Boston - Arnold Arboretum

 

Boston - The Institute of Contemporary Art

 

Yayoi Kusama's "Infinity Mirror Room -- Love is Calling" 

Boston - Art Theft and Old School Art

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is on all the lists of things to do in Boston, and since I'm in Boston, I went there. Izzy's art collection is totally not to my taste, but it's extensive and impressive, and one of the main draws to the museum, which was her home until she died in 1924, is the lovely courtyard which all the floors of the house built around. 

In 1990, thirteen works of art valued at hundreds of millions of dollars were stolen from the museum. The case was never solved, and the empty frames still hang. Presumably to shame the thieves should they return to browse the remainder of the collection.

 When John Singer Sargent paints your portrait

"Dear diary, this place blows."

"Did I tie this thing right??"

"Peace out, bitches."

MOAD

 Art opening for David Huffman's Terra Incongnita

Scenes around Town

 

Another cool Olafur Eliasson installation

Here's a stock image for a fuller view. 

A Month in San Francisco

I have the upstairs unit of this huge flat.

My pal Brenda arranged for me to house-sit at her neighbor's place in the Castro for a month, how could I pass that up?  

It's a great neighborhood to wander around in, and Brenda knows everyone on the block (neighborhood dinner-club at one of their homes a few houses down last Sunday) -- it's all very Tales of the City. 

I took the day off from work on Friday and headed across the bridge to Muir Woods and then to a lookout point over Muir Beach, great drive on Highway 1. 

Another [birth] Day in Paradise

Enough was finally enough. Vaccines administered, booster in arm, time to go. Masked up, boarded a flight, and stayed at this small hacienda outside Puerto Vallarta for the better part of a week. Came home unscathed by the plague, ready to keep venturing out. Don't know when, don't know where, but I'm ready to cross borders again. 

Hacienda Maria-Elena

 

Kitchen assistant, Fernando, who served meals, drinks, and snacks; my new best friend.

Spent the week alternating between this spot...

...and this one. 

This was the view I had when I looked up from my book(s) from the couch;
five books in five days.

Jen and me.