While in San Francisco last week for a Thanksgiving visit, we wandered away from our usual haunts to explore some new places. One of the highlights was a stop at the San Francisco Art Institute on Russian Hill, above and below, to see conceptual artist Jill Magrid’s exhibition, The Proposal. The exhibit “examines the legacy of Mexican architect and Pritzker Prize-winner Luis Barragán (1902–1988).” If you have time, read Alice Gregory’s piece on Magrid and Barragán in the August 1, 2016 issue of The New Yorker, The Architect Who Became A Diamond (literally). It’s absolutely fascinating.
The view from the Art Institute’s deck.
Another view of the city taken as we were heading to The Golden Gate Bridge from The Warming Hut, lower left.
This is the peaceful view from my sister Sandy’s frontyard on Richardson’s Bay in Mill Valley. It was often hard to tear myself away from watching the comings and goings of the many birds that feed there.
On a beautiful Thanksgiving morning we headed north to Ross for a hike, above and below, on the northeastern slope of Mount Tamalpais. (We never made it to our intended destination however as the trail leading to Phoenix Lake was straight up… and up… and up.)
I love this planter idea spotted outside a tiny Brazillian coffee shop south of the city, and a simple decorating idea (shown below) that caught my eye on a wall at CoNam, a Vietnamese restaurant we stumbled upon on Polk Street.
We also found time to visit Frank Stella A Retrospective, below, at the deYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park.
It was a wonderful to spend Thanksgiving with our family in one of our favorite cities.