artteajannell: The Huntington Museum

Words I had to look up

quondam, lupin, argot, prefatory, cassis, confit, seraglio, philtre, animus, gravamen, spancel, langoustine
antimacassar, blancmange, ingesta, perquisite, plaice, palanquin, cantonment, sepoy, antimonial, pteridomania, weskit, dehiscence, crape,
intrepidity, faro, adamantine, recrudescence, Ribauldequins, interregnum, tarasnish, louche, exigeant, panegyric, persiflage, aumbries, conturbation,voussoir,
patois, occuponomous, chanson, dolour, gyre, dree, coruscating, recreant, votaries, pennon, tocsin, plenishings,
architraves, chunner, barathea, fetor, vendeuse, gilet, chancre, buskin, spatterdash, searce, moiety, moidores, Poll (bird),
pukka, garum, quenelle, castimoniale, must (winemaking), crapoix, nef, prenant, lateen, catalan, sward, collop,

Friday, March 12, 2010

The Huntington Museum

Our friends took us to the Huntington Museum and Botanical Gardens. We saw many beautiful and rare things, such as a real Guttenberg Bible and 1600's first editions of Shakespeare's plays.