Thoughts and Things – Page 36

High on the Pacific “Pacific Heights ” (Day 2)

One of my favorite streets in San Francisco, Broadway in Pacific Heights. Here we observed beautiful designed houses. I actually met the architect for this property. Shook his hand, then forgot his name.

Green home that is watering their plants and providing water for their fish with a nice filtration system.

Winding Driveway

View from Pacific Heights

Straight downhill to the ocean.

I had a chance to peak into Presidio National Park (17 miles of trails)

Thu 02/03Sat 02/05

On “the Mission “in San Francisco (DAY 1)

My wife and I decided to spend her BDay in the beautiful city of San Francisco. I decided to get a room that felt more like being at home than a hotel. (I didn’t have a lot of money) So I found a spot in the Mission called Hotel Mirabelle. The room felt like an actual guest bedroom at someone’s house. Everyone one a floor has to share a shower and toilet buts is “nice for day price.” The best turn down service I received was the book about my favorite architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Also there was some interestimg bricks on the ground outside our window. We later went to a sushi resturant off the corner of vanlecia and 16th.

Sun 01/30

Santa Ana River Lakes

It was rainy and cold. Nobody in our camp caught anything but runny noses.

Tue 01/11

For Heaven’s Sake

Art world provocateur Damien Hirst’s latest work, an authentic baby’s skull covered in platinum and diamonds, is causing controversy in the UK. The sculpture (above), entitled For Heaven’s Sake, is a follow-up to the Brit artist’s astounding $100 million diamond covered skull which he debuted in 2007. The new work is based on an infant’s skull believed to be that of a newborn less than two weeks old from a 19th-century pathology collection that Hirst has acquired, the London Telegraph reports. Cast in platinum and set with more than 8,000 white and pink diamonds by royal jewelers Bentley & Skinner, the skull will be exhibited later this month at the Gagosian Gallery’s new space in Hong Kong and will be shown in London later this year.

The work has angered parenting groups who claim that it is offensive to those who have suffered the bereavement of a child, the newspaper reports, raising the specter of protests. That of course is only likely to increase its value. “When you look at a skull, you think it represents the end, but when you see the end so beautiful, it gives you hope,” Hirst commented regarding his earlier skull work. “Diamonds are about perfection and clarity and wealth and sex and death and immortality. They are a symbol of everything that’s eternal, but then they have a dark side as well.” FROM LUXIST

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