went to san francisco for a week and all i took was this one lousy photograph

©photo by me.

the other apartment

In San Francisco, I had the pleasure of staying at what must be the perfect studio apartment.

 

Thanks E!

socal|nocal

Left: Thursday in LA, right: Tuesday in SF

san francisco, briefly

Jeff and I spend a rainy weekend in San Francisco, visiting friends, eating and hanging out. I only took a couple shots unfortunately - must have been distracted by all the good times!

wintertime

It must be getting close to *wintertime* here in California....it's getting chilly and the snowflakes are up on Market Street.

halftime

I went to my very first ever professional football game this weekend. I can't say I need to do it again, but I did enjoy being outdoors, tailgating out of a Smart Car, and spending time with family.

dahlias

From the Ferry building.

obama!!!

When I got to work this morning the street was blocked off and the 5-0 started arriving in drones (above). Upon further investigation (i.e. seeing sharpshooters on the highest balcony on SoMa, below), I discovered some exciting news….our commander-in-chief was in town and was going to pass right by!!

We all waited around for awhile...

...and played with speech bubble signs leftover from Eunice's wedding....

...and then! A crazy motorcade drove by with about a hundred cops and Mr. President himself! So exciting!!

view from the top

From the roof of the Clocktower building.

chinatown

I took a stroll through San Francisco's chinatown this past weekend, and although it's far from my favorite place in the city, there is something wonderfully nostalgic about the almost cartoonish look of the neighborhood.




I'm also wondering when the term "chinatown" will no longer be socially acceptable to use.

the magnet city

From here.

avedon at moma

Some of my most favorite images from the excellent Richard Avedon exhibit at MoMa included his early photos for Harper's Bazaar....


...as well as his work for In the American West...

moma sculpture garden

I took a long awaited visit to the not so new Museum of Modern Art rooftop garden (complete with Blue Bottle coffee bar). It's nice up there.

bagels and bongos

There was an exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum called "Jews on Vinyl," exploring the history of Jewish recorded music from the 1940s to the 1980s. I'm not sure this is going to funny to anyone that isn't a Jew (or married to one) but I thought the titles and covers of the albums were hilarious.





This one is my favorite.

contemporary jewish musuem

I finally visited the newish Contemporary Jewish Museum this weekend. Embarrassingly enough, it was my first visit since the museum opened last year. There's really no good excuse; besides being Jewish and a fan of architect Daniel Libeskind's work, I only work a block away! In any event, I really enjoyed the Maurice Sendak exhibit, one of my favorite childhood authors, full of his illustrations and influences (unfortunately, no photography was allowed in the exhibit).




Thanks to Tracey for letting me know about the exhibit!