Charlotte Bird trunk show and dinner at Sammy's 09-22-12

I took Corky back to his house this morning and drove from there to San Diego.  I've had such good driving experiences on the I-5 lately that I came to expect it would always be that way - two hours driving time, or sometimes a little less.  Once even 1 hour and 45 minutes.  I guess today was payback because it took about 2 hours and 40 minutes.  The traffic was extremely heavy and I wondered if I would drive the entire distance in third gear.  Stop and go almost the entire distance and my mileage showed it with 19.4mpg (coming home it was 24mpg).  This morning I considered just turning around and calling VAM to say I couldn't make it, but the northbound traffic appeared to be even more clogged up than the southbound.  
And I am so glad that I didn't turn back because it was lovely seeing a special trunk show of Charlotte Bird's wonderful quilts and reconnecting with some of my favorite VAM members who I see infrequently. 

 
In the middle is the very talented Charlotte Bird, artist of the day; to her left is Phyllis Morrow, board member and longtime volunteer; and on the right of the photo is Patti Sevier, past president and volunteer.  I didn't realize I would also have in the photo, but in the office on the far left - the back of Beth Smith, museum director; Lisa Yoder, part-time employee and Beth's right-hand woman, and between them you can just make out Judy Warren-Tippets, board member and volunteer. 

 

This the Charlotte Bird quilt in the current exhibit at VAM.  I succumbed to temptation and purchased two of the piece she had displayed in her trunk show, one of them is Lichen #4.  I'll post them soon.  Several other Charlotte quilts tempted me, but it seems I have been going way over on my acquisitions budget and need to stop being so impulsive.

After the museum closed and we had enjoyed a nice visit, Beth and I went to Sammy's for dinner.  This Sammy's is located in the Liberty Station complex ( very near to TJoe's)  and we have eaten there previously.  That time we didn't have room for dessert and have talked since about going back to try the Yummy Honey Cheese Pizza, so we did.  We were somewhat disappointed - it was good, but not "YUMMY".  The menu reads: "Mild sheep’s milk cheese, organic oregano, orange blossom honey".  There was too little honey, so it was mostly the special feta cheese, which was not melted, and a very thin crust - like matzos.  We can now remove it from our mental list of desserts we long to try. 

 
Beth had the Greek Salad and a sangria.  It was good, but heavy on the pepprochinis.

 
I had the chopped chicken salad (not a very lovely presentation) which was good, but doesn't hold a candle to the chopped chicken salad served by California Pizza Kitchen.  I drank water. 
And then I drove home, arriving a little before ten o'clock and ready to go to bed.  Tomorrow is a rest day!