Two for the Price of One!

Ok. To kickoff Thisbe's list of 100 things, she has completed TWO items in one weekend! That's correct! And they were both a great deal of fun to complete.

Item 22: Meet Miss Sophie. As many of you know, Miss Sophie is the newest addition to the Weef family, and although she is two months old, circumstances conspired that prevented the Thisbe family from meeting her until this past weekend. And all we can say is: she is worth the hype. Indeed, Miss Sophie is charming, sophisticated, and quite a fashionista. Also, she has an incredible house, and an amazing pool.

Level of difficulty: Low
Expectation vs. Experience: Outstanding
Time to Complete: N/A

Item 23: See the King Tut Exhibit at the Franklin Institute. Because the Weef family live relatively close to Philadelphia (also the home of Thisbe's sister), Thisbe decided to complete this item by continuing the family trek to Philly and obtaining tickets to the exhibit. This item was not particularly difficult to execute, in the sense that tickets were readily available, however, navigating the exhibit had several flaws:

1) King Tut was not actually in residence. Apparently, King Tut is not allowed to leave Egypt. However, he sent a lovely hologram in his place. Along with his "liver coffinette" and several very cool urns and statutes.

2) There was a very long line to see the exhibit once you entered. Thisbe and Weef were reminded vividly of trips to Disneyworld. Without the amusing characters to distract you while on line. Unless the various strange people in line count.

3) The audiotours. Weef has an excellent description of this problem on her blog, but suffice to say, the people who elected to purchase the audiotours also elected to check their brains, resulting in a herd of cattle mentality that was not conducive to viewing the exhibit while wheeling around strollers.

Overall, the exhibit was very cool, with many fascinating funerary objects. Thisbe was particularly taken with the liver coffinette and a small chair/throne that had belonged to King Tut. It was truly amazing to thing that these objects were crafted without any modern technology.

Level of difficulty: Low
Expectation vs. Experience: Good
Time to Complete: N/A