Deterioration into cornyess

Chagall

Excellent Sunday! It started out on the intellectual side with a museum excursion, but eventually evolved into an eating contest and laying on the beach like a miserable whale stuffed with garlic and buttery glory.

This morning I dragged a few people to the Marc Chagall museum, which was great. It was pretty small since it was only Chagall, but really well laid out and not overwhelming. I really like his stuff, maybe because I can pick out certain recurring themes (like a random chicken showing up in about 99% of his work) and it makes me feel smart- like I actually understand and can interpret art. 

Chagall-feeling like I sort of understood, until I got to this one

Chagall-birds everywhere!

Then we went to lunch at this place I’ve been dying to try. It’s all you can eat mussels, a local specialty. They have a dozen or so options of how you want them- garlic and white wine, sweet curry, roquefort cheese sauce, lemon and herb, etc.  Once we finally flagged down a server and were able to order, it was delicious. And we all seemed to take “all you can eat mussels” as a challenge. I don’t think they were ready for us. We ordered pot after pot of them, trying out all the different flavors. After we’d all had 3 pots our server came back by, winced at our table and said “is that all for you guys?” But of course it was not. It was all you can eat! 

Much to the relief of the restaurant, we finally left and waddled our way down to the beach, where we were 2 hours late meeting up with our friends. The beach, the sun, the breeze-everything was perfect.

Then I got an invitation to dinner at a friend’s place. Homemade pizza? You better believe I’ll be there! This was the highlight of my day. I’m pleased to announce that I have discovered a new pizza topping: corn. Yes, corn. I can't lie...this discovery was the highlight of my day, beating out Chagall and the lunch of gluttony. I know it’s nothing fancy, but I’ve never had pizza with corn on it, which came as a huge shock to the German and the Belgian that I was having dinner with. They said they were sure it was “all the rage” in America because they saw corn as a topping option at Pizza Hut.

Now I’ve been to many a Pizza Hut, but never have I seen corn as an option. It was a nice addition to an excellent pizza and a custom I may have to bring back to the States…unless Pizza Hut beats me to the punch!