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  • Weekend at Jackson

    July 14, 2009

    The idea was that we all needed to get away….and hang out together….it was awesome!  The house was built in 1897 and was perfect.  Weekend highlights included great stories, card games (a sneaky scrabble game – no, I am not holding a grudge….really!), eggs benedict as only my dad can do it, and a lot of laughter….it was awesome!!!

    Our House For A Few Days
    Our House For A Few Days
    Look Uncle Darran!
    Look Uncle Darran!
    So Handsome
    So Handsome
    Pouty
    Pouty
    Mornin!
    Mornin!
    Ahhhhh!
    Ahhhhh!
    Bill's Benedict
    Bill's Benedict
    My Boys!
    My Boys!
    Carbon Copy?
    Carbon Copy?
    So Handsome 2
    So Handsome 2
    Ohhh Remote Control Car
    Ohhh Remote Control Car
    Uhmm Your On Holiday
    Uhmm Your On Holiday

  • SF with the Boys

    July 10, 2009

    Had a great day hangin with my boys in the city….Asian Art museum had a samurai exhibit, hung out in the park,  wandered to city hall, grabbed something to snack on and we met up with the parental units….so much fun – especially watching them imitate buddha!

    3 Buddhas?
    3 Buddhas?
    My Fav Rhino
    My Fav Rhino
    Camels in Duplicate
    Camels in Duplicate
    Aunt Sharon We're Bored
    Aunt Sharon We're Bored
    City Hall Rotunda
    City Hall Rotunda

  • Frisbee Anyone?

    July 7, 2009

    As I discover, each time I try this, I am absolute crap but Dad, Michaela, Sean and I had so much fun….avoiding sprinklers whilst chasing a flying plastic disk around!

    I Almost Got It!
    I Almost Got It!
    Behind the Back Trick
    Behind the Back Trick
    Quick
    Quick
    See We Are Having Fun
    See We Are Having Fun

  • Chrome and Fishes

    July 5, 2009

    What to do on the 4th of July weekend?  Like lots of motors, shiny metal?  Moto GP Baby!!! and of course, the Monterey Bay Aquarium because well, your there!!

    What a great weekend….
    Helmets
    Helmets
    White
    White
    Mine in the Middle
    Mine in the Middle
    Two of My Loves
    Two of My Loves
    Fishy
    Fishy
    Future Punk
    Future Punk

  • Couldn’t Be Cuter!

    July 1, 2009
    Hug
    Hug
  • Perfectly Expressed

    June 29, 2009

    The De Young has a sculpture done Al Farrow – The Spine and Tooth of Santo Guerro.  He uses gun parts, bullets, human bone amongst other things to create his reliquaries.  It is an amazing sculpture – violence, death, destruction are it's foundations even though these things violate the core principals of what the Christian church is suppose to imbue  (he has done others of mosques and synagogues with the same effect).  

    By making something so beautiful (if viewed from afar) and something so cold and echoing of violence (up close) this particular reliquary manages to convey the hypocrisy of religion – it is hard to argue against the interconnect between religion and war/violence/intolerance.  The hanging sculpture behind also was a nice commentary on religion and violence – it is created from the charred remains of a Montgomery church that was turned into a suspended square.
    Side
    Side
    Front
    Front

  • De Young Rocks!

    June 28, 2009

    This is seriously one of my favorite places in the city.  It's not just the art – it is the space both inside and out and how the art is presented that makes this place…

    The most interesting part of the visit was seeing the Malian pieces again – after spending time in Mali I had a whole new appreciation for pieces I would have passed without much thought previously.
    Here are some of the pics from the day.
    Kanaga
    Kanaga
    Unknown Mask
    Unknown Mask
    Sirige
    Sirige
    Sogonikun
    Sogonikun
    Love This
    Love This
    My Favorite
    My Favorite

  • Bebenhausen Monastery

    June 26, 2009

    Bebenhausen Monastery is a very well-preserved, 12th-century Cistercian monastery near Tübingen, Germany and a great place to spend an afternoon – thanks again Geli for rescuing me from the hotel.

    The audio tour left a bit to be desired but the winter and summer refectories, monastic cells, and the building surrounds more than made up for it.
    Cloister Garden
    Cloister Garden
    Monastic Sleeping Cell
    Monastic Sleeping Cell
    Stairway to Monastic Cells
    Stairway to Monastic Cells
    Abbey Church Close Up
    Abbey Church Close Up
    Abbey Church Close Up 2
    Abbey Church Close Up 2
    Summer Refectory Ceiling
    Summer Refectory Ceiling
    Bebenhausen Fount
    Bebenhausen Fount
    Bebenhausen Wood Shed
    Bebenhausen Wood Shed
    Lupin
    Lupin
    Bonus photo:  10 points for guessing who this famous, controversial German Green Party politician is…he just happened to be at Bebenhausen when we were.
    Joschka Fischer
    Joschka Fischer

  • Catching Up With Friends

    June 25, 2009

    As luck, serendipity, or good karma would have it, some great family friends (we have known them for 30 years) just happened to be in the same area of Germany we were at the same time!!  

    Sommer is mounting a production for the summer festival in Schwabish Hall and her mom had flown from California for a few weeks to spend time with Sommer and her son.  I was even able to meet Alexander, Sommer's partner, when he surprised his family by dropping in from Berlin.  

    It was an incredible gift to be able to spend time with them – we just fell into conversations about everything like no time had passed.
    Schwabish Hall
    Schwabish Hall
    Feeding Ducks
    Feeding Ducks
    Trish and Sommer
    Trish and Sommer
    Hug
    Hug

  • I Love Shiny Metal

    June 21, 2009

    What to do in Stuttgart…..

    Well, but of course – Mercedes Benz Museum.  This place was so very cool – Thanks Klaus and Geli for a great day!
    We Made It!
    We Made It!
    Copper
    Copper
    1st Mercedes
    1st Mercedes
    Tan and Gold
    Tan and Gold
    Beauty
    Beauty
    Red and Silver
    Red and Silver
    Wings
    Wings
    Silver Streaks
    Silver Streaks

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