Afternoon With Madison

I spent yesterday afternoon with my fantastic daughter and our wonderful friend, Kelly. We shopped for jeans for Madison (not my favorite activity) and followed that by eating sushi at Zumi. It was fantastic and we ate until we thought we might explode. Zumi is a great place to eat but every time I go I notice that I am sitting at a table with the only people in the place. I wonder if I this incredible eating establishment is my best kept secret? I hope not because I really want it to stick around. I cannot consume enough sushi, nor can I afford enough sushi to keep this place in business on my own.
Next stop was A Thousand Faces for perusing. I am a practical person and haven't been able to free myself from the dollars it actually takes to purchase the beautiful and touching items in this store. So many of them are by local artists or at least not so well known artists. As far as I can tell, there are no Thomas Kincaid products in the entire place so it is a safe environment. My husband actually takes me to this store on our anniversary so I can walk around and giggle at the cards and gawk at the art. My daughter makes fun of me because I swear every time we go there that I can reproduce the emotion behind the art I love myself, in my basement. I tell her that we will buy a canvas and just make it ourselves. So far, we haven't.
We took our friend Kelly there yesterday and spent an hour looking around. She loved it as much as we do. One of my favorite artists who has quite a bit of product in the store is whoever it is who does the Curly Girl Designs. They are at the top of the post. I found a calendar with one for every month and I could actually justify purchasing it! I am so happy.
Nashville is fortunate to have A Thousand Faces and I am fortunate to love people who will hang out there with me. Art should be loved.