Sandro Botticelli Was Gangster

This past weekend, I was walking through the National Gallery of Art with Jacqueline when I came across a peculiar painting. It was in Gallery 10 or something like that, which in this room the principal attraction is the only painting by Leonardi da Vinci that is kept in the U.S. While that painting was cool enough I suppose, there was another that caught my attention. Behind the da Vinci and to the right was a Botticelli painting that made my day. I like how people take their video cameras to art galleries and take video of the famous works. I can imagine those are some great home videos! And damn, my relatives never showed me any vacation movies from art galleries! I can just imagine the commentary...Either way, here is the painting that I am talking about.

Love him or hate him, Sandro Botticelli invented the West Side connection. Not only is this strapping gent throwing up the sign, but he even has that telltale gangsta lean going on. Not to mention that this guy is rocking the dew rag as well a pimp tunic. The painting is actually called "Portrait of a Youth", but who cares?

It has been mentioned to me that this blog has become, for lack of a better word, boring. Lines of white text on a black background. Simple, dark, unremarkable. Well, in taking this advice to heart, I will strive to insert a little living color here. Maybe some pictures and whatnot might pop up from time to time as well.

Now I just need to learn to insert some youtubery and all will be golden.

And just for good measure, here is one more for today. This one is of Coimbra, the town in Portugal where I lived for 7 months.