July 27, 2007

  • I had a lot to do over lunch. First, I had to get that pesky rear tire on my commuter replaced because it was really word down and I was getting a lot of flats. Luckily, they changed it really quickly and it didn't take a lot of time. Then I had to meet Mr. Poe for a quick lunch and a visit to the Museum of Modern Art. The museum itself isn't my favorite building in the city. I think it looks like a big lipstick. Which might be great for Lancome's corportate headquarters but not so great for a museum. The inside has some interesting angles:

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    Hello gorgeous!

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    We went to see the Matisse exhibit which was pretty crappy but there were a couple of other things there that I really liked. Check out these dogs:

    They come from this larger painting:

    It's like they got my dogs to model as all of them have what they call "crazy face".  There was also this great super-realistic homoerotic series on rock climbers:

      

    Much nicer at the museum than in the reproduction.  Very well executed and finely detailed.  Although the guys at the upper left seem a little porno.  But maybe that's just me.  Moving into the permanent exhibit, I saw this Rodin sculpture that I really liked:

    Rodin seems to be what the scholars call an "ass man":

    I totally got yelled at for taking pictures in the museum.  See what I do for this site??  We headed outside to a little porch high above Yerba Buena Gardens.  There's a great view of the city.  This building is Humboldt Savings Bank.  It was under constuction when the earthquake hit it in 1906 and was expanded and completed after:

    This is a view across 3rd Street into Yerba Buena Gardens:

    Mr. Poe hiding from the security guard who kept trying to get me to stop taking pictures:

    And me brazen in my lawlessness:

    The last thing we saw that was neat was an enormous installation that spanned several rooms.  Got yelled at yet again for taking pictures.  And I really cared.  Yes I did.

    I had to get back to work and Mr. Poe had some movie to go to so that was the end of our museum visit for that day.  After work I headed down Geary to Polk to Washington.  I found the German Consulate on Washington Street.  I like!

    From there I headed down to Arguello and then through Golden Gate Park, around Stow Lake and out 9th Avenue into the Sunset.  I went up to Kirkham and then 17th to Vicente and then over into Saint Francis Wood.  Here is the circle at St. Francis and Santa Ana:

    From there I headed out Miraloma to Portola to Corbett and then home.  The dogs were engaged in their favorite activity:

    I took Rufus to the Park and then walked them both and then it was time for bed.  Total bicycle mileage:  35.