, por supuesto, Yo y mi Muneca.

Mi esposo compro esta impresion.

Cuando trato pensar sobre el significado de esta pintura, no puedo llegar a una conclusion. Yo se hay muchas personas que piensan el significado es que Frida no podia tener ninos...pero a mi, es como ella es haciendo un declaracion sobre la falta de instintos maternales. Yo no tengo cualquier educacion sobre arte, pero me gusta a decidir que cada pintura que significado a mi. Tengo una colecion de munecas, pero no siento la necesidad a tener hijos, y esta pintura tiene significado en este respecto para mi. 

Claro, ademas de la impresion, he comprado una munequita para Rafaela. 

Mini Frida y Rafaela

Fue una experiencia gran que nunca olvidare. 

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AG Boutique Atlanta & A(nother) New American Girl

The hubby and I had to take a short trip to Atlanta to visit the Costa Rican Consulate this past weekend. There is an American Girl Boutique in Atlanta, so of course, we had to make a stop there.

AG Boutique, Atlanta

We went Friday night after all the "festivities" of the day. I didn't expect it to be nearly as crowded as it was, but I guess that's my naivety. The Bistro was not crowded at all, however, so if you're interested in visiting the Bistro on a Friday night, it might not be too bad. My husband told me I could pick a new doll, his treat, while we were there. I had already been considering this possibility, so I had my choices narrowed down to two:

Saige

Or a new My AG (the one with curly hair, top back right, don't know her number)

I should mention here that I have never hand picked an American Girl at the store. I have read other collectors' opinions that picking out your own American Girl is such a special experience, to be treasured always. I'm not really sure I got that super-special feeling. I think I feel more warm and fuzzy when the doll arrives on my doorstep -- maybe it's all the anticipation of waiting for the doll to arrive that makes it superior for me. That being said, here's how I chose my doll:

I opened the first box of the doll I had chosen and looked at her. She looked fine to me, but I had this feeling that you just simply CANNOT chose the first doll you look at. That defeats the whole purpose of hand picking your doll, right?!! So I opened the box behind her, and looked at the next one. She looked equally fine. I stood them side by side, and looked, until I noticed the first doll had an almost imperceptible crease in her eyelashes, so I chose the second doll. I did not bother to look at any other dolls as I quickly realized this whole selection process was definitely not for me. I think the moral of the story is that if you or your child is feeling like you are somehow missing out on the whole American Girl experience because you've never gotten to purchase a doll in the store, don't feel so bad. Well, who did I choose already?

I made a compromise and bought a Saige outfit for Rafaela, and the new MyAG doll.

The one advantage to buying in the store is the savings on shipping. I paid $204.37 for what I purchased in the store, and just to see, I put the same stuff in a cart on americangirl.com, and my total with shipping came out to $210.95. If you can wait until free shipping though, and you live in a state with no AG store, you will end up financially better off than buying in-store. Don't get me wrong, going to the store itself is definitely an experience that is worthwhile. The displays are very neat, and all the customer service staff is extremely friendly. It's also fun to see how excited kids get in the store. I would just say, that in my particular case, I don't feel like I am losing anything when I purchase my doll online, and have her delivered to me sight-unseen. 

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Test Post From Mobile Blogger

I'm testing the Blogger App, hopefully it goes well!

This summer I have been on a quest to acquire every American Girl of The Year Doll. My personal rule is that I will not pay more than $60 for any doll. I prefer to buy large lots and sell most of them so I end up with the doll for free. This has been fairly successful this summer, with the exception of Nicki. I got her with quite messy hair.

To fix her hair, I carefully brushed it out in sections, then twisted it into place.

Once all the sections were twisted up, I used my iron on the highest setting and steamed her hair...quite a bit. Never let the iron touch the hair though! After I was done, I took her hair down, and although it doesn't look like it did from the factory, I still think she looks awfully darn cute.

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