Georgia O'Keeffe at the AGO

Andrew and I went to the AGO last night for the new Georgia O'Keeffe show.  I am always pleasantly surprised when I get the chance to see a well known artist who I don't know well and find that in fact there is a lot more to their work than what they're best known for. 

Jimson Weed, 1932

  The flowers are the images of O'Keeffe's that everyone knows but with good reason. This is a stunning painting and in person it draws you in and casts a spell.

Blue, 1959

 But I was not familiar with some of O'Keeffe's more abstract work. I stood in front of Blue for a long while getting lost in the depth and wishing I could dive straight in.

Pelvis III, 1944

  I knew O'Keeffe got into painting skulls but I was less aware of her series of sky views through pelvis bones.  I love the mystery and anticipation of this shift in perspective.

Lake George, 1922

 O'Keeffe's early work was much more traditionally figurative, but no less captivating.  This piece is in the collection of SF MOMA which was a extra little joy.

Lake George Barns, 1926

 I'm a sucker for old barns, I guess O'Keeffe was too cause she painted them a lot.  

East River From the 30th Story of the Shelton Hotel, 1928

I would not have picked this painting out of a line-up as a Georgia O'Keeffe.  But it is, and it's lovely.

Ai Weiwei's @Large on Alcatraz

Very cool.  

Phenomenal

No explainations necessary.

Play of the year?

Man the Giants are awesome!

Monday Music

From SF with love.

San Francisco Votes

If you live or vote in San Francisco watch this.

Do it well - Sugar and Gold

I'm fierce, and you're not. So... bye

Giants, World Series Champions 2010 - FACT

The New York Times article says it all about the celebrations in San Francisco...

As the occasional whiff of marijuana wafted through the air on a surprisingly warm, sunny day, the ecstatic crowd welcomed Hall of Famers like Mays and Willie McCovey, and politicians like Gov.Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mayor Gavin Newsom, before the players were introduced.

Wish I were there.

Maybe i should write for the Times

I have been writing a lot lately about my boyfriend Brian Wilson. (The Giants closer, not the singer, or amazing song by The Barenaked Ladies.) And apparently the Times has been reading the blog cause they're all over it. The article even goes so far as to suggest the Wilson's interviews boarder on the performance art. Hello, that's why we're dating. We might not share religious sentiments but to prove that we couldn't be anymore perfect together here is the article's closing quote from Brian himself.

“I’d like to be a crossword clue one day,” he said. “I want to be in The New York Times’s Sunday edition. Right now, the clue ‘Giants great’ is always Mel Ott. I want my clue to be down, not across. The down ones are usually harder. And when I’m the clue, I’ll fill it in — just that one — and frame it.

“How sweet would that be?”

And by the way

"All the best guys play for the Giants. FACT!"

My favourite transgender is in the New York Times

Theresa Sparks, of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, and former CEO of Good Vibrations, is running for City Supervisor. And according to the paper of authority She's gonna win. I first came to admire Ms. Sparks when my mother was up for the Commissioner position at the Office of Citizen Complaints, a police oversight board. That's right she was gonna be the COCC. Theresa was part of the hiring committee and mum told me all about her. I had originally assumed she was black, I mean Theresa Sparks kinda sounds black. But my affection for her has not been diminished by learning that instead she is a WASP-Y type with an affinity for right-leaning social values - anti-loitering anyone? Way to go T-Sparks!

Is it wierd that I think B Weez is hot when he talks about sushi?

Pete's Tavern and MoMo's better watch out...

Giants Fierce Nails

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Feeling inspired

Orange October

Giants Orange October

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12644515&topic_id=8007782&c_id=sf&tcid=tw_video_12644515

check it out!

NO. Absolutamente no!

http://www.sanfranciscobythebay.com/main.html

There cannot be something called San Francisco by the Bay, in Pickering. That is totally breaking the rules. Does San Francisco know about this?

A sunset worth a thousand words

Wear the Pants

Saw the new Dockers ad while watching the Saints and Minnesota game. The newest instalment of the wear the pants campaign isn't available online yet. But, it definitely got my attention. So I went in search of it and found this instead. Most will recognize it from the Super Bowl. But it is new to me, you'll have to forgive me because we don't get the commercials during the Super Bowl up here in Canada. And I was in Asia. I do love wear the pant. Great tag line. Keep your eyes out for the new one, and send it to me if you find it online.

hikes-a-daisy

sunrise over the Himalayas

hike at sunset from the Ashram

Nasik, India

Justin captures the moment, early morning in Thailand.

Luang Prabang, Laos.

Hmong village, trekking in Laos.

the scramble

chillin'

the village from above

local characters

foot-volleyball

Kayaking along the Mekong.

The Buddha cave en route back to LPB

crossing the river for our last kilometer

The pavement at Angkor Wat

sunset in Angkor

family hike near the Great Wall of China

bushwhacking

Justin has decided he is not a big fan of hiking

Ancient ruins of an early portion of the Great Wall

Everest. Just kidding! From the Shanghai Art Museum

YOSEMITE

Half Dome in the distance

From the Four Mile Trail to Glacier Point.

El Capitan.

Yosemite Falls, tallest waterfall in North America

Bridalveil Falls

nice cleavage

to Tuolomne Meadows

The O'Shaughnessy Dam at Hetch Hetchy. Serving San Francisco since 1923.

Hetch Hetchy

From the top of the dam.