In my house, the domestic pressure cooker does not whistle or have any loud shrill alarm, there is no meat marinating in the kitchen sadly & ends-of-day demands are no more taxing than it was all day. I have no one to boil over and bicker with in the evenings thankfully, so leaving the crib for a night out on the town can sometimes feel like a big effort & usually have the attitude "it better be worth it" before I can even inch my way off the island. The Image Factory Art Show of Jia Chang Wu & riverside reception was a breath of fresh air to a usually barefeet islandgirl who is a little bored of sitting around a beach bar.As usual, it was about 3:30 p.m when I got the call from my friend, 
Tania Zorilla, a digital artist herself, asking if we were going to attend. Decision time for two notorious procrastinators who spend a great deal of time in a horizontal position, on a computer, where we have managed to skillfully & seperately combine relaxation, work & socializing, without having to go very far from the crib. Plus, I have finally reached a point in my life where I like my own company! We had been discussing the idea of going all week after receiving the invitation. A last minute decision is the best we could do towards any commitment, on any given event we plan to attend and talk about for days.
The Artist, Jia Wu
Water Taxi to the City.
So, Within 3o minutes, we made our reservation at the Luxe Radisson Hotel, the best & most comfortable hotel in all of Belize city & had packed & seated for the take off of the 4:15 pm water taxi from the caye heading to the city. Shyne or Moses as his new Jewish name, the rap artist and son of the Prime Minister, who was recently deported back to Belize, is reportedly relaxing and has the entire top floor above us booked. He was the one who ran into trouble while hanging out with Jennifer Lopez and P. Diddy.I ran into my friend and art aficionado herself
Ms. Karen Vernon, later on in the evening after the gallery reception, at the Travellers Bar up the Northern Highway.The evening was surreal & great to reconnect with old Belizean friends, plus.... it has been a long time since I have worn high heels & it feels good.
The reception and setting was just perfect and we drank red wine at the water's edge under the moonlight making interesting new friends and seeing old ones!
My nephew Justin Kuylen and his girlfriend Jacinta Gomez, & Bill the once peace corps volunteer to Belize, who is now back in Belize to stay. (Curator of Image Factory)Well known Belize Photographer Richard Holder.
It was the romantic kind of setting of a cocktail party at the mouth of the Belize River, entrance to the main hub of our country & where all the fishing boats came to harbor to offload their catch.
The Image Factory overlooks the Bliss Institute of Cultural Arts on the other side of the river a few minutes away over the antique Swing Bridge.
Image Factory does one art exhibit every two months. You can learn about new artists ane exhibits by becoming a fan of Image Factory on facebook.
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