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Today was pretty wonderful. Started the day out getting bagels with David and walking over to Jeff

beg1n's garage sale. Picked up a nice volume of Louis Lamour's Short Stories of the Frontier then we walked back. The wind was up in town today and before the fog burned off it was CHILLY. so we retreated inside for a bit - took Miss Kate for a stroll in the park. then we headed over to the Legion of Honor for the Annie Lebowitz photo exhibition. The place was so mobbed - we couldn't find parking so we whipped our tails 'round and went to the Deyoung Museum in Golden Gate Park. As readers of my journal know by now - it's a regular stop for me. but I was surprised to hear David had never been there. so - it was worth it.

We walked through the sculpture garden and he took this photo while I wasn't looking (right). You truly do have to look out for the quiet ones, they will get you in the most trouble. This was inside this amazing concrete/plaster mound in the ground that manipulates sound so that everyone sounds like they are on a soundstage. Very very cool stuff.
I love singing or simply speaking and closing my eyes and listening to how the sculpture captures and creates something new from the sound of your voice.

It was great fun to hold hands and wander through - and stop and hold him from behind and discuss the artists. He'd never seen a Chihuly (or at least seen a Chihuly and said 'oh - look a Chihuly glass sculpture!')

The three exhibitions (turkish rugs, a strange red vinyl coat multimedia show and 'gilber and george') were simply big collective YAWNFESTS. But David seemed to enjoy the modern wing - particular a lovely piece called "standard______olay" by Yang Mian.

It's a large beautiful painting - with a purposely bright red (i think lipstick looking) smear across it. Apparently (seeing his stuff on Art.com - that is his trademark, perhaps his signature). David wasn't as artgasm'd over the building and has decided that we'll see every other museum in SF - before he decides on a favorite. and we're both intriqued by the opening of the Contemporary Jewish Museum coming this summer. - and neither of us have been to the Museum of the African Diaspora. So - we have plenty of museums to go!

tonight we had dinner at Indian Oven - always dependably fine food - - and having over done that - he's reading a biography of Johannes Brahms and I'm just getting started on This is your Brain on Music - - a quiet night in da house.