Harbor Centre Marina, Sheboygan, WI
Day #43: Up at 6:30 A.M. for coffee, banana bread and peach. Looking at the weather we may move to Port Washington tomorrow. Will call when they open to see availability. We walked up to the Farmer's Market for a few vegetables and fruit. Mike working on condo business while I work on reservations and paperwork. We are confirmed at Port Washington starting tomorrow until next Tuesday, August 21. I have reached out to Reefpoint Marina in Racine, WI to check on availability there as well. From what I'm reading I believe that they have a Looper discount buy one night get one night free. Everything is coming together as we are moving closer to Chicago (so exciting!). It was recommended that we go to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center here in Sheboygan. We were informed to make sure that we went into the bathrooms (even the opposite sexes bathroom as they are spectacular). We went to the reception desk the lady told us the same thing go into bathroom and make sure that you go into the opposite bathroom but please make sure that there isn't anyone else in the bathroom when you do. Mike and I had an awesome time. We then headed to Relish Kitchen Store where we bought a couple of galley items that we thought would work great on the boat. I heard back from Reefpoint Marina truly they have a Loop offer buy one get one so I called booking us for 8 days starting on Tuesday, August 21. We headed to the pool where we spent the rest of the afternoon as it was very warm and humid. We ran into Steve and Carol they were very kind giving us their contact information offering if we needed anything that they would be glad to help us out. At 5:00 P.M. Mike and I headed back to the boat. We had whitefish and tiny potatoes on the grill for dinner. Time for blogging and guitar playing. We are planning on taking on a bit of diesel in the morning here in Sheboygan before heading to Port Washington.
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| Our purchases at the farmer's market today. |
| Mike and I headed to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. |
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| The ladies room. |
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The tile are based on a game called cadaver exquis. Based on an old parlor game, exquisite corpse was played
by several people, each of whom would write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold the paper to conceal part of it, and pass it on to the next player for his or her contribution. Adapted to drawing, exquisite corpse allows artists to render bizarre
figures, as top, middle, and bottom sections often mix body types, fashions, and time periods.
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120 glazed paintings of hats and shoes, hand-painted sinks and toilets, and tiles lining the interior of the bathroom
stalls. Painted in colorful, light, and expressive manner, the stall areas depict a near categorical display of women's
undergarments and accessories including bras, panties, slips, foundation garments, stockings, socks, hair
combs, jewelry, and handbags.
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On to the men's room. Yup I took these pictures. Tour of architectural periods from ancient Egypt to the present.
On the longest uninterrupted wall, illustrations of architectural icons progress through the ages,
beginning with the modern era and including the art historical periods of Art Nouveau, Victorian,
Baroque, Gothic, Medieval, ancient Rome and ancient Egypt.
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Tiles and fixtures portray the hands of rulers of visionaries from each successive period with
appropriate symbols of power, from a cell phone to the Pope's ring.
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While in the washroom, as you make use of the various fixtures, you can imagine yourself a Pharaoh, Caesar,
pontiff, or CEO.
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| This was one of my favorite displays set into the wall. It is winter with candles (we believe were the Northern Lights). |
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| Artist: Mary Nohl |
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"Sheboygan Men's Room" All the images in the washroom represent actual places in Sheboygan County, from
a local car wash to views of Lake Michigan a community swimming pool to supermarket shelves laden with bottled water.
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"Filling and Emptying" Vignettes of cast iron objects set into marble-lined niches flank the entrance. The cast-iron
perfume bottles, lace-edged and embroidered linens, gloves, lipstick, hand mirrors, and hair combs are evocative of a lady's
dressing table.
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These drawings were part of a larger series of works loosely informed by talk shows, which combine individual
profiles with fragmented statements that punctuate an individual's identity with often outrageous proclamations.
The counter, carved into the shape of a profile, supports a clear glass lavatory, while the mirror above is etched
with an invitation for viewer's to: "Tell me something about yourself that I don't already know."
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Apartment 4: Historic homes and period rooms provide an immersive way of understanding individuals
by studying the things they accumulated over a lifetimes.
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| Just an awesome kitchen store. |
