{"id":1635,"date":"2016-04-30T07:23:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T07:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2016-08-21T01:24:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T01:24:27","slug":"monday-april-25-marble-palace-eliseyev-emporium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiaparker.net\/travel\/?p=1635","title":{"rendered":"Monday April 25, Marble Palace & Eliseyev Emporium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday is the Hermitage\u2019s day off, so I Ubered to Marble Palace. It\u2019s a branch of Mikhailovsky Palace which, along with the Rossi and Benois Wings, holds the cultural treasures of the State Russian Museum. Founded by Tsar Alexander III, this is where much of the privately owned artwork, confiscated by the state after the revolution, ended up. It was an eclectic mix of grand rooms, like the Marble hall of the eponymous palace.<\/p>\n

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This gold box and these spoons made me hanker\u00a0to get back to working on my own bronze box and silver spoons \"gold<\/a>\"spoons\"<\/a>A\u00a0pair of hinged cuffs is from the special exhibition Treasures of Ancient Russia.<\/em>\"cuff1\"<\/a> Along with the obligatory portraits of Peter, Catherine &\u00a0Co, was this precious spaniel, who looks like an ancestor of my Maddy.<\/p>\n

\"wlak!\"<\/a>
Sit down and make\u00a0me a lap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were portraits of working class folk who looked abysmally down-trodden, and this guy. Even in Russia, the dude abides.<\/p>\n

\"Jeff<\/a>
Wishing he was wearing\u00a0a bathrobe,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lenin and Stalin, chillaxin’. \"Lenin<\/a>And this jolly Bolshevik.\"happy<\/a> Cleopatra presides over the grand staircase. The sculpture reminded me more of Teresa in ecstasy than a snake bit woman suffering an agonizing death. \"va<\/a> Strolled up Nevsky Prospect to have tea at the famed Eliseyev Emporium, a gourmet establishment with marvelous windows.<\/p>\n

\"Mechanical<\/a>
Mechanical dolls caper around pastries, beneath winged cupids that raise and lower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Inside, the d\u00e9cor was pretty enchanting too, stained glass, twinkly lights, a player piano that performed the Moonlight sonata. \"Einterior\"<\/a> Alas. I should have just eaten with my eyes. This fall into the category of supposedly fun thing I\u2019ll never do again. Not only was it clearly geared to tourists the food, charmingly presented, was mediocre \u2013 sandwiches were soggy on one side and dried out on the other, the cake tasted refrigerated, and the tea was weak. \"E<\/a>\u00a0The prices were insane, but I was expecting that. In fairness, the worst aspect was out of their control. And elegant looking older couple \u2013 probably my age – sat next to me and smelled overpoweringly of mothballs. You might be luckier.<\/p>\n

Walked to a grocery store on my way back to the hotel to pick up some milk and some chocolate. Priorities, yo. On the shelf was in the bread section was this little treat.<\/p>\n

\"Gah.\"<\/a>
Gah.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I went for a\u00a0bag of mini-Milky Ways<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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