So Long Frank Lloyd Wright

Today, mom and I (and G-Pa Bill) went to see the Frank Lloyd Wright house called Samara in West Lafayette. This is the 50th anniversary of the house so there was an exhibit at the West Lafayette Library that we went to with my aunt and cousin. And then we went to tour the actual house. The exhibit was really well put together and it was the first time I had been in that library since the renovations were completed. For the Samara House, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a great deal of the furniture, the china dishes and some of the fabric used in the house. Instead of a downspout for the gutters, chainlinks and metal sculptures were placed to direct the water and so in the winter, really interesting icicles are created. Once we walked through the exhibit at the library, we went to lunch and then to the house. Finding the house turned out to be quite a struggle due to crappiness of the map in the brouchure. We had to ask directions twice to find the house. And here is something I learned while looking for this house is to ask a girl first, not a 12 year old boy. The tour was interesting in some parts, but there were 2 men who lectures our group (which included about 25 kids of various ages) . And one guy was not very good at all. He couldn't hear very well, so it made answering questions difficult for him. Also he just sort of droned on and on and on. So that made an hour tour into a two hour tour. The second guy was much better, he was a teacher so it was obvious that he was more comfortable talking in front of a group. Plus he had a Frank Lloyd Wright Pop-Up book that was really cool! Long Live Pop-Ups! And then we toured around the house and saw a really tiny bathtub in the guest bedroom. Seriously, it was really on big enough to sit on a little leadge and wash your feet! Overall the house was really interesting and pretty.

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