August 14, 2017 at 3:44 am (Places, postaday, Sundays, Weather)
Tags: postaday, postaweek, San Francisco, summer, Wordpress
Crossing over after a writers group meeting in Alameda. It was a typical foggy summer evening in San Francisco. Traffic was heavy on the approach, but thinned out on the bridge itself, typical for a late Sunday afternoon.
Good old San Francisco has so many problems. Hardly even works as a city. But views are great.
The City is best seen during fog. Just self’s humble opinion.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
August 4, 2017 at 2:57 pm (Artists and Writers, postaday)
Tags: art, exhibits, Fridays, museum, postaday, postaweek, San Francisco, Wordpress
from the Exhibit “Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade,” at the CA Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Mark Rothko’s No. 14, 1960, at the SF Museum of Modern Art
Edvard Munch’s Night in Saint-Cloud, at the SF Museum of Modern Art
August 2, 2017 at 5:29 pm (Artists and Writers, Family, Food and Drink, Links, postaday, Surprises)
Tags: art, California, discoveries, exhibits, memories, museum, nostalgia, restaurants, San Francisco
This week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge (posted every Wednesday) is TEXTURE.
Photos have “a tactile element, too,” Ben Huberman says. As an example, he provides his shot of “tangles of seaweed . . . across the wet sand at low tide.”
Here are three of self’s own examples of texture:
Maker identified only as “French, Madame Georgette”
Le Pain Quotidien, Claremont, CA: July 2017
Plastic Frog! Found in Son’s Room in Redwood City, CA: This used to be one of his favorite toys.
July 31, 2017 at 3:22 pm (Artists and Writers, Food and Drink, Places, postaday, Recommended, Traveling)
Tags: Chinese food, coffee, London, memories, Mondays, museum, restaurants, San Francisco
Self scoured her archives to find illustrations for this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge: SATISFACTION.
She’s feeling nostalgic.
Capuccino Break, British Imperial War Museum, May 2017
Chinatown Love, October 2016
Eating with Emily at Fabulous Chéz Nous, 22 Hanway Place, London. We waited for this meal: it was a promise we made to each other when self left London last July. Emily’s daughter directed the Wonder Woman movie.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
July 25, 2017 at 3:57 am (Artists and Writers, Flowers, Food and Drink, postaday, Surprises, Traveling)
Tags: art, humor, museum, San Francisco
Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Airplane “Found Art”: Self’s seatmate on a flight from the East Coast back to California was a little girl named California Rose. She made self this sculpture out of Twizzle sticks! The finishing touch: a tiny Mini-Me on the top!
Most Creative Use of Twizzle Sticks Ever!
Another Fine Detail: A Graham Cracker Lion at the Base of the Flowers
July 13, 2017 at 9:57 pm (Artists and Writers, Books, Family, Flowers, Food and Drink, Links, Lists, Niece, Personal Bookshelf, Philippine History, postaday, Relatives)
Tags: art, California, exhibits, museums, postaday, postaweek, restaurants, Sacramento, San Francisco, Wordpress
What is a collage? In the words of Michelle Weber over at The Daily Post, it is “an assortment, a collection, a hodgepodge.”
Here are a couple of shots that show a collage:
Rina Villanueva, July 2017
What Self Found in Son’s Room: July 2017
Woman’s Hat, circa 1910: The artist went by the name “Madame George”
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
July 12, 2017 at 3:28 pm (Links, Places, Plays, postaday, Traveling)
Tags: California, London, museum, postaday, postaweek, Sacramento, San Francisco, Wordpress
“. . . capture any type or style of bridge where you are . . . ”
— Cheri Lucas Rowlands, The Daily Post
Bridge Over the Sacramento River (Self loves the vibrant yellow):
Sacramento, July 2017
Another type of bridge: the stairs spanning the lobby of San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art:
Stairs to Upper Level, SFMOMA, June 2017
Finally, Waterloo Bridge in London. The bridge is special to self because it’s the one she has to cross every time she watches a play at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Waterloo Bridge, London, June 2017
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
July 4, 2017 at 4:30 pm (Conversations, Eavesdropping, Holidays, Personal Bookshelf)
Tags: causes, exhibits, museum, photography, San Francisco
“I want to get married and have at least four kids with ten dogs and live in a mansion with a jungle greenhouse with a pet jaguar.” — Runaway
“It is very difficult for a runaway kid to return after he or she has been on the street for more than a few weeks.” — Police Officer
“Adam and Troy have AIDS. Scooter is dead. Katy gave up her kid and is hanging out in bars in Polk Street selling pot.” — Runaway
“You know, they would rather live in filth and hunger with a group that will accept them than they would with a family that will meet all their physical needs, yet inflict on them emotional pain and torment.” — Preacher
“We won’t lose our jobs, this is a growth industry, good as the utility company.” — Counselor
Happy Fourth of July.
Stay tuned.
July 3, 2017 at 4:23 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Explorers, Links, Places, Recommended)
Tags: California, deadlines, Events, festivals, Mondays, San Francisco
AIA San Francisco and the Center for Architecture + Design present the 14th Annual Architecture and the City Festival, featuring community workshops, design challenges, educational lectures, tours, films, special events, and an exhibition. The month-long celebration provides opportunities for participants to engage with the local architecture community and experience design in a myriad of ways throughout the city.
Entering the City on 101 North
Programs must address some of our most pressing urban issues, demonstrate innovation in working toward a more sustainable future, and explore how progressive design and creative problem solving improve our quality of life in the Bay Area.
FESTIVAL THEME: SECRET CITY
Questions? Contact Jaime Wong, Program Manager, at jwong@aiasf.org or 415.874.2632.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
July 2, 2017 at 5:05 pm (Artists and Writers, Books, Memoirs, Personal Bookshelf, Recommended, Sundays, Traveling)
Tags: art, California, causes, exhibits, history, Literary Magazines, memoir, nonfiction, photography, reading lists, San Francisco
Exhibition Catalogue, SFMOMA: Jim Goldberg’s “Raised By Wolves,” Photographs of Seattle’s Street Children (1995)
A Parent of a Runaway, Quoted in the “Raised by Wolves” Exhibition Catalogue
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