Adventures in the city.



Since C is away, this is my hot chance to hop over to the city for a Sof adventure. We start with food samplings at the Ferry Building- a buttery pear button and rice pudding custard pie at the Frog Hollow Bakery. I sigh. To think these buttery goodies were here all these years... (I am woeful June did not get such a bite, and my mind races to contrive a trip back for lunch.) Munch over to scallop tempura and rice triangles- ending with riso gelato. But we strayed wrongly for dinner at "Curry N Naan"-a chicken vindaloo so weird tasting, we just gave up mid dish. So we had to redeem ourselves with an apricot creme tart and later a lime soda at the hip Canvas Cafe.



Side story of C's trip to LA:

It starts with the tragic figure of Joel M- all his gallery openings are preceded by a dark evil cloud. Once he had appendicitis so far gone he had 104 fever. Before his big opening at Griffin Contemporary this week, an old farm injury- nail to the eye- must be redone as his retina is threatening to detach. As his opthamologist reassured him, " Wow. I've never had a patient with a nail stuck in his eye. It says it right here on your record. Don't worry. I just had a guy shot in both eyes with a pellet gun. He's seeing fine in both eyes. "



Every story must have also a bright spot. When TonyG-mega West Coast collector heard of Joel's woes, he told Joel not to worry and flew one of the best eye surgeons in the country from Dallas to give a second opinion. Although Chihouly flaunts his eye patch- really a good sculptor must have two eyes. Depth perception- useful. And C drove down to do manual labor for Joel as he cannot lift anything or risk retinal detachment.