Top Museums. Pay Day Loans.

"The Louvre in Paris topped the art museum attendance numbers for 2009, with 8.5 million visitors.

Home to nearly 35,000 objects -- and a McDonalds -- the museum houses three of the most sought after art pieces: the "Mona Lisa," the "Venus de Milo," and the "Winged Victory of Samothrace." 

                      

More about Louvre: http://www.goparoo.com/europe/france/ile-de-france/paris/attractions/louvre-museum/
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre

"The British Museum in London came in second with around 5.6 million visitors, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art had  4.9 million guests walk through its doors. "

More about the British Museum: http://british-museum.visit-london-england.com/
and : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Museum
Most Visited Art Museums in 2009
• Louvre, Paris 8.5 million
• British Museum, London 5.6 million
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 4.9 million
• National Gallery, London 4.8 million
• Tate Modern, London 4.7 million
• National Gallery of Art, Washington DC 4.6 million
• Centre Pompidou, Paris 3.5 million
• Musee d'Orsay, Paris 3 million
• Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid 2.8 million
• National Museum of Korea, Seoul 2.7 million
Source: The Art Newspaper
The numbers were released by the Art Newspaper, a British publication who has surveyed art museum attendance figures for 15 years.
The most visited exhibitions were also surveyed, with Japan claiming the top four slots.
Tokyo National Museum's "Ashura" exhibition attracted 15,960 people per day, just ahead of Nara National Museum's "61st Annual Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasures," with 14,965 attendees per day."
More at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=aB0KREQwXkQ0&pid=20601088
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This was a cloudy goofing off day!  I took Jay to cash his check, and pay off a big bill he had in the next town.  He had borrowed from one of those rip off places that charge you $50 per month for a $200 loan!  You are expected to pay it off with your next check.  If you can't pay it off, they charge you $50 to refinance it, each month!  We are in the wrong business! 

I didn't see the paperwork, so I hope he paid it off.  I'll let his mother check on that.  I was wandering around the Kroger store next door.  I got a great deal on some salmon, so I was glad that I keep the little 12v. fridge in the van.

Then we went to five thrift shops, and the Habitat for Humanity store.  It was raining off and on, but obliged us by stopping every time we had to get out of the van or a store.

Jay bought something at each of them, but I just came home with this 50 cent cute cat scratching mat which hangs on a door knob.

It has a little pocket at the back for putting catnip, and after it was Lysol-ed, Prime took charge of it.





Patches just got to sniff at it. 

I sure got my walking in today.