From time to time I get a presenter who urges me to go out and do something during the mid-day segment of the seminar. For the most part, this means I go work out, take a nap, or walk around the surrounding area so that I can stay close to the action in case things take a turn. However, the Hartford Hilton was taking great care of us (turned out, there wasn't much going on yesterday and performance reviews were coming up for the staff making them really energized to help us) and there were some things in town that I wanted to check out. The state capital building in Hartford is probably one of the most beautiful that I've seen throughout this journey, and I wanted to be able to actually take a picture of it. Also, Samuel Clemens' family home is located in Hartford (the site where he penned Huck Finn and most of his other popular books), and my english major soul was demanding that I go.
With all that in mind, I made sure to wear something appropriate that morning:
(Camera resting on a park bench by the capital building in Hartford...)
Wednesday's Outfit:
- white and purple long-sleeve v-neck t's, Target ($5 each!!)
- grey cardi, Old Navy
- black pencil skirt, Ann Taylor
- black belt, thrifted
- grey and black herringbone tights, target
- black flats, Mee Too via DSW
- shell earings, Hawaii souvenir
The layers and heavy tights kept me warm while very comfortable and didn't make me look so dressed up that I'd feel extremely out of place at a museum. The flats allowed me to walk around the park surrounding the capital building a bit, and wander through the Mark Twain museum as long as I could. I love my new tights by the way... I have another pair to show off soon as well. I didn't pack any dress pants this stretch on the road because a) they take up too much space, and b) they get baggy-saggy really fast and stop looking nice. So I made a target run on Monday to get tights to add to my wardrobe, and of course found 30 other things to get as well... Thus the new tops.
Yay tights!
More Photos:
The capital building was gorgeous in the filtered sunlight of the day. The photo doesn't even come close to doing it justice.
Larry and I posing in front of the Mark Twain house (which happens to be across a lawn from Harriet Beecher Stowe's house... American lit of the mid-1800's evidently has a stronghold in Hartford, who knew?!)
I wasn't allowed to take pictures inside the Mark Twain house, but it was spectacular. The woodwoork, the stenciling, the furniture, the mantelpiece, the conservatory/"jungle", the billiards room where Sam Clemens wrote so many of his greatest works... and everything done up and decorated for christmas. It made me feel a bit voyeristic, but this was a guy who would have LOVED the attention we give celebrities nowadays, so I consoled myself with that fact as I stood mesmerized by everything in the house.
Of course, the consequence of having so much fun yesterday is that I am exhausted today. A nap it is!
1 comment:
ooh, the Mark Twain house is pretty cool! I'm kind of sorry there wasn't time to visit there when A & I were in New England over the summer. I love the way it just sort of goes every which way in a non-linear fashion (or maybe that was just the impression I got from the path of the tour...)
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