SF art: paintings

This post takes care of the art aspect of our trip to San Francisco - my favorite paintings at the two museums we visited. There was one more that actually made me break down and cry a little as I stood and looked at it, but the photo I took of it doesn't reproduce the emotion the original evoked in me. Not even kind of, so I decided to leave that one for what it is; an experience. All that is left to share now are the sightseeing snaps!

guess who...

Who is handsome and silly and obsessed with Lord of the Rings and gives amazing talks and turns 34 years old today?

THIS GUY!! Happy Birthday Sander!

SF art: sculptures

Click through to my Flickr photostream and view in lightbox to see these at their best. Next time: paintings.

so, San Francisco was pleasing

Once upon a scorching August my husband was sent to a nerd convention in San Fran, and I got to get on a plane all by myself and join him for the last few days of the adventure. Highlights? Why yes:

- I got to get on a plane all by myself.

- We found Indonesian food and ate it until our bellies could take no more.

- The hotel staff assumed I was a lady of the night.

- access to the hotel's executive breakfast suite.

- wandering around the breathtaking De Young and Legion of Honor museums.

- seeing friends we hadn't seen in a good number of years.

- finding a hidden beach near Davenport and getting salty water all over me.

- riding random buses by myself and getting lost.

So this might be a bit of an adjustment; there are no pictures of children attached to this post, and because I'm more of an art fanatic than I tend to let on on this here blog you had better brace yourself for lots of images of art I enjoyed at the aforementioned museums. 

More SF pictures to follow (and trust me when I say there's an abundance of more).