SF Sightseeing

How many people actually go do touristy stuff near where they live? I certainly don’t. There’s so much cool stuff 30 – hour minutes drive from here. You’ve got SF, wine country, redwood forests, and beaches galore. I LOOVE California. I don’t normally go sightseeing in my own backyard (and trust me I should do it more often), but one of my friends was back in town and she brought her roommate from Alaska to visit. Exciting exciting. Her first time in Nor-Cal, so we all decided that we should go sightseeing. First up was Golden Gate Park. We went to see the Japanese tea garden (which wasn’t packed because it was a weekday) and the De Young (oh academy of sciences, you’re too expensive… lower your prices a little? haha). Then a little trip to the ferry building, embarcadero center and the stuff around. What a fun day it was! Full of laughs, art, culture and of course… fun. hahaha. Well on to the pictorals!

The little chinese pagoda by Lake Stow

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hahah I couldn’t resist! I was walking through the Japanese tea garden, saw this frame, saw the color of her cardigan… told her to go sit on the bench. ahaha.

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Cherry blossoms blossoming! heart!

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These were two really awesome walls on the DeYoung.

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At the DeYoung, the main attraction was the florist interpretations of art pieces. It was pretty freaking awesome. I’ve never been to the deYoung before so I don’t know if this multicolored flower thing hanging above the lobby is a new thing or not.

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Florist interpretation in front of the art piece. freaking awesome!!!

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Now these are some random floral art.

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This reminds me of a Bug’s Life. It was kinda like the bird that the ants made.

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They had some Chihuly pieces still in the museum.

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There was also a Yves Saint Laurent exhibit. I couldn’t take any pictures but it had some of this clothing pieces throughout his career. I liked this quote they painted on the wall and I got in trouble taking a picture of the quote. haha Whooooopps.

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And then some scary stuff too…

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Now two pictures to finalize the post. Embarcadero Center and the bow and arrow.

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alex - April 8, 2009 - 3:10 am

it was a really fun day! thanks again! and very nice pictures by the way….i really like the one where our reflection is in the metal ball thing. haha

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