First Friday Fun!

We started at the Davenport, the historic hotel downtown known as "one of America's exceptional hotels" since it was built in 1914. If you haven't been inside...you should check it out. Yes, that's REAL gold-leaf around the fireplace. Can you believe this hotel was almost demolished in the 80's before it was restored in 2002?

Here we are in one of the gorgeous foyers outside the upstairs ballroom. You can't see the blue color or the paintings on the wall, but maybe some of the people who went there can explain what it looks like inside. Tomoko, Jones, Yanni, Shirley, Lingsail, Xiao-Xiao, and Ai were all there!
We walked through several art galleries, saw masks, paintings, jewelry, origami figures, textiles, clay sculptures, among other things! For those of you who went, what was your favorite art piece?
Some people got REALLY into the art. Jones was busy talking all kinds of photos of the clay figures and masks! So, do you think they look alike?

We tried to have dinner at Ella's Supper Club and listen to some jazz, but they were PACKED! So we headed up to The Old Spaghetti Factory for some real Italian food (better than the PUB's said Xiao-Xiao). Ai used to work at an Italian restaurant in Japan. I wonder how it was different.
Yanni was brave (and smart) to pick a Mud Pie for her dinner. Dessert for dinner? I like that! But does Mud Pie sound appealing? Would you try it? Yanni shared it with the rest of us at the table. What did it taste like?
The artists and the gallery owners we met very interested in talking with all of us. Keiko (pictured here) talked with Ai and Tomoko in Japanese for quite awhile. They told me that because she has been living in Spokane for 40 years, she has an American accent when she speaks Japanese. Did anyone else have a fun conversation? (Neal and Lingsing were getting deep--talking about happiness.)

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