Tuesday afternoon in the city

The

Baltimore Museum of Art was closed today, but I went on a special tour through the museum-- just 6 of us, with a museum curator who led us through the collection that the BMA received from Mary Frick Garrett Jacobs.

Mrs. Jacobs' home was on West Mt. Vernon Place, which now houses the ESB, Engineering Society of Baltimore, one of the loveliest interiors in the city. 

At the BMA today, our guide showed us letters that Mrs. Jacobs wrote, concerning pieces of art she was negotiating to buy. She had a discerning eye, and a willingness to scrutinize the value of her purchases. Her 4 homes were filled with art, pieces which she moved from home to home according to the season of the year.  She was a wealthy woman on her own, and married into the Garrett family that owned the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, sometimes referred to by those in the know, as the Best and Only.

I love behind the scenes tours, and the chance to walk thru the museum without distractions and with our own private guide. I learned a lot, and have some homework to do.  On the way home, I was hungry and stopped at Sophia's in the Broadway Market for a yummy sandwich: a llightly toasted bagel with cream cheese, salmon, (that's lox) a siice of onion, tomato, and a cup of Sophia's yummy tomato soup with noodles. I was a happy chick this afternoon.   Zippy

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