Retro San Fran (April 23)

Awoke to a beautiful day and this view out our hotel window:

Wrestled with a nasty headache (hangover? Nah…I blame the stress of flying). Jen wants to check out Berkeley to get a sense of where she needs to be for the Dance Under Construction conference she is presenting at later this week.

Berkeley is beautiful, if a little quirky (I refer to the strange practice of restaurants/eateries on one of the main drags not offering access to bathrooms – nope…not even for customers). We hightail it to the University.

I have no recollection of what faculty building is in the background, but we took advantage of their restroom facilities and were very grateful

Once we determined where we’d need to be on Friday, I dragged Jen through the Berkeley Art Museum. I’d done my research online and I really wanted to check out this work by Mexican-born, San Franciscan-based artist Enrique Chagoya:

I’m still gaga. I bought the catalogue, but experiencing a wee photo when the real thing is 5 feet by 5 feet just doesn’t do the work justice. Still, I highly recommend checking out the above link to his work (additional work presented under “exhibitions”). If his work comes to a town near you, you must go. I demand it.

For the truly inspired, the show is on at Berkeley Art Museum until May 18. In my opinion it’s a damn good excuse to fly to San Francisco.