THE GETTY

Saturday Chris and I went to the Ghetty Museum in LA with our good friends Casie and Josh (they live in San Diego). It's a FREE museum (I didn't think anything was free anymore) and it is gorgeous! We had a great time. We didn't make it through all of the exhibits, sadly. And unfortunately we missed my favorites - impressionism - but I guess that means we'll just have to go back. The whole place was beautiful and very family oriented which was nice to see. They were just starting a concert for the kids when we left. A FREE concert. The museum is situated in the LA hills and so we had to be shuttled up to it. The shuttle was once again FREE. They mostly had italian and french art from around the 1500s and then they also had an exhibit of ornate antique furniture and tapestries. The special feature was the Bernini exhibit (sorry, no pictures were allowed). He was such an amazing sculptor and this was my favorite exhibit at the museum. Lastly, we went to the flower gardens, which were beautiful and full of color. Below are pictures from the day and a few of Bernini's work I found on the internet. I can't wait to go back and see the impressionism.

This was the entrance...

More of the entrance
The courtyards - there were tons of fountains and table to sit and relax

Josh and Casie

Casie and I

A view of the gardens and LA - you can see the ocean in the background if you look closely

Chris and I with the gardens behind us

The Gardens

And lots of flowers...

A pomegranate tree - I wish I had my very own

Peeking through the trees at the azalea maze

More flowers...

All of us

A stream through the gardens
So pretty

Here's some of the old furniture...

And some of my favorites pieces of art

Here's some of Bernini's work...

Self-portrait when he was younger (27 I think)

One of my all-time favorite sculptures - on display in Rome

My two favorites that were at the exhibit...

One of Chris' favorites