Sunday morning after breakfast, we zoomed up the 101 to San Francisco and the Legion of Honor, known to our family as the Legion of Otters. It has such a great setting and the museum is perfect: wonderful art from every period and compact size. And the building is a text-book Beaux-Arts palace. We found a possibility for a Brazilian lunch on Yelp that turned out to be excellent. It was near the Mission District and so after a delicious repast, we took a walk to the Mission San Francisco de Assis, known as Dolores because of its proximity to an arroyo and creek of the same name. Happily, the mission was very close to a patisserie, Tartine, that Anna was excited to try. On our return walk, we passed a couple of used furniture places with great retro furniture.
The Legion of Honor
The City from the Legion of Honor
They have a large Rodin collection
But this della Robbia is my favorite
I loved this Rococo room as well
I couldn't live with it, but I love Rococo design
A drive-by snap of City Hall with its magnificent dome
A corner on Franklin Street just above Market
Well fed and waiting for mousse de
maracujá
Marching up Market Street toward Dolores Street and the Mission
Completed in 1791, this is the oldest intact mission: survived
the earthquake and great fire
San Francisco de Assis with its original redwood timbers
The reredos is from Mexico
Bird of paradise in the mission cemetery
takes me back to my youth in Los Angeles
Tartine on Guerrero at 18th Street
Danish mid-century modern used furniture, oceans of it
This was one of the very best days of the whole trip. So much new (to me) stuff, all of it great! Thanks to Rob and Anna for their fine management. That's all for now. We head back to reality tomorrow.
OXO
D.
