De Young Museum - Playing Tourist

Had a wonderful day today playing tourist. Started off at Hubby's favorite cafe, delicious fresh brioche and a vanilla chai latte for me. Then wandered up Columbus, over to Chinatown checking out all the useless trinkets, passed by my little hole-in-the-wall Chinese on Jackson to make sure it was still there (yup).

Back over to Columbus to browse through City Lights. Always reminded of what an excellent place this is, such a fantastic selection of books! Wanted to buy a Lorca and Borges selection of poems with both Spanish and English, but didn't know if the translations were good. Will do a little search and go back to buy 'em.

Then hit the de Young for some art appreciation. Warming up to the exterior. The interior is fantastically laid out, with numerous vantage points looking out over the lobby, the sculpture garden outside, etc. The collection is ok, nothing that I would rave about, although I really enjoy the Oceanic and African collections. Hubby really liked Vallien's Janus IX.

Ended with some excellent Thai food on 2nd St.