Museums

Most museums in San Francisco are free on the first Tuesday of the month, so we took advantage of the opportunity and visited two of them: De Young and the SF Museum of Modern Art. They were both very interesting, with some great exhibits. (I especially liked the wire sculpture exhibits in the De Young Museum.)

The De Young Museum is in Golden Gate Park. The building itself is art. The 9-story tower is a weird, but fascinating shape. There is a great view of the park, parts of San Francisco, and Aunt Kathryn's car (without a ticket, she would like to add!). Some other interesting exhibits from the museum (Guess what they are):
If you guessed a coffin styled like a cocoa pod and a piece of Chihuly, you get 50 points! If you only get the Chihuly, though, you only get 15 (Come on, he's so easy to guess!). :)


I don't have any pictures from the other museum (in the building designated the "Juke Box" because of its interesting roof), because pictures weren't permitted. I have to say that the art there was a little more modern (ie, "bizarre"), if you can get even more bizarre than a cocoa pod-shaped coffin. Here are some photos from some of our other random adventures, though:
Ooh! another guessing game! What animal did Vincent make with my hair?
Vincent's boredom was alleviated by the time we reached this detour: a super steep hill. We went up, discovered a dead end, and had to go back down again. It was an adventure to make your adreneline rise.

I took a walk around the lake, just as it got dark, and discovered a moon that was almost full reflected in the water. It's full tonight, though, so I wish Jon a happy 3 lunar calendar months!

Today, we're going to cross the Golden Gate Bridge and go walk through Fisherman's Wharf and China Town. It's going to be busy. I wish you all in Socal and Wherever-Else a fantastic day.