Christo Visits The Albany Public Library
Carol and I visited New York City to see Christo's Gates Project in Central Park. Little did we know that he'd slip into Albany and wrap the Albany Public Library at 1247 Marin Avenue! Continue Reading
Architecture & Design
Brunch, Richard Avedon, Clients, Realtors, Friends and Serendipity
In recent years I've noticed serendipity seems to create interesting experiences. I found out that the Richard Avedon exhibit at the San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art was closing today, so told Carol - let's head to San Francisco for breakfast, then go to the exhibit. We Continue Reading
Visual Acoustics – a film on the architectural photographs of Julius Shulman
Carol and I visited the John Lautner Retrospective at UCLA's Hammer Museum last year. You've seen many of Lautner's works, but might not have known his name. Julius Shulman is the amazing person who photographed his work, and the work of many other modern architect since Continue Reading
Here’s how I organize my Sillions (Serkes Millions) of photos
I used to take photos at lower resolution so I can get more on the disk (showing how long I've been using digital cameras. Ed Shields, a photographer friend of mine, said - you're never going to take that photo again (time change, people die, you never want to have to Continue Reading
Double double toll bridge trouble, cables fail and tempers bubble
"Double double toll bridge trouble, cables fail and tempers bubble" W Shakespeare BART (Bay Area Repertory Theater) and Bard Traffic Reporter Continue Reading
A New Deal For The East Bay – Talk by Gray Brechin
We negotiated an inspection contingency removal for our seller, so decided to treat ourself to another nice night out.. the second time we've been to Berkeley's Hillside Club in a week. BAHA - Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association - sponsored a talk "A New Deal for Continue Reading