Draw-a-Thon: Pretty much as awesome as it sounds
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 4:20PM I think there are maybe two places on earth where you might stumble upon a 24-hour Draw-a-Thon on your way out to dinner: Stars Hollow, and -- as it awesomely happens -- my neighborhood. I had heard mention of this event from a few friends, but somehow didn't process that "Draw-a-Thon" meant, you know, a marathon of drawing.
Every surface in the warehouse was covered with butcher paper. There were colored pencils, Sharpies galore, chalk and thankfully for Margot's purposes, some good old fashioned washable Crayola markers. There were print-making workshops, cool spin-art stations, and a giant canvas globe. All you had to do was go inside and, you guessed it, draw!
I have never seen Margot as engrossed in anything as she was in her drawing. She sat here like this for more than twenty minutes, and really only stopped her work when when she'd filled up the additional canvas space she identified on her hands.
It really was a banner day for the Bywater, confirming for me that despite what we have going against us -- and boy is there plenty -- there's really nowhere else on earth I'd rather be.
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Um, ohmygod. This is so awesome I don't even know what to say.