That Would Be Mrs. --- Day 8/28

Walk: Presidio
Distance: 3 miles, Pedal, Yoga

Here is the list of the Women Artists who were included to show in the 1894 Midwinter Fair, an international extravaganza held here in Golden Gate Park:  

The list is noteworthy because in 1894 women all over the world were in the early stages of fighting for recognition as independent artists in their own right.  And this list is extensive.  Congratulations are due. As she reads down it Ciwt sees  several women who painted under their married names, under Mrs....Perhaps they felt more comfortable with that formality, or perhaps they still did not see themselves as individual entities in society or perhaps their husbands insisted.  She also sees a Mr. on the list.  That might be a typo or it may be that C.E.Mavis felt she could not command attention not to mention sales if she painted under a female name.

No Flower Child --- Days 8/25, 26, 27

Walk: 1. Nails   2. de Young, Legion (Tour Prep); PGCC (Bridge)  3. Marin Driving Day
Distance: 1. 1 allergy mile   2. 1.5 allergy miles   3. 6 allergy blocks, Yoga

So Ciwt's spring is gorgeous here in San Francisco -  when she can appreciate it through her sneezes scratchy eyes and general slowed down-ness.  

Pollen flying off branches

Two 'Towers' --- Day 8/24

Walk: Research for Ciwt's Art and History Tour Begins
Distance: A few blocks, Pedal, Yoga

          Original de Young Museum 1914

                                                     Current de Young Museum

What a difference a couple of earthquakes make.  The original de Young was outgrown, enlarged, destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and replaced by a new museum.  But that one was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and 'replaced' by the current iteration above.  Well, at least they both have towers. That's another - and controversial - story.

Just Looking, Just in Case --- Day 8/23

Walk: Open Houses
Distance: 5 miles

As CIWT readers know, Ciwt Loves her little home.  But occasionally she goes out into "the most expensive U.S. residential real estate market" just to keep informed just in case.  Some things are more fun to learn about than others.  The price$, I Yi Yi.

Purest Moviemaking -- Day 8/22

Walk: Embarcadero Cinema (Ash is Purest White)
Distance: 4 miles, teeny yoga

Ciwt just returned from one of the ten best movies she has seen in a pretty long lifetime of going to movies.  And she can't explain exactly why:  cinematography, yes; historical commentary, yes; present day commentary, yes; sweeping drama, yes; small, intimate drama, yes; outstanding acting, yes.  Ash is Purest White has all those ingredients at the highest and most intelligent level - and more.  She says: Arthouse Film Buffs, Definitely Attend.

Some Bloom, Others Watch --- Day 8/21

Walk:  No, Recovering from Extroversion
Distance: 0

So after exhausting her extravert energies for three nights and with an all day art tour on the horizon,  Ciwt needed a day of  simply witnessing the annual miracle of her pet tree coming back to life.

Coming and Going --- Days 8.18,19 & 20

Walk: 1. SF Playhouse (Yoga Play), 2. Asian Art Museum (Kimono Refashioned), SF Ballet,                          Legion of Honor (Early Rubens)
Distance: 1. A Few Blocks, a little yoga 2. 5.4 Miles   3. 2.2 Miles, small yoga

So Where has Ciwt been?  Abandoning Alex Trebek to do nights on the town.  Tuesday it was 
Yoga Play at SF Playhouse:

A fairly inconsequential play which yoga teacher Ciwt enjoyed because it was a send up of the current yoga scene.

Then Wednesday it was Asian Art Museum's show Kimono Refashioned which Ciwt found interesting for a further understanding of the place of kimonos in historical Japanese society and its influence on Western fashion from Haute Couture to Pop ready to wear.  

She had a ticket for the ballet right near the Asian. But it wasn't going to start for a few hours, would end at her midnight (probably10pm) so she walked to the box office, donated her ticket and walked home.  Enough is enough.

Now tonight she will cap her week on the town by going to a swankish opening of the Peter Paul Rubens show, Early Rubens, at the Legion of Honor.  

She's already looking forward to returning to her old habits tomorrow: A movie (good hopefully, but middling will do) during the predicted 'atmospheric river,' then dinner with her usual partner, Alex Trebek and early to bed.

Check List Fool --- Day 8/17

Walk: No, Monday List
Distance: 0, 40 minute Pedal, Yoga

Ciwt wasn't fooling around today; she completed everything on her Check List and more.  Even finished taxes (almost) and picked up an art tour client after a long dry spell.  No fooling!*

*It's April Fool's Day.