31st Aug 2003
Lombard and Chagall
We drove to the City (that would be San Francisco) today to go see the Marc Chagall exhibit at the SFMOMA.
We had a friend of my daughter with us, and she had never been down the Twisty Bit of Lombard Street. That’s excuse enough for me. I am always into the Autocross aspect of City driving, and have actually had some training. I’d only been down that section of serpentine brick about 20 times. It’s beyond me why anyone would want to live there with the constant parade – perhaps they are all extras that are hired by the City.
Lo and behold, it’s Campaign Season … a 60ish male mammal in a Mercedes was driving ahead of us, waving a large political sign out of his sunroof …
… while playing John Philip Sousa’s “Semper Fidelis” at FULL volume
… while holding up a long line of cars that were waiting to go down the twisty bit
… while mugging for a random tourist and their DV cam.
Lost this vote :-) When we got to the bottom, I made a point of going any direction but his. Glad he didn’t show up at the SFMOMA …
… which is my segue to Chagall. I must say that I lean more towards the impressionists, the surrealists and cubists, and all sorts of “ists”. I draw the line at Jackson Pollock. I like representational art, or some good excuse if it isn’t.
Chagall doesn’t really grab me like, say Dali, Degas, or many others, but I enjoyed the exhibit quite a bit (and this is a big one). I think his best work involves someone floating, most often his wife, Bella. It was great to see “Midsummer Night’s Dream” in person (like cow heads? he sure liked painting them)
If you go, tag along with a member (avoid the line stretching down the block), or go mid-week (avoid the crowds). Peter Coyote does a great job on the audio tour, which is well worth the $5.
We drove to the City (that would be San Francisco) today to go see the Marc Chagall exhibit at the SFMOMA.
We had a friend of my daughter with us, and she had never been down the Twisty Bit of Lombard Street. That’s excuse enough for me. I am always into the Autocross aspect of City driving, and have actually had some training. I’d only been down that section of serpentine brick about 20 times. It’s beyond me why anyone would want to live there with the constant parade – perhaps they are all extras that are hired by the City.
Lo and behold, it’s Campaign Season … a 60ish male mammal in a Mercedes was driving ahead of us, waving a large political sign out of his sunroof …
… while playing John Philip Sousa’s “Semper Fidelis” at FULL volume
… while holding up a long line of cars that were waiting to go down the twisty bit
… while mugging for a random tourist and their DV cam.
Lost this vote :-) When we got to the bottom, I made a point of going any direction but his. Glad he didn’t show up at the SFMOMA …
… which is my segue to Chagall. I must say that I lean more towards the impressionists, the surrealists and cubists, and all sorts of “ists”. I draw the line at Jackson Pollock. I like representational art, or some good excuse if it isn’t.
Chagall doesn’t really grab me like, say Dali, Degas, or many others, but I enjoyed the exhibit quite a bit (and this is a big one). I think his best work involves someone floating, most often his wife, Bella. It was great to see “Midsummer Night’s Dream” in person (like cow heads? he sure liked painting them)
If you go, tag along with a member (avoid the line stretching down the block), or go mid-week (avoid the crowds). Peter Coyote does a great job on the audio tour, which is well worth the $5.
