Yesterday MJ and I headed down to the San Francisco Fine Art Fair of Modern and Contemporary artwork over in Marina at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect with this fair, which we learned about via our membership at the Asian Art Museum, and I was pleasantly surprised at the very interesting mix of galleries they had showing artwork. The venue itself is an interesting one, as the name suggests it’s an old military establishment which has now been converted into a national recreation district. The Pavilion where the show was held is a building on a pier on the bay.
My favorite work of the show was by Jenn Shifflet whose art was being displayed by the Chandra Cerrito Contemporary Gallery over in Oakland. A quick snapshot of which I took:
The rest of the day was spent running errands! But it was all very much needed, I didn’t really get anything done when I got home from Belgium and then last week I ended up with a nasty cold (which apparently wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been, I hear a few folks from UDS ended up with respiratory infections that resulted in hospital visits, yikes!).
In spite of the cold, I was able to get out on Monday evening before the symptoms hit me Tuesday morning and joined Chris and Mark at an Oakland A’s game! It turns out that Mark’s grandmother has been a huge, season ticket holding fan for many years so he knows all kinds of people at the ballpark, and they were even at the recent perfect game pitched by Dallas Braden. As a result of this and it being a bit of a rainy game, we managed to get some amazing seats.
We arrived pretty early and were able to see them clearing off the field before the game.
Then we had the opportunity to get a ball that Mark brought along for me signed by 4 of the players and the team manager!
My signed baseball:
The game really was a blast, even with the intermittent rain. The A’s were playing the Mariners so I was able to see the famous Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichiro Suzuki play. Huge thanks to Mark for inviting me out and showing me such an amazing time. I can’t imagine ever snagging seats that good again, or having quite the experience as that first A’s game – and only my second Major League game ever! Next time I’ll bring the sandwiches.