Happy Birthday Mom!

Spent the day yesterday celebrating my Mom's Birthday. We started off at the De Young Museum in the Golden Gate Park of San Francisco. There was a fabulous traveling exhibit on Georgia O'Keefe. Her love of nature truly comes out in her paintings and her ability to capture colors and contrasts is phenomenal. Of course, no photos allowed in the exhibit, but we snuck a pic right outside.

After a nice museum cafe lunch (always my favorite), we walked next store to the Japanese Tea Garden and we enjoyed our cups of sencha and jasmine green tea. We were lucky enough to have a beautiful day in the city given that it rained the day before and the day after!

From there we picked Abs up from track practice (who made Varsity track what what!), and went to Bistro Vida for dinner!

 Happy Birthday Mom! Hope you enjoyed the day as much as I did!

Bruce

My Grandma Pederson painted a portrait of Bruce Springsteen back in the day, she used to always call him Bruce, hubba hubba!

I am trying to choose a complementary frame. What do you think of this gold one?

Who is Mafalda?

At the flea market today, I saw so many "Mafalda" items- t-shirts, bags, mugs, keychains, even refrigerator magnets. Clearly she was a character from a beloved Argentine cartoon that I knew nothing about. I thought I'd share with you my findings...

Mafalda is a cartoon character from the late 1960s to early 1970s, created by "Quino". She is a 6 year old girl, who "reflects the Latin American middle class and progressive youth, which is concerned about humanity and world peace and rebels against the world bequeathed by their elders". 






Aww! No wonder she is so beloved! I totally would have bought a t-shirt!

Update: I found Mafalda, La Pelicula with English subtitles on youtube, had to share!

Buenos Aires Street Art

BA is well known for great works of graffiti art. There are even tours you can take! Just about every walk I take, I come across something interesting.

Ciao!
Julia

Sculpture Run!

Running through Recoleta in the early evening is the best. Plenty of people out biking, rollerblading, running, walking. I noticed there are so many sculptures on my run that it begs to be named the "Sculpture Run". Here are just a few shots of the many sculptures. See for yourself!

A Memorial Plaque to the Disappeared Artists of the Recoleta Crafts Fair

Nice trail!

Relaxing on the lawn like all the other portenos

"91 degrees, feels like 110"

That was the weather report for this afternoon. Oh boy it's been a hot one today! And I take a long walk to Museo Evita. Haven't felt this close to passing out before.

Some photos of the day...

My fresh pasta with pesto and baguette with brie

Unnamed sculpture nearby Recoleta Mall

The best of the US

Museo Evita, the building previously housed one of Eva's shelters for Women and Children

Evita Peron

A collection of Evita's stylish outfits

BA street art

Hoy

I had a wonderful time in Recoleta this morning. Starting with te con leche y tres media lunas en La Biela. It was quite an affair!

 Afterwards I perused the Buenos Aires Design Center and the National Museum of Fine Arts

Just a few blocks from where I am staying, was Evita's home in the city. 

Ciao!

Roma

It's summer in Roma, meaning it is affollata y calda. Crowded and hot! A good game plan is to walk from water fountain to water fountain, stay in the shade, skip the heat of the day, stay inside at the musuems, enjoy the awesome public parks and avoid the Disneyland parts of Rome.

Off the beaten path in Roma makes for some beautiful photographs. Enjoy!

Ciao.

Crocheted Coral Reef

National Portrait Gallery

SF MOMA

Yesterday I went to the SF MOMA with Amy and Hannibal to see the Ansel Adams and Georiga O'Keefe Exhibit, which was fabulous. Here is one of my favorite of Georgia O'Keefe's work that I had the pleasure of seeing first hand:

Boleros for the Disenchanted

Last night I saw the play Boleros for the Disenchanted at the A.C.T. theater downtown with Abi and Amy. It was terrific, really funny, poignant, sad and heartfelt. Most of all I loved the set and the music.

From the A.C.T. website:
OBIE Award winner José Rivera (A.C.T.'s Brainpeople, Marisol), the Academy Award–nominated screenwriter of The Motorcycle Diaries, returns to his native Puerto Rico to explore the ineffable dreams of lovers. In one of his most personal works, passion and humor collide in an exuberant village in 1953, where Flora's search for true love follows an unexpected course. A bold, moving second act, set almost 40 years later in America, probes the darker mysteries of marriage.
This brilliant new work reverberates with the gorgeous sounds of Latin love songs, or boleros, written by master composer Fabian Obispo. Acclaimed actors Rachel Ticotin (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Total Recall, and Broadway's Macbeth) and Robert Beltran (Star Trek: Voyager, Big Love) star alongside the fresh new talents of Drew Cortese, Lela Loren, Dion Mucciacito, and Michele Vazquez in their A.C.T. debut.

Happenings in SF

FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PRESIDIO

Presidio Main Post Parade Ground Lawn (between Graham St & Keyes
Ave, near Officer's Club & Visitor's Center)
Saturday, Sept 15, 7:30 PM Sunday, Sept 16, 2:30 PM
Saturday, Sept 22, 7:30 PM Sunday, Sept 23, 2:30 PM

SF ZOO PASSES
The passes are available for 24 hr. check out at the Student Activity
Center, Millberry Union 108W. Must have your student ID to check out
the pass.

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES FREE
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/28/NSGA9L9CPV1.DTL

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