Tales of the Traveling Tote: Dallas, Texas

 

Hello, My Lovelies!   I hope you're having a blessed Sunday!  Welcome to the December 1, 2024 edition of the Tales of the Traveling Tote!

There is also a giveaway.

You'll learn more at the end of this post!

Recently we visited Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, for one of my dearest friend's wedding.  I did not take many photos of the parties and the wedding because there were so many photographers, and no one had their phones out.  It was sort of nice, to tell you the truth.  I did take a few photos of Susan's gorgeous flowers surreptitiously because I knew y'all would want to see them.  I was able to take them before the ceremony when no one was around.

Our home away from home was The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek.  We enjoyed staying there, and the folks were so welcoming and accomodating.

The hotel was formerly a private residence.  

We had fun in Dallas, and one of the highlights was eating lunch at Terry Black's.  The ribs and sauce was the best I've ever had, but I must brag on Mr. Bookish because his brisket is better.

We also shopped for Christmas presents in an artsy section of Dallas (Bishop Arts District).  One of the highlights for me was an independent romance bookshop called Blush Bookstore.  It was so cute, and they sold the most adorable bookish clothing and accessories I've ever seen.

A cozy reading nook

Blush also sold a cute variety of vintage-looking Christmas decor and ephemera.

We also visited the Kimbell Art Museum in Forth Worth for the Dutch Art in a Global Age Exhibit.  I took so many photos, but I will only share my very favorites in this post.

According to the museum's website:

In the seventeenth century, Dutch merchants sailed across seas and oceans, joining trade networks that stretched from Asia to the Americas and Africa. This unprecedented movement of goods, ideas, and people gave rise to what many consider the first age of globalization and sparked an artistic boom in the Netherlands.

I loved the gorgeous still lifes with the tiny little details that included insects and other fauna specimens.  

The exhibit also included maps and stunning decorative objects in silver, porcelain, and more, from the seventeenth and the first half of the eighteenth centuries. 

These Delftware tea canisters were designed to copy Chinese motifs. 

This is a silver sugar server.

Sugar was sold in a hard, cone-shaped configuration, and it sat on the top of the server.  Diners would use the spoons and scrape sugar into the base and then spoon it out for serving.

I also had a couple of favorites from their permanent collection.

Weeping Willow 

1918–19

Claude Monet, French

Monet had painted ten Weeping Willow paintings by 1919, apparently in mournful response to the mass tragedy of World War I.

Presentation of Captives to a Maya Ruler

c. A.D. 785

Limestone with traces of paint

We had such a wonderful trip filled with parties, childhood friends, delicious food, shopping, and priceless works of art.  I'm so thankful we were able to go to Dallas and attend Susan and Gary's wedding.  

Please make sure you visit all the posts and see where the other totes have been this quarter, and Linda is hosting the giveaway!

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths 

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

 Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box

Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply 

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Jackie and Miss Madi K @ Purple Chocolat Home

Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader (You're here!)

Our next adventures.

We are currently in New Orleans attending an event and visiting friends and family.

I will share about this trip in March!

Until next time...

Blessings!
Ricki Jill