I'm Trying --- Day 12/134

Walk: Golden Gate Park

Distance: 4.6 miles

So maybe it is because Ciwt's parents didn't insist that she take piano lessons, and she didn't.  If she had she'd probably know what to look at or listen to when she goes to the symphony.  Recently she has been trying to support her symphony and perhaps get more involved with classical music.  But instead she kind of sits at concerts noticing how old the audience is, how deeply immersed they seem to be in the musical experience, trying to 'feel it,' and mostly just waiting for the piece to be over.  

However, she loves listening to it in the car on the Bay Area's wonderful classical KDFC - and she knows just where to look: the road.

(Mostly) Non-Royal Attire --- Day 12/133

Walk: Monday Indoor Errands

Distance: 1.5 miles

Nice that it was spring so the proper attire could be light, pretty colors.  Mid calf seems to be the proper length in case you are invited to a coronation.

Royal Attire --- Day 12/132

 Walk: Legion of Honor (SF Symphony Chamber Music Concert)

Distance: 1  mile

King Letsie III of Lesotho and Masenate Mohato Seeiso, Queen of Lesotho

Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia

Crown Prince Fumihito of Japan and Crown Princess Kiko

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Prince William, Kate, Princess of Wales, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte

"I have a role as the Colonel of the Blues and Royals in the Household Cavalry regiment as Gold Stick. And Gold Stick was the original close protection officer. So that is a role I was asked if I'd like to do for this coronation, so I said yes. Not least of all, it solves my dress problem." Princess Anne

Page and someday to be King, Prince George

Succession, the Real Thing --- Days 12/130 & 131

Walk: Park, mostly glued to videos of the Cornonation Ceremony

Distance: 2 miles

All That Jazz --- Day 12/129

Walk: Davies Symphony Hall, etc.

Distance: 5 miles

Bradford Marsalis and his Golden Sax receiving a standing ovation

So today's San Francisco Symphony program was tailor made for Ciwt - and many others - on (another) cold, windy afternoon.  Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington (Harlem, 1950) and the marvelous Bradford Marsalis floating us through some John Williams.  Light, rythmic, NYC soulful.

Old Soldier Enjoys a New Life --- Day 12/128

Walk: Fort Point

Distance: 2 miles

Fort Point below Golden Gate Bridge

So the most expedient way to build the Golden Gate Bridge was by demolishing Fort Point, the abandoned Civil War fort at the base of one of ends.  That was the original plan until the chief engineer Joseph Strauss took action to preserve it.  Strauss admired the old fort as a fine example of mason's art and thought it should be preserved and restored as a national monument.  

So he reworked the plans to create an arch under the San Francisco side roadway for the sole purpose of protecting Fort Point. And in 1933 the bridge commenced nearly 4 1/2 years of construction opening to vehicles in 1937.

While Strauss was able to implement his intention to preserve the fort, it wasn't until 1971 that a congressional bill made Fort Point into a national historic site and provided for its restoration.  At its dedication ceremony when it was officially turned over from the U.S. Army to the National Parks Service, the Sixth Army commander said the army's goodbye: "Today we are retiring an old soldier after 110 years on duty."

And now it and its spectacularly beautiful site are enjoyed by millions of history and military buffs as well as runners, walkers, bikers and surfers and seals...

Men in White --- Day 12/127

Walk: Marina

Distance: 4 miles

So an East Coast friend reminded Ciwt that the Met Gala was last night.  And, ladies, Ciwt was surprised to see the men stole the evening.  (If total shock is the highest fashion bar for that event).  Maybe a first?

Lil Nas X in Dior

Jared Leno as Choupette

Erykah Badu in Marni

Alton Mason in Karl Lagerfeld

Jeremy Pope in Balmain and Cartier

Success and Succession --- Day 12/126

Walk: Monday Errands - Driving (Cold and Windy again)

Distance: 1/2 mile 😑

If you value a good night's sleep, here is a combination Ciwt does not recommend:  Watching all the dassterly business types on the TV show Succession while your bank with all you savings is on the brink of collapse.  Luckily, there was a successful ending to the bank situation; she doesn't know yet the fate of that ultra powerful Succession tycoon and his poor but rich children.