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Two Days of Thanksgiving
The Turkey Day. After heading over to Andronico's in the morning to get the rest of our Thanksgiving fixings, Kimberly and I decided that it was such a beautiful (if cold) day that we'd bike down to Point Isabel to watch the dogs. So, we did, and there were fewer dogs than usual, but that gave Kimberly and me more time to voice the inner thoughts of the dogs and their owners--cracking up as we did--without anyone being close enough to be offended.
The funniest was a marmalade cocker spaniel who lunged at each of Kimberly and me at different times, growling fiercely, for no reason. Later its owner tried to wash it and she was sorta dumb, 'cause when it kept twisting and turning and retreating whenever it got wet, she didn't grab it by the collar. So by the time she was done, K. and I decided that she'd washed its feet.
Afterward we catsat I's cat Caruso a bit, reading him a chapter of Harry Dresden as we did. He was freaking out a lot, and we finally figured it was because he was locked inside (him usually being an indoor-outdoor feline), but we didn't find out until we got home that I. thought he was OK going out again. So, he had to suffer staying indoor overnight, and apparently he mainly crossed his little kitty legs 'cause he didn't like using the indoor catbox for somereason.
Finally, when we got home we cooked up a ham and then had that and much Andronico's fixing (mashed potato, gravy, green beans, cranberry + crescent rolls which were not Andronico's fixing) before calling it a day.
Today. Our builders were back out going at the garage this morning. They've been told by our architect about what to do for new foundation work (and will be charging us a ridiculously small amount to do so). During the morning they were going at tree roots. I don't know how much further they got, because K. and I headed out at around 12.30. So, we'll be surprised to see what's happened to our garage in the morning.
Our first stop was more catsitting for Caruso. We chatted with him a bit, then opened his door for him to get out and poof he was gone. We read Dresden in solitude for about twenty minutes more. Then it was into The City.
The main purpose of the trip was to see the Van Gogh, Cezanne, and Gauguin exhibit at the De Young. It's the second of two special exhibits that the De Young is having in from the Museum of Orsay. There were lots of beautiful pieces. The most stunning was Van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhone which K. and I gazed at for long moments. I was somewhat disappointed that there was less than a full room of Van Gogh, but I happily devoured everything they had.
The rest of the exhibit was very nice. There were several other artists that I quite liked, but so many names went by that I lost them. What I found very intriguing was how many art styles quickly came out of impressionism in the late 1800s and early 1900s: pointillism, divisionism, cubism, synthetism, symbolism. Whew. It was really cool to see the evolution of these styles. Between the previous "birth of impressionism" exhibit and this "post-impressionism" exhibit, I really feel like we've gotten a wonderful course on the rapidly changing art forms of about a century ago.
Funniest art of the day was this Gauguin, which was labeled "Self Portrait with Yellow Christ". We decided that if they were being so literal, maybe it should be "Self Portrait with Yellow Christ and Red Sheep". Then we went to the next next piece and were amused to read that critics thought the red dog it contained was confusing. So, lots of red. Coloring was actually an important part of Gauguin's synthetism, which simplified color to evoke emotion, but though I liked some Gauguin, the more it got simplified, the less I liked it.
And that was it for the day. Well, you know, we got home after that.
(And I was just very disappointed to learn that ACT is greedily using their upcoming "Tales of the City" musical to drive subscription sales without making it available to the general public. Bad capitalists! No San Francisco cookie! Maybe we'll remember to try and get tickets next year when they choose to make them available to us churls.)
But nonetheless, a good day in San Francisco. And a good two days of holiday. Now back to work! There are adventures to prep and history articles to edit!
The funniest was a marmalade cocker spaniel who lunged at each of Kimberly and me at different times, growling fiercely, for no reason. Later its owner tried to wash it and she was sorta dumb, 'cause when it kept twisting and turning and retreating whenever it got wet, she didn't grab it by the collar. So by the time she was done, K. and I decided that she'd washed its feet.
Afterward we catsat I's cat Caruso a bit, reading him a chapter of Harry Dresden as we did. He was freaking out a lot, and we finally figured it was because he was locked inside (him usually being an indoor-outdoor feline), but we didn't find out until we got home that I. thought he was OK going out again. So, he had to suffer staying indoor overnight, and apparently he mainly crossed his little kitty legs 'cause he didn't like using the indoor catbox for somereason.
Finally, when we got home we cooked up a ham and then had that and much Andronico's fixing (mashed potato, gravy, green beans, cranberry + crescent rolls which were not Andronico's fixing) before calling it a day.
Today. Our builders were back out going at the garage this morning. They've been told by our architect about what to do for new foundation work (and will be charging us a ridiculously small amount to do so). During the morning they were going at tree roots. I don't know how much further they got, because K. and I headed out at around 12.30. So, we'll be surprised to see what's happened to our garage in the morning.
Our first stop was more catsitting for Caruso. We chatted with him a bit, then opened his door for him to get out and poof he was gone. We read Dresden in solitude for about twenty minutes more. Then it was into The City.
The main purpose of the trip was to see the Van Gogh, Cezanne, and Gauguin exhibit at the De Young. It's the second of two special exhibits that the De Young is having in from the Museum of Orsay. There were lots of beautiful pieces. The most stunning was Van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhone which K. and I gazed at for long moments. I was somewhat disappointed that there was less than a full room of Van Gogh, but I happily devoured everything they had.
The rest of the exhibit was very nice. There were several other artists that I quite liked, but so many names went by that I lost them. What I found very intriguing was how many art styles quickly came out of impressionism in the late 1800s and early 1900s: pointillism, divisionism, cubism, synthetism, symbolism. Whew. It was really cool to see the evolution of these styles. Between the previous "birth of impressionism" exhibit and this "post-impressionism" exhibit, I really feel like we've gotten a wonderful course on the rapidly changing art forms of about a century ago.
Funniest art of the day was this Gauguin, which was labeled "Self Portrait with Yellow Christ". We decided that if they were being so literal, maybe it should be "Self Portrait with Yellow Christ and Red Sheep". Then we went to the next next piece and were amused to read that critics thought the red dog it contained was confusing. So, lots of red. Coloring was actually an important part of Gauguin's synthetism, which simplified color to evoke emotion, but though I liked some Gauguin, the more it got simplified, the less I liked it.
And that was it for the day. Well, you know, we got home after that.
(And I was just very disappointed to learn that ACT is greedily using their upcoming "Tales of the City" musical to drive subscription sales without making it available to the general public. Bad capitalists! No San Francisco cookie! Maybe we'll remember to try and get tickets next year when they choose to make them available to us churls.)
But nonetheless, a good day in San Francisco. And a good two days of holiday. Now back to work! There are adventures to prep and history articles to edit!