Today, Stevie and I skipped church and headed to San Francisco to spend father’s day. Our first stop was at the Legion of Honor art museum to see Artwear, Fashion and Anti-fashion.

It was a wonderful exhibit with names I recognized from art quilting and Surface Design: Yvonne Porcella, Judith Content, Jean Williams Cacicedo and one of my favorites artists – Ana Lisa Hedstrom. It was so wonderful and exciting to see this fiber/textile art in a fine art museum. I was laughing to myself that 5 years ago I didn’t know what shibori was and every other art work used shibori, I think. If you are in the Bay Area, I recommend this show. It runs through October 30th.

We had lunch at the museum cafe, sitting outside in the sunshine. Then we went downtown and window shopped, checked in on a “bad art” show on Union Square and did some actual shopping. If I get my husband into Nordstrom’s men’s department, he can always find something to buy – he bought a gorgeous Tommy Bahama shirt. Then we began to sag so we went to a cafe for cappacino and espresso. Steve picked out a decadent bar cookie. I succumbed to a pear tart (it is fruit, right?). Unfortunately, the pear was surrounded by more carbs that I have had in the last 12 days.

We ended the day at Lisa’s house where I saw mod birds in progress as well as lots of work for her solo show in September. Her home is so wonderful. She picks up great buys on midcentury modern furniture that is so cool. She does incredible photography which is displayed in every room. It is a feast for the eyes. I told her that I want to borrow her place for a week and just read her books, play in her studio and enjoy the ambiance.

Mark, our son, met us there and we walked to the Luna Park restaurant for a fabulous meal. I was more virtuous than should be expected in such a fabulous place. I had 3 bites of Steve’s dessert and a few roasted fingerling potatoes with my dinner. Still NO adult beverages which Steve did have so I drove home. It was a lovely day!!

Here are two postcards that I finished this weekend. One is from vintage Japanese textiles and the other is from Mrs. Mel’s scraps. I love them both!!

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