The Richmond District

Pianist Jeremy Denk describes my neighborhood in San Francisco more eloquently than I ever could….

When the concert ended, a Chinese man drove me back to my hotel in a large black Towncar. All the way down Geary. There were Russian bakeries, Dim Sum joints, gas stations, spas, the whole beat hybrid of San Francisco deciding, block by block, whether it is a city or not.

It’s all true. The cultural mishmash along Geary Boulevard makes the Richmond District a fun place to live. One New York friend’s reaction to a cab ride along Geary: “Oh, I get it. You live in Queens.” Except, one thing Jeremy, if I may: San Francisco is a city, and that was decided a long time ago. Only a New Yorker would question that.

(via The Rest Is Noise)
Photo Credit: Kenn Christ

Sculpture and Drawings (again)

If you’re in the Bay Area, please drop by my wife’s Open Studio this weekend. She’s a sculptor who works in bronze and, more recently, cast glass.

It’s all afternoon both Saturday and Sunday. Details are here, and here are galleries of her work: Sculpture, Drawings

This is part of the annual San Francisco Open Studios organized by ArtSpan.

Also, we’re literally a five-minute walk from the spectacular new de Young museum which opened last year in Golden Gate Park, so make a day of it!

Sculpture and Drawings

If you’re in the Bay Area, please drop by my wife’s Open Studio this weekend. She’s a sculptor who works in bronze and, more recently, cast glass.

It’s all afternoon both Saturday and Sunday. Details are here, plus a gallery of her work.

This is part of the annual San Francisco Open Studios organized by ArtSpan.

Also, we’re literally a five-minute walk from the spectacular new de Young museum which is officially opening its doors tomorrow. Big art weekend!