Sunday, March 28, 2004
Breakfast at home with Patrick, Kevin, and Travis: fruit salad (asian pear, pitted cherries, orange, pear, banana in a mint-honey-lime dressing), sour cream cinnamon coffee cake with walnuts, Odwalla tangerine juice, PJ's coffee. It was Patrick's first time making coffee cake, and he did a splendid job with everything. All four of us went to the Art Deco exhibit at the Legion of Honor, where Stacey joined us. It was simply amazing. There was so much stuff to see, and so much of it just brought a smile to my face. I felt like I was smiling the whole time. I want to go back again. Things we saw: beaded and sequined flapper-era dresses by Chanel and others, coffee and tea sets, a handbag, a cigarette case, a men's travel case filled with brushes and combs and small flasks for booze, a cigarette lighter, an ice crusher in the shape of a gun, a meat slicer, a giant urn made of cast iron, a weird-but-cool boxy chandelier made out of silver tubes, a grand foyer from the Strand Palace hotel in London, old film showing Josephine Baker dancing topless, many paintings, textiles, rugs, desks, vanities, entertainment centers, cabinets, an Indian canopy bed made from silver-covered wood, all kinds of jewelry, tables and chairs, Man Ray and other photography, sculptures, travel posters, radios, cameras, a Cord 812 Phaeton car (kinda like the car in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen but this was the real deal), and—finally—a gift shop. There's a preview of the exhibit at thinker.org as well as pretty computer desktop wallpaper. After the museum, we got lunch at a restaurant on Clement called Bill's Place—a diner (415-221-5262, 2315 Clement St). We sat on the back patio enjoying the warm, clear day and the relaxing sounds of the faux waterfall feasting on burgers. We dropped Stacey off at her car, then the four of us went back home for a pit stop, then back out again to the Castro for a stroll and some Ben and Jerry's ice cream. Dinner at home with Patrick: ?