Halloween, Art, and a Hurricane (#22-24)

Hello people!  I apologize that you had to wait so long for a new post! For everyone who was wondering and asking, Hurricane Sandy pretty much left me alone.  The city was closed down for two days, which equaled me sitting on the couch all day Monday watching TV and snacking.  On Tuesday, Becky and I, along with the two kids she watches, went for a walk to go see how high the river was:

Wednesday was Halloween.  Fortunately, the storm was over by then, and so my Life Group was able to meet.  Life Group is the small group from Epic Church that I meet with once a week.  It's actually not that small - I think there are around 18 twenty/thirtysomethings in our group.  Usually we talk, snack, and have a Bible study, but on that night we had a party.  We dressed up as "your childhood dream job" and had a scavenger hunt in Center City!  There were two teams, and the items on the list had different point values.  You had to take a picture of everyone in your team with the item, or doing the task.  These things included: finding a jack-o-lantern, pumpkin, black cat (bonus points for green eyes), "haunted house," and the Mutter Museum; trick-or-treating at a random stranger's house; taking a picture with strangers who were dressed up (bonus points if they were superheroes); posing with a statue; re-enacting a scene from a horror movie; and inviting strangers to church (bonus points if they actually showed up.) A few pics (hopefully no one from Life Group will mind):

 

This is our horror scene re-enactment. Apparently, there is a horror movie called The Devil about a haunted elevator.  So this is us being scared in an elevator. 

 

Posing with the Jack-o-lantern that we found.

 

 

The first weekend of November was artsy.  Becky and I, along with two other friends, went to First Friday.  You may recall my epic First Friday fail from last month - I never found any galleries, and I got lost in North Philly trying to find my way home.  This time was much better.  We went to several galleries and saw lots of people selling their art on the sidewalks.  One of the galleries was in a building where The Real World, a reality TV show, was once filmed.  It was two stories and had a really pretty chandelier.  After leaving First Friday, we got Mexican food and played Settlers of Catan.

 

On Sunday, Becky and I went to the Art Museum.  We learned that when they say admittance to the museum on the first Sunday of the month is "by donation," they expect you to donate something.  My generous contribution was $2.  I think my favorite part of the museum was actually seeing the building itself from the outside.  We got some good pictures:

 



There is some really old stuff at the Art Museum.  We saw one sculpture that was made in the year 1000.  I think it was made of bronze, and it wasn't too impressive-looking, until you noticed the date!  I liked the paintings better than most of the other stuff - the dishes and tapestries and all that.  I want to learn how to paint!  Do you think this is something that can be learned, or do you have to be born with some kind of innate talent?

This past weekend I went home, so there were no adventures in Philly.  Congrats to Julie, who is now a Mrs.; and to my "little" brother, who is now an adult in the eyes of the law.  Lots of love to all of you faithful readers!  Have a great rest of the week, and hopefully you won't have to wait almost a month for another post!