One of the cool things about having kids is that you get to go on field trips.
The other day I went with my daughter and about 60 kids to the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park to view the King Tut exhibit. I knew we wouldn’t be allowed to photograph the artifacts (I guess Tut is sensitive about having his stuff photographed, no matter how small, and trust me these were small potatoes; if you’ve been in the Cairo museum you know what I’m talking about.) Anyway…I hoped for time outside to shoot some of the architecture. Score. We got there early so everyone had time to roam the Music Concourse. The de Young on my right, the Academy of Sciences to my left.
The de Young tower rises like a Meso-American temple, with a very literal modern twist.
Love the details of this thing…the perforated outer walls are weathering, rather nicely.
Looking across the Music Concourse – a view of the California Academy of Sciences – and detail of those creepy trees, bare and gnarled.
Detail of the Temple of Music.
And then later, a little rain…….hangs on a pine needle. It was a good day.
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