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<\/a><\/p>\nThe passes we had bought also got us into the other parts of the museum.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t see the Asian art exhibit that day, but we sort of ran through the African exhibit, and then spent a great deal of time in the American exhibit.\u00a0 There was a lot of truly great art there, and the collection spanned about 500 years, starting with Aztec Art and going all the way to Modern.\u00a0 There were also a number of paintings I recognized from Art History text books that I didn\u2019t know were at the DeYoung.\u00a0 My favorite piece was a sculpture of a Gothic Cathedral that had been made out of bullets and gun parts.\u00a0 It was spectacular.\u00a0 I also liked the \u201cSusanna and the Elders\u201d painting by Thomas Hart Benton.<\/p>\n
The trip to and from the museum was also entertaining.\u00a0 My son volunteered to drive.\u00a0 He still has his learner\u2019s permit and today would be driving through rush hour traffic and the narrow streets of San Francisco.\u00a0 This type of driving is not for the faint of heart.\u00a0 He did just fine.\u00a0 I used Waze to find all the accidents along the way, though ultimately, we couldn\u2019t avoid them because all the streets in the area were backed up today.\u00a0 We just crawled along until we got to SFO.\u00a0 Things were a breeze and we were only 10 minutes late by the time we parked in Golden Gate Park.\u00a0 Our walk from where we parked (the arboretum) was not all that far to the DeYoung \u2013 maybe half a mile.\u00a0 We had the foresight to pack sandwiches and drinks so we ate lunch while walking to the museum.\u00a0 After our museum tour was over, we wandered around the \u201cgazebo\u201d area for a bit then wandered back to our car.\u00a0 As is our new family tradition, the kids took many \u201cbench tour\u201d photos along the way (we can\u2019t travel anywhere now without many bench pictures \u2013 a trend the kids had accidentally started at the Gemaldegalerie in Munich three years ago).\u00a0 We drove most of the way home, and then stopped in Mt. View for some unique food shopping (things we can\u2019t get in Milpitas like fancy French cheese and gourmet peanut butter) then ate dinner there at Chevy\u2019s.\u00a0 When we got home, it was time for our Lifegroup to meet at our house, which is always a party.\u00a0 The last of that group cleared out at 10:30 after a couple of games of \u201cMafia\u201d that my son likes to lead.\u00a0 What a spectacular day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday, my family went to see the \u201cThe Girl with the Pearl Earring\u201d exhibit at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco.\u00a0 It was truly great to see all the Dutch Master paintings.\u00a0 One of my all-time paintings was there as … Continue reading