Stowe, VT and the Peer/Thorn Clan
it’s been a while since i’ve written a posting as i have been slaving away at a new design for planetpayne. to those asking when i will be posting pictures, the answer is i don’t know.
this week we are in stowe vermont and it has been a lovely change from the adirondacks. the adirondacks are nice and all, but the place its such a horrid tourist trap that you can’t seem to look at a tree without some jackass charging you $9 for it.
vermont on the other hand has been great. we came here mainly to visit one of my dear old friend from high school, laura peer, and her husband jim and lovely little monsters astrid and lucinda. as much as i consider laura a dear friend, i must admit was horrible at keeping up with her…even when she lived in chicago when i did! however the magic of facebook has brought us back in touch and it has been wonderful seeing her. the girls get along great and ingrid has had a ton of fun playing with astrid. we first went over to laura’s house for some dinner and had a great time just chatting and catching up. the girls played so well together it was nice to have a evening of adult conversation.
on laura’s recommendation we checked out the shelbourne museum, which is absolutely amazing. founded by Electra Havemeyer Webb it is an awesome collection of american folk, decorative and fine art. in addition to just objects the museum broken down into a whole mini town of old buildings, many of which were bought and moved to the facility. including an old jail, schoolhouse, lighthouse, covered bridge and several 19th and 18th century homes. various collections include a massive collection of bird decoys, toys, dolls, woodworking tools, this huge exhibit of over 3500 hand carved circus figurines and much much more. you could spend a week at this place and not see everything. one of this years annual exhibits was nice collection of lamps, windows, furniture and jewelry by Louis Comfort Tiffany. it sounds dumb to get excited over lamps, but it was amazing.
the only downside to vermont so far is that the weather turned south and we’re stuck with lots of rain. at least our belly’s have been kept full and warm with a great selection of restaurants. we’ve been out three times so far and each one has been awesome. silvia was just exited to get breakfast at a place that served -real- maple syrup instead of colored corn syrup.
