Who hasn’t heard of Dr. Seuss? The name immediately elicits images of nonsensical characters, fun dialogue and fanciful illustrations. Both of us are ardent fans of his books so we knew we had to return to the Southwest Gallery in Dallas to wander through their featured The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection. It was truly delightful, with many fine arts limited edition prints of his original illustrations and never-before seen paintings. Apparently, Ted Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, spent his evenings creating art that was for his pleasure and not for his books. He says, “I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.”

When Laura told her son about this exhibit, he shared that his alma mater, University of California, San Diego, has an amazing sculpture of Dr. Seuss and the Cat in the Hat outside their Geisel Library. Dr. Seuss lived in La Jolla for the second half of his life and the city honored him with this inspiring sculpture.

NEW ORLEANS NOSH

After Dr. Seuss, we decided to stop for coffee and a little something. So, when we noticed PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans, we went in and were delighted to find they served Beignets. The sugar ones were truly yummy. A great top-off to an interesting afternoon.