I’ve never thought about buying art in the same way I’ve never worried about the price of gold or considered real estate in St. Bart’s–it’s a rich man’s hobby. I thought that to buy art you had to be nursing…
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Two Fine Buildings
We were talking about Sonoma last week but let’s move south a few miles to that hilly peninsula between the white-capped Pacific and the chilly shark-infested waters of San Francisco Bay. Yes, the city with famous bridges and famous cable…
Posted in Travel Tagged with: academy of sciences, architecture, art, assless chaps, city, deyoung, san francisco, travel
Oh Gee, Where’ve I been?
G is for go go go. Sometimes you have to step away from your surroundings to know where you are. How can we stretch out this metaphor? Climb a tree to see the forest? Take off your glasses to see?…
Vroom Vroom!
Following up on vintage Tonka trucks, I finally released the last hidden truck to Number Two. He got three for Christmas and the fourth, a huge fire truck, would’ve been lost in the excitement. But this weekend, as I cursed…
Plus One Beer, Minus One Chicken
Life’s about balance, right? Yesterday I got to bring the beer I’d brought to life a little over a month ago. I was so excited to taste it that I forgot to refrigerate it, something I only noticed halfway through.…
Train Coming!!
Right now there’s a lot of excitement in our house about trains coming. Well, most of that excitement is radiating from the shortest resident, The Boy aka Number Two. With his bat-like hearing he can pick up the faintest ring…
Posted in Parenting, San Diego Tagged with: locomotive, nuclear fusion reactor, number two, parenting, train museum, trains, trolley
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