On Saturday we drove up to Raleigh, NC for a weekend visit. The express purpose of our trip was to go to the NC Museum of Art to see the Matisse exhibit. because it featured "Purple Robe and Anemones". I saw a poster of this painting years ago in a book store window and I have never forgotten it. When I heard about this exhibit I knew I wanted to go. We made it for the last weekend of the exhibit and it was a good thing I spent the extra dollars to reserve tickets with Ticketmaster as it had sold out. The museum was actually open for the last 32 hours of the weekend as we hear someone being offered available tickets for 3am or 5:30am. Despite how busy it was we were able to get close enough to view the paintings we wanted to see, and the exhibit lived up to its appeal.
I even found a poster to take home as a souvenir !!
We spent Saturday night at the Hilton hotel, went out for a nice dinner and then Sunday we did a little shopping before leisurely heading home. A nice romantic weekend on the 3rd anniversary of our first date. A few pictures will be in the gallery soon.