Day 271 - Art Attack

Unsurprisingly, it was a slow start this morning...  Nevertheless, we were out relatively early to drive down to St Armand's Circle to visit the biennial Art Fair that is held there. This was something we came across on our very first visit to Sarasota back in 2005 and we have been going regularly since.

We had great fun wandering around: there is an eclectic mix of sculptures, artwork and photography. perhaps inevitably, a lot is Florida-themed - and if our house were to be looking for blue-toned, seaside-inspired art, we should have had lots to choose from!

As it was, we did pretty well: Paul picked up a gift for his sister, Caroline selected a piece of "digital art" for their flat in Clapham, I found a Sarasota map+pelican print and Kathryn gave herself a present from her mother. This was a piece of abstract work that will fit in well with the house here, blending in nicely with composition of Marielle Schram's that we brought out here a couple of years ago.

We had an excellent deluxe taco lunch on the Circle and then headed home, we thought for  relaxing afternoon by the pool. Instead, Caroline and Paul had other ideas and, still with no sign of their luggage from BA, headed off to the Outlets for some serious retail therapy.  They got home late and laden but at least they'll have something different to wear tomorrow!