I had such a great time last night. Carla and her husband, Jol, are kind, warm and intelligent people with whom I had a wonderful evening. Her work is vibrant, the women depicted blend so seamlessly with the natural settings in which they're placed. When I strike it rich, I'm buying them all! :0)
I had a classic MapQuest experience along the way. I wasn't sure where the iO Gallery is, so I looked it up. The address is 131 South Kent Road, Cornwall Bridge, CT. This told me that it was situated somewhere between the towns of Cornwall and Kent. Randy and I thought that South Kent Rd. is probably Route 7, to the south of Kent. That's how a lot of the roads around here work; major routes are also named in relation to the town(s) nearest that stretch. But, I thought, I'd better be sure. Therefore I chose to look it up online. A good thing, I realized, as the directions told me to turn off Route 7 onto Route 45, then onto 341 to my destination. So that's what I did. Except that it directed me to someone's house. I kept driving down the road, thinking that maybe I was at the wrong end of the street, that the other end was South Kent Rd; the sign on the road I was on simply read "Kent Rd." Though the numbers came back down to 131 on the other end, it was also a person's house. Realizing that by now I had arrived in Kent itself on one of its back roads, I figured the best I could do was to find my way back to 7, and check it out when I got back to the Cornwall Bridge area. But as I was about to turn right towards 7, I noticed a road sign that said the the road to the left was South Kent road. Bingo! I turned, found 131.
It was someone's house.
By now there's was a terrible storm raging overhead and the road was hard to see. I was so upset, believing that at this point I wasn't going to be able to find the gallery or, if I did, it would be too late and the show would be over. I turned back and made my way to Rt. 7. In a last ditch effort, I started watching street numbers as I re-entered Cornwall Bridge. There it was!
Right on the corner of routes 7 and 45.
I had driven right past it as I turned onto 45 about 20 minutes earlier.
Granted, I was preoccupied with the directions in my head as I drove by, and the sign was discreetly elegant, but still. There are statues out in front of the place for crying out loud!
I literally drove right past it. Statues, parking lot full of cars, the works.
At least I made it with time to spare, met some really terrific people, and saw works of art (in addition to Carla's) that were beautiful and thought-provoking.
And, Carla, you should have eaten dinner before leaving me a comment! *G*
I had a classic MapQuest experience along the way. I wasn't sure where the iO Gallery is, so I looked it up. The address is 131 South Kent Road, Cornwall Bridge, CT. This told me that it was situated somewhere between the towns of Cornwall and Kent. Randy and I thought that South Kent Rd. is probably Route 7, to the south of Kent. That's how a lot of the roads around here work; major routes are also named in relation to the town(s) nearest that stretch. But, I thought, I'd better be sure. Therefore I chose to look it up online. A good thing, I realized, as the directions told me to turn off Route 7 onto Route 45, then onto 341 to my destination. So that's what I did. Except that it directed me to someone's house. I kept driving down the road, thinking that maybe I was at the wrong end of the street, that the other end was South Kent Rd; the sign on the road I was on simply read "Kent Rd." Though the numbers came back down to 131 on the other end, it was also a person's house. Realizing that by now I had arrived in Kent itself on one of its back roads, I figured the best I could do was to find my way back to 7, and check it out when I got back to the Cornwall Bridge area. But as I was about to turn right towards 7, I noticed a road sign that said the the road to the left was South Kent road. Bingo! I turned, found 131.
It was someone's house.
By now there's was a terrible storm raging overhead and the road was hard to see. I was so upset, believing that at this point I wasn't going to be able to find the gallery or, if I did, it would be too late and the show would be over. I turned back and made my way to Rt. 7. In a last ditch effort, I started watching street numbers as I re-entered Cornwall Bridge. There it was!
Right on the corner of routes 7 and 45.
I had driven right past it as I turned onto 45 about 20 minutes earlier.
Granted, I was preoccupied with the directions in my head as I drove by, and the sign was discreetly elegant, but still. There are statues out in front of the place for crying out loud!
I literally drove right past it. Statues, parking lot full of cars, the works.
At least I made it with time to spare, met some really terrific people, and saw works of art (in addition to Carla's) that were beautiful and thought-provoking.
And, Carla, you should have eaten dinner before leaving me a comment! *G*
mapquesting directions is always an adventure into the unknown.
I'm just grateful that they seem to be better understanding where the one-way streets are.