June 25, 2009
really.  not to hate.  but?  i don’t understand the whole concept of “glen echo park”.  i think that it’s fantastic that somehow, the government has managed to claim this land and keep a few more tree-less maryland mcmansions from being built, but i also think that they completely waste this park. for those who are fortunate enough to live above the mason dixon line, glen echo park had its heyday in the 1920s-1930s, when it had rollercoasters, huge dance nights and an actual sand beach next to a large pool.  the old-timey photographs make it look stunning. anyway, now it’s this place for artists.  which i can get behind.  i dig art, i minored in its history at a fairly reputable university.  but this is wishy-washy “bethesda housewife” art.  as in, if you wanna take a class, you’d better get ready to pony up $300 for a 2-3 day session.  really? the whole place is like an abandoned creepy ghost town.  when we visited, it reminded me of the weird town in spirited away before the little girl’s parents turned into pigs and she didn’t know what was going on.  um.  it’s very self-congratulatory and i’m sure that if i made an extra 100k a year i’d be real happy to take homey little cermaics courses but as it is i’ll just have to buy my DIY arts and crafts books and be content.  and i am.  but i want to UNDERSTAND glen echo park.  i just think that they would’ve been so much better off converting it back into its rightful place as being “old-timey amusement” and maybe having those rich person art classes on the side. PS.  when we were there, a group of people were having a sword-fighting class in the outdoor building that once housed the first bumper cars in america.

really.  not to hate.  but?  i don’t understand the whole concept of “glen echo park”.  i think that it’s fantastic that somehow, the government has managed to claim this land and keep a few more tree-less maryland mcmansions from being built, but i also think that they completely waste this park.

for those who are fortunate enough to live above the mason dixon line, glen echo park had its heyday in the 1920s-1930s, when it had rollercoasters, huge dance nights and an actual sand beach next to a large pool.  the old-timey photographs make it look stunning.

anyway, now it’s this place for artists.  which i can get behind.  i dig art, i minored in its history at a fairly reputable university.  but this is wishy-washy “bethesda housewife” art.  as in, if you wanna take a class, you’d better get ready to pony up $300 for a 2-3 day session.  really?

the whole place is like an abandoned creepy ghost town.  when we visited, it reminded me of the weird town in spirited away before the little girl’s parents turned into pigs and she didn’t know what was going on.  um.  it’s very self-congratulatory and i’m sure that if i made an extra 100k a year i’d be real happy to take homey little cermaics courses but as it is i’ll just have to buy my DIY arts and crafts books and be content.  and i am.  but i want to UNDERSTAND glen echo park.  i just think that they would’ve been so much better off converting it back into its rightful place as being “old-timey amusement” and maybe having those rich person art classes on the side.

PS.  when we were there, a group of people were having a sword-fighting class in the outdoor building that once housed the first bumper cars in america.