The Man in the Hat is Back

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cco and mbf's Downtown Adventure!!!

So my old friend cco and I met up this morning for our annual trek to the FIDM Costume Design Exhibit. The school's gallery sets up this exhibit to show off the handiwork of Oscar-worthy costumes from the past year. We've had the opportunity to see up-close and personal some amazing costumes from Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and many other films. This year, they have last year's winner, Marie Antoinette, as well as this years' fashions (Elizabeth, Sweeney Todd, 300). If you're interested in going, click on the link below.

http://fidm.com/resources/museum+galleries/exhibits/motion-picture-costume-design/2008/index.html

I woke up this morning only to find that the Los Angeles Marathon was taking place today. Since most of that 26.2 miles winds through the streets of downtown Los Angeles (where FIDM is also located), I knew that we were in for some closures. Armed with my trusty GPS, cco drove around and around looking to get close to the building (obviously, the GPS didn't know there was a marathon going on!). We gave up and headed over to Chinatown for lunch around 11am.

After a very filling lunch of dimsum, we gassed up the car and tried again to make it to FIDM. The sites of downtown LA are not familiar to many southern californians, so I got to play tourguide a bit. :P We were a bit luckier this time and parked in Pershing Square. It was probably about a half mile to the exhibit, but who's complaining when there are people running a marathon right by you! It turns out that we were right in the thick of the marathon. If you look closely at the picture below, you can plainly see we were at MILE 26!!



After hoofing it over to 9th and Grand, we discovered the museum was closed on Sundays! Doofus me, I only noticed the hours (10-5) and that they would be closed for Easter weekend. On the way back to the car, we stopped at the South Park Flea Market and perused the handicrafts (some beautiful hand-bound journals and letter press cards!). So four hours and $12 in parking fees later, we actually didn't see anything we came to see! However, it was still a good time and I don't entirely mind having to go back another day. :)