2/18/08

Feb 18 '08

There were no big plans today. We slept in, ate breakfast at the Causeway Cafe here at the hostel and went shopping in Belfast. 

Downtown Belfast has great shopping and Randy got a new hat:

I got some sunglasses:

And we bought some cheap towels because our hostel does not provide and we learned this morning that a fleece jacket is no substitute! Who thinks to pack a towel? 

Heather Wilson (Peter aka Duke Special's wife) met up with us for lunch. 

She took us to the art gallery where she works and shows her stuff. She is an accomplished artist working in glass and photography with water, words, and light. It's hard to explain what she does (so check out www.heatherwilson.eu) but a lot of it takes up some space so she gets commissioned to do things in public spaces and large buildings in addition to smaller pieces she has for sale. We fully expect Belfast will be "decorated" with Heather's work over the next several years. 

In addition to her work, the gallery showed several other artists' work in jewelry, crafts, vessels, etc. so it was like our own private tour of a small art museum--except we got to touch stuff!

Tonight, there were a couple folk sessions nearby so we debated whether and which one to go to. After choose the Globe's, we took a quick walk down to have a look see. The Globe Bar looks cool from the outside but it's a dive college bar on the inside and we left it to the kids after a pint. The walk was nice though as the university neighborhood is full of pretty old buildings.