King Tut was at the de Young Museum - the exhibit, to be precise, NOT King Tut, in contrast to the famed tour 30 years ago. Still mindblowing, complementing Michael's Playmobil pyramin and the Ancient Egypt rubric at school.
The cable car stopped right in front of our hotel on Powell; we rode to Fisherman's Wharf and back, wandering to the recommended R & G Lounge in Chinatown for dinner. A car with Chinese Consulate plates pulled in, so we thought this must be OK dining. Jack went for the egg rolls, ignoring the 1 per person rule that the rest of us seemed to quietly accept.
There was a nearby office plastered with the following signs and blown-up photos regarding the 1894-95 Sino-Japanese War.
We had just had a fantastic discussion in class about comparative traditions of war memory - Japan's versus the USA's, Germany's - so the topic was fresh. As you may know, complexities surrounding Japanese colonialism have never been resolved in East Asia, thus the ongoing controversy with school textbook omissions, politicians' speech gaffes, etc.+++
Re: cable cars and San Francisco (although I just had a memory flash to Hitchcock's Vertigo, filmed in SF and using memory in a big way; remember the staring at the crosssection of a sequoia image?):
Anyway, we remembered learning that a Swiss engineer had originally built the system. Thank you.
I love the old-fashioned coffee shop/grill joints you find in downtowns. We looked up Sears for a most yummy breakfast of Swedish dollar coin size pancakes. Jack plays with the jams.
The Weinstein Gallery had impressive Chagalls and Miros. Michael honed in on a pyramid!
Then on to Bart to visit the Lancasters in Lafayette. A visit with them revolves around grilling and walking.
And lots of conversation.
The great vegetable garden of years past has narrowed to this broccoli plant (due to dog).
Jeffrey made balloon art
and Michael discovered the neighborhood cat. He has always had a fond love for felines. He sleeps with his stuffed toy cat, Simba.
The godchildren.
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