Friday we went to the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Park in Richmond where there were a number of shipping yards during the war. The little sleepy town turned into a bustling center of production. The former factory workers "Rosies" are on hand to tell about their experiences and answer questions. Small museum, but well worth a visit.
OK so we're not very good at it.
Thursday night our friends Denise and Caleb came over for dinner (Denise is an old Pomona friend). So after shopping at the Monterey Market, the Indus Market (local Pakistani market), and the inevitable whoops! last minute run by Jo and Linda to Whole Foods, I was ready to cook. Always a pleasure to cook in a larger kitchen than our little NY one ("the one-butt kitchen" as a friend of ours calls it) and this place is pretty well equipped. Even had a stick blender! So the menu for the evening was:
Potage of peas with mint and labneh, beet-nectarine salad, tofu and vegetable biriyani, heirloom tomatoes, and a green salad. For desert Caleb made a fresh raspberry clafoutis! Pretty good eats appropriate for this foodie town. [For reasons I can't explain, the pictures are out of sequence]
Another institution in Berkeley is the Monterey Market. Another venue for really fresh food with great variety. Jo took me there this morning to shop for another reunion dinner tonight. Then we mad a lunch stop at Taqueria Talavera for chicken and shrimp tacos.
Take out dinner. Cheeseboard Pizza's pie of the day, salad, blue cheese, fresh figs, and a bottle of Columbia County Cabernet.
Digital photography fine points being discussed at the DeYoung cafe
Today we headed into SF to see the Turner exhibit at the DeYoung Museum. After seeing the recent movie, we were particularly interested to see this collection of his late work. We enjoyed the show and also the new DeYoung building which also has a ninth floor observation deck with beautiful vistas of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, and the Mouth of the Bay.
Jo found a new photo gallery in San Francisco on the Embarcadero. It is quite large-- about 15 rooms of various sizes. It's free but you have to have an appointment. They have 3 two hour slots each day and only give 20 appointments for each slot. There was only one appointment available all week and I grabbed it.
The show was the work of one photographer, Paul Graham. It was conceptually intersting--- a lot about how we see --- and particularly how we tend to blind ourselves to the poor. But I didn't love the photos. It was amazing to be in the space though and I enjoyed some SF wandering and photoing afterward.
- Linda
This billboard caught my eye today.
For the afternoon, we all went our separate ways. I decided on a walk along the Marina and then a stroll around the neighborhood. The "tree art" is something some passing artist made with the skins and pits of mangos- culturally appropriate because there is a significant South Asian
community in this area.