Meme: Museums

nopseud asked for My favourite museums.

My favourite museums… hmm. When I was a child it was a great treat to come up to The Museums, and my favourite was the Natural History Museum, because it is a fabulous building and had dinosaurs. I wasn't nearly so keen on the Science Museum because it seemed to be filled with gigantic engines that didn't do anything. It's a bit more fun these days, I grant.

Nowadays… hmm. As I failed utterly to notice the existence of the Museum of Sex until I was about to get in a cab to the airport, last time I was in New York, I have not been to that one. Maybe next time an Adored One appears on Broadway… But I have been to the V & A, and that's a splendid place. I have absolutely no idea if I've seen all of it, because it is constructed a bit like Little Brampton on astronomical-scale steroids, with staircases and rooms through other rooms and odd levels all over the place. But there are so many galleries filled with sparkling objects, and as I was plainly a magpie in a previous life, this appeals to me. I went to a fashion exhibit there with... ephemera? And who else? rikes? adelate? There is also a really magnificent tea room there, it's a treat just to sit in something that astonishingly overdecorated. Admittedly it is not a good idea to try and see too much of the V&A in one go, as it's easy to be a bit horrified by the amount of Stuff We Stole Impressive Wealth on display, though there isn't quite as much Stuff We Stole as there is in the British Museum.

On a smaller scale, I have a definite fondness for the Costume Museum in Bath; we were there fifteen years ago (I think) for a wedding anniversary weekend, and the costume museum was one of the places we visited. They had a set of "Jane Austen in film and television" exhibits, and someone had been delightfully acerbic about several of them. I think the BBC's 'Pride and Prejudice' must have come out not long before, and generally speaking got a lot of praise, but a number of Hollywood products were well scathed.

Oh, and we went to a rather lovely Toy Museum one Camp, but I can't remember where it was. A Museum of Childhood? With toys on the ceiling, and all kinds of fun. That was very charming.

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I have created Unicorn Poop Cookies, and I will modestly admit that they are magnificent. I do regret, though, that it was not until they were made that I thought, these would be Better Still if they were rose-flavoured. Because, obviously. I have plenty of food colouring left, so this may happen. I also made some 'a bit of everything' cookies, which are quite tasty but have a few too many personalities, what with the oatmeal, the banana, the orange zest *and* the chocolate chips. Still. I achieved cookies.

I hope the MTYG stories contain some porn. They don't, often, or so it seems—we tend to be all about the cute and fluffy at SeSa time, but I say we could use some fresh popping porn.

Oh, and the Snowflake Challenge will be back in January. Time to dust off those fannish moments of happiness. Hmm. I've done this at least once, and it's just possible I've actually used my best ideas... This may call for some advance planning.

My Babies are home! They arrived yesterday, bearing flowers and laundry; today we went out for Chinese food after I'd done my exercise classes, so I at least had earned it. And they've been catching up on Sherlock, season 2, in preparation for the new set. Christmas Day looks set to be a vegging in front of the TV day, from the Strictly Special, to Call the Midwife and Doctor Who *and* Downton. Dear me. But there's little that excites me for the rest of the week, so we should have plenty of time for some board games.