Vienna 2018-03-05 Leopold visit 2, more WOW

More photos from the amazing Heidi Horten collection. Unfortunately the page at the URL mentioned for the German-language sitein one of the photos only mentions her onceand that in relation to her husband. And there's no separate page for her on the site at all(!). Here's more information on the woman herself. Of course there's lots more information on the German Wikipedia page.

Of course her collection includes Klimt & Schiele.

Vienna 2018-03-05 Leopold visit 2, etc.

OK, moving on to the Monday of my visit, my 2nd visit to that amazing collection, and the beginning of the WOW show of Heidi Horten's collection.

Also including the first 2 photos I took in Boston's Logan as I waited for 3 hours or so (yes, I got there that early) for the plane to leave, and, since we're going all non-chronological here, some photos I took yesterday in our front walk way of plants Andy planted last fall: species tulips & some grape hyacinths, including some white ones.

The only thing missing is you, er "T."

I think this is from the Munich airport.

Scene from the apartment window

Looking up/down the street

En route Leopold museum from tram.

Texture you don't see in reproductions

More textire

The moon and the stars

Taking a break from pictures to share one of my favorite songs from a musical, "The moon & the stars," written by Jason Robert Brown and sung by the inimitable Audra McDonald. Makes me cry every time.



I met a man without a dollar to his name
Who had no traits of any value but his smile
I met a man who had no yearn or claim to fame
Who was content to let life pass him for a while
And I was sure that all I ever wanted
Was a life like the movie stars led
And he kissed me right here, and he said,

"I'll give you stars and the moon and a soul to guide you
And a promise I'll never go
I'll give you hope to bring out all the life inside you
And the strength that will help you grow.
I'll give you truth and a future that's twenty times better
Than any Hollywood plot. "
And I thought, "You know, I'd rather have a yacht."

I met a man who lived his life out on the road
Who left a wife and kids in Portland on a whim
I met a man whose fire and passion always showed
Who asked if I could spare a week to ride with him
But I was sure that all I ever wanted
Was a life that was scripted and planned
And he said, "But you don't understand -

"I'll give you stars and the moon and the open highway
And a river beneath your feet
I'll give you day full of dreams if you travel my way
And a summer you can't repeat.
I'll give you nights full of passion and days of adventure,
No strings, just warm summer rain. "
And I thought, "You know, I'd rather have champagne."

I met a man who had a fortune in the bank
Who had retired at age thirty, set for life.
I met a man and didn't know which stars to thank,
And then he asked one day if I would be his wife.
And I looked up, and all I could think of
Was the life I had dreamt I would live
And I said to him, "What will you give?"

"I'll give you cars and a townhouse in Turtle Bay
And a fur and a diamond ring
And we'll be married in Spain on my yacht today
And we'll honeymoon in Beijing.
And you'll meet stars at the parties I throw at my villas
In Nice and Paris in June. "

And I thought, "Okay."
And I took a breath
And I got my yacht
And the years went by
And it never changed
And it never grew
And I never dreamed
And I woke one day
And I looked around
And I thought, "My God...
I'll never have the moon. "

Vienna 2018-03-04 Lower Belvedere final

The last photos from the lower Belvedere, including photos of people essentially watching TV (video installations) of the Aging Pride exhibition. Also some photos I took on the tram on my way back to the apartment including the Rathaus (City Hall), spires of the university (University of Vienna?) that I'd pass every time on the way back, and a roof that caught my eye.

That Sunday evening I took a tram ride to a chamber presentation of Debussy's Pelleas and Melisande (smaller orchestra, minimally staged). I thought the show started @ 7:30PM & got to the nieghborhood more than 30 minutes early, so was just wandering around until I decided, "Hell's toot, I'll just go to the hall," around 7. As I was giving the coat check lady my coat she told me the show started in 3 minutes. I had just enough time to convince the lady sitting in my aisle seat that she was in the wrong "platz," when they closed the doors. Had I been just a few minutes later, I'd have been SOL since it was a 2 hour show without intermission & they didn't seat people once the program started. With the lovely singing in French and the German super-titles I more or less knew what was going on, though I'm not sure why toward the end P & M stripped down to their underwear. Oh, those Viennese.

Done the year Schiele died.

I think this is the Rathaus.

University spires?