On a High!

A couple of weekends ago, my best girlfriend & I spent the weekend in San Francisco and the surrounding area.  We saw a production of Peter Pan, which was spectacular!  The "flying", the special effects were so wonderful.  When this touring show comes to your city, DON"T MISS IT!  No photography was allowed, so I have no pictures to show you, sorry.  You can watch a short video HERE.

Friday night we stayed at the Hyatt Regency at Embarcadero Center.  The tent theater for Peter Pan was erected in the Ferry Park on the Embarcadero property, so it was a 3 minute walk from the hotel entrance. Even if the show weren't so close, we both love this hotel!  It has very interesting architecture, partially a pyramid shape, which is evident on the inside as well as outside.  Standing in the hotel's Atrium, you can see all the way up to the top floors.  It also has an 18th story circular private restaurant/bar which provides a 360 degree view!  Click HERE and take the "virtual tour", and you'll get an idea of how cool this building is!

On Saturday morning, we had our complimentary breakfast in the Regency Club.  (Our show package gave us a room on a private floor & access to the "club", La-Te-Da!  I'm posting photos of the circular room & the views below.

We sat at this table.

Bay Bridge

See this piece of concrete detail?  There was a window washer walking on this with NO tether, bucket and squeegee in hand!  Really!  No kidding!  18 floors up! 

We had to leave because my girlfriend was getting sick watching him!

You can see the top of this concrete thing.  It is about 18" wide.

Market Street, I think.

Ferry Building

Second story rooftop garden.

We had a great time.  San Fransisco is a beautiful city.  I even bought a couple of things at a street fair.  I'll be showing those next time. 

Cheers!  Chris

Bouquets to Art

Every year, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Legion of Honor & De Young) present a gala showing of floral design paired with fine art called "Bouquets to Art". It is a spectacular show, and one that I enjoyed so much! The floral designers of the SF Bay area come together to recreate the museum art in floral. These are not traditional "pretty posey" bouquets by any standard, and some were pretty bizarre.

My photos are not at all professional. There were people walking in and out of my planned shots, I got bumped a couple of times...you know, typical crowd annoyances. In a couple of places, I have added links to previous year's interpretations of the same piece of art. Be sure to click and view them, it is fun to see how the designer's works differ.

This beauty with the birch and orchids was one of the stand-alone designs as we entered the exhibit. I am always attracted to anything with birch!

Here's an interpretation of a Diego Rivera painting.

Glass fruit rendered in flowers.

The inspiration for these are the Pre-Colombian artifacts on the wall behind them.

Abstract with stripes, bouquet with stripes.

I loved this colorful interpretation of the red, yellow & blue abstract. And THIS LINK will take you to a previous year's design.

This is the most fun! Gumball machines...my photo below, another version HERE.

Finally, I want to show you what I think is the most gorgeous art-floral combination ever! I did not see this in person, and in order to honor the copyright, I can't show the photo here. But I promise, following THIS LINK is worth the time! World-renowned Dale Chihuly's fabulous glass art done in floral by Yukiko Neibert, one of my favorite floral designers - what a treat! BTW, Yukiko's site is a great place to explore!

Enjoy! Chris

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