SCRAM!! (please....) --- Days 13/57 & 58

Walks: Hood

Distances: 3 miles, 5 miles

So Ciwt finished her whopping clothes closet caper.  But, try as she might, there were a few old things 

she couldn't get rid of (yet).

And Now, Scarves --- Days 13/55 & 56

Walk:  Hood errands, Nope

Distance: 3 miles, 1.5 miles just working on closet caper

So, Ciwt is running out of steam on her gigantic closet caper.  Unfortunate because she still has her scarf pile to deal with.  There goes the remaining closet space....

Storm Activity --- Days 13/53 & 54

Walks: Hood, Union Square

Distances: 4 miles, 4. miles

No a storm hasn't blown through Ciwt's place, but one is on its way into the Bay Area.  The weather service is telling people in Tahoe it will be dangerous to even go outside their doors and it is going to be pretty ferocious around here for the next three or four days. So Ciwt has decided this is the time for the long delayed project of tackling absolutely everything in her clothes closet.  Maybe even tame - or come to grips with - all her city black.

As you can see above, the project has begun; so it is getting dangerous to even walk around inside her place.

Perfect Acting --- Day 13/52

 Walk: AMC Kabuki (Perfect Days)

Distance: 2.8 miles

So Ciwt went to see Japan's Oscar nominated Foreign Language film, Perfect Days, and it is truly lovely.  The acting by long time movie star Koji Yakusho is astoundingly perfect and a/the reason in and of itself to see it yourselves.  Ciwt leaves the overall evaluation up to you.  So far the critics and larger audience have been enraptured and given it very top ratings.  On the one hand , Ciwt agrees, but on the other ....never mind, you can decide; it just isn't perfect.  In any event Perfect Days is well worth your time in the theater.

From No Place to Showplace --- Day 13/51

Walk: Hood

Distance: 5.6 miles

So a young designer friend asked Ciwt if she could use her place for a photo shoot.  Ciwt of course said "Sure" but was thinking "Wha??"   Here Ciwt is hemming and hawing about whether she can embrace it as home and others are full speed ahead on it being a great place for Ciwt - and for a photo shoot.

She arrived today - with an assistant, zillion dollar camera and props galore.  And they proceeded to ransack the rooms while also exclaiming  "What perfect light!," "The view is wonderful!," "Great shot!"

And after they put everything back together again, Ciwt had to admit her place felt a lot more like her real home.

Swan Song --- Days 13/49 & 50

Walks: Day of Rest; SF Ballet

Distances: Not even 1/2 mile; 5.5 miles

So, it isn't quite at the level of Madame Butterfly which brings Ciwt to tears every time she sees it, but  the ending of Swan Lake is still pretty devastating.  Certainly as danced and staged by our world class San Francisco Ballet.

So Green, So Young --- Day 13/48

Walk: Hood

Distance: 5.5 miles

Here is the After the Ball section of the de Young Museum's current exhibition

of San Franciso couture over the years*.  All were worn by local philanthropists and fashionistas or carefully preserved unworn by couture department stores. Which ones jump immediately to your eye?

Edwin Oudshoorn (Dutch, b. 1980 dba Edwin Oudshoorn, est. 2005),
Spellbound Gown with Detached Sleeves and Pin , 2020, 

Ciwt is green girl so her eye went to - or was Spellbound by - the rich warm green one.  It is timelessly lavish but, even so, Ciwt was surprised to learn it was created by the youngest designer in the show, Edwin Oudshoorn, a Dutchman. 
 

* Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style, deYoung Museum, January 20 - August 11, 2024

  Also see CIWT Days 13/10 through 13/14

The Turn Key Life --- Days 13/46 & 47

Walks: Not far, wind and rain

Distances: 2.2 miles

So Ciwt is slowlywarming up the advantages of a 'turn key' life.  Still kind of a creepy phrase.