A day in the City by the Bay

 Monday August 9th

Spent the day in the, City by the Bay, I do miss the city and the fog, but not all the people and the noise.

We stopped at, Tartine Bakery, had chocolate croissant and bought some bread. When we got home they had given her the “Rustic” loaf rather than what she had ordered. It was delicious.

My sister, niece and nephew, went to see the exhibit by, Guo Pei, which she thought was at the De Young museum. It wasn’t.

We were passing by the, Japanese Tea Garden, which we had not been to in quite some time so we started there.

In the Japanese Tea Garden

Japanese Tea Garden

My sister, niece, me, nephew, 

We then went to the De Young Museum and saw the Obama Portraits. Where we found out the, Guo Pei exhibit, was at the Legion.

My sister told me to remove my mask, forgot to tell me to fix my hair.

Arriving, at the Legion we found there was a timed entry for the exhibit and we had a hour to kill before our time. so we wandered through the exhibits. Which included some of the work by Guo Pei. Including this stunning Dragon Dress.

At our scheduled time we entered the main Guo Pei exhibit. If you get the opportunity to see this GO!

The embroidery and workmanship, the use of natural and other materials is incredible.

Having done theatrical and art gallery lighting, I can say they did an outstanding job of lighting and casting shadows.

We ordered, Chinese food, for dinner from the Dumpling Depot in Sunnyvale it was very good, I will be having leftovers for lunch, which is right about now.

Checked in this morning for my fight back to New Mexico, we will be flying out first thing in the morning.

Captain’s Toy Chest

 Mundane chore to do around the house today, watering, cleaning up after the dogs, feeding them. Have to take care off my sister’s house while she is away.

Then off to my favorite bakery in Homer #TwoSistersBakery and their wonderful, Chocolate Bread. The daughter of one of the sister’s whom I met last year was there and we reconnected. It has been just over a year since I was last there, I sure did miss that bread, okay I missed the chocolate. If you every get to Homer you have to try it. Get there early, they are open at 10am to 3pm Wednesday-Saturday, there is always a line. twosistersbakery.net 

This is from last year, ate it too fast this morning.

Took my bread and sat at Bishop’s Beach, beautiful sunny day, Then off to my sister’s store, The Captain’s Toy Chest, to cover for her.

Had pretty good day at the store, some nice conversations with people from both Alaska and many out of state travelers. Will be back there tomorrow.