On Friday, we went to the bay area so Ali could meet Sarah and Gloria! We then went to SF to go to the Exploratorium, Palace of Fine Arts, and the de Young museum. The Exploratorium was awesome. Lots of fun, hands-on activities! Here's us inside a giant kaleidoscope, all taking photos:
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We then walked around the beautiful (even in the rain!) Palace of Fine Arts and, afterwards, got a quick lunch at Boudin on Pier 39 and headed to the de Young. It was full of beautiful paintings and it's so easy to catch Ali's enthusiasm for art!
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| Ali and Big Nose Washington! |
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| A painting of John Brown! |
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| Me with a Georgia O'Keeffe! |
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| My favorite! A California piece. |
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| A floral interpretation of my favorite. |
This morning, we woke up and headed to the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. A piece we were expecting to see was in storage, but we still saw some neat things!
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| Awesome painting of the Matterhorn! |
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| A favorite! Sacramento River. |
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| Portrait of Sam Brannan! Interesting man with a fascinating history. If you are interested in Californian or Mormon history, look him up! |
And at the center of the home was this haunting piece:
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| Chinese army carrying nuclear war heads. With infants inside. |
And one last one of Ali on the steps...
So we have been to four museums/galleries! Pretty impressive, I'd say. After going to the museum, we met up with Sean for sushi, naps, corned beef and cabbage for dinner (so easy and delicious!), and the movie Friends with Benefits. It was a very fun St. Patrick's Day! So sad to be dropping Ali off at the airport tomorrow morning. C'est la vie, I suppose.
3 remarks:
You guys accomplished a lot! So fun!
it was so nice to meet you ali. ...and i'd have to say my fav pic thus far is the one of ali and big nose washington, hehe!
hugs,
sarah.
Sarah,
So nice to meet you too! I think I did do a rather good job of capturing Big Nose Washington in my facial expression. :)
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