Blue at the Legion of Honor

Photos by Tammy Trejo of Coastside Photography

Another way to celebrate St. Patrick's day

"A man dressed as a Hajfirooz, which is a traditional character to symbolize the arrival of the Iranian New Year, performs during a ceremony to mark the holiday, called Norouz, in Tehran March 17, 2008. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah"

I am 7 times 8 on Pi day!

Another Great Picture from Reuters

Caption: A crowd watches as a pig dives into a pool of water during a peformance in Sydney, Australia. 17 Apr 2003 REUTERS/David Gray

Dance lesson

Jessica said, "Eben took this picture of Alex and I during our dance lesson. The figure on the right is the teacher. Thankfully the picture is black and white so you can't tell how red my face was! I was so embarrassed when Eben set up his camera."

Philadelphia

Just got back from visiting Ellie and her intended, Jacob Fenton, in charming, snowy, Philadelphia.

They got access to the Penn printmaking studio to print their wedding invitations.









I won't put in any pictures of the final print, since that is E and J's business.

I can't tell you how great it was to have ink on my hands, though they did all of the actual type setting and printing. It brought back memories of printing our own invitations more than 30 years ago.

In less than four days we also saw the extraordinary Frida Kahlo show at the Philadelphia Art Museum. This painting just blew me (as we say in my country) away. I've always been so conscious of her imagery that I never realized what a good painter she is:



and a show of contemporary puppets and puppetry at the Institute of Contemporary Art:



I got to see our old friend Steve, who introduced me to Young way back when, in the print studio, our natural stomping grounds. And I saw the new deck Ellie and Jacob installed on their house, which was quite beautiful covered with snow.

Happy New Year & Valentine's Day