FUTURISTIC SKY TRAIN!!

I am in Madison, Wisconsin for a conference - I flew in this morning via a connection through the Detroit airport. The connection was tight so I had to hustle between opposite ends of the airport, but I wish I could have lingered because holy cow the Detroit airport is awesome! Check it out, they have a driverless robot train that runs inside the terminal:

Picture from wikipedia because I was running through the airport.

Then, to get between terminals, you go through this groovy underground tunnel that has undulating lights and music as you move through it:

Another google image search picture.

My flight home has a longer connection, and I am dorkily excited to hang out in the Detroit airport!

Morning art walk

Walking past the Kimmel Center this morning I saw there was some sort of hubbub inside, so I went in to check it out. Turns out they were having a small art exhibit in the lobby, featuring busts of famous composers that played recordings of their work when you pushed a button.

The cool part was that the busts were sculpted out of old books:

Not knowing much about classical music, I spent more time checking out the book spines than the faces and recordings. So far as I could tell, they didn't have any relation to the composer they (ahem) composed, but seemed to be chosen based on size and color.

What a nice way to start the day - surprise art!

Belated Pi Day

Apparently cupcakes and donuts have been replaced by baked goods in jars as the latest hip dessert, and Philadelphia just got our first jar-based bakery. In (slightly belated) honor of Pi Day, we went there today to check it out.

Lemon pie, tres leches, and dulce de leche brownie

The tres leches cake was my favorite - all the sweet milk had sank to the bottom and I drank it like ambrosia. Now we have these empty jars in our house, but they offer a 50¢ discount when you bring back old jars - pretty smart incentive for repeat customers!

Guilt Sampler

My friend and fellow Jew at work mentioned that her roof has been leaking, and she was nervous about it ruining all her stuff if it got worse while she was out of the house. I said if it did at least her insurance would cover it, she said she didn't have renter's insurance, and I said she was the worst Jew of all time. I also told her I would make her a sampler if she got renter's insurance to protect it - she held up her end of the deal, so I made her this:

This is a quote from our conversation about why she should get renter's insurance

Yay, adult responsibilities!