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Alamo Square Park In San Francisco Is A Must Visit!
Above: A view of the well know “painted ladies” and the San Francisco skyline, from Alamo Square Park One of the unexpected highlights of my recent stay in San Francisco was a visit to Alamo Square, a residential neighborhood and park in in the Western Addition nieghborhood. The park is located on a hill, and had gorgeous landscaping, including very tall dramatic cypress trees, making it all in all an amazing location. Alamo Square Park, consists of four city blocks at the top of a hill overlooking much of downtown San Francisco, with a number of large and architecturally distinctive mansions along the perimeter, including the “Painted Ladies”, a well-known…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Most of you are still enjoying the last month of summer, while those of us who live by the Jewish calendar are already in Fall! A little bit strange when the Jewish calender is on the “early” side in comparison to the gregorian calender, but such is life. My boys are back in school, and that means we are now in the Jewish month of Elul, the month preceding Rosh HaShana, yikes, already? Fortunately I made new decorations for the succah last year, so we will enjoy those again, with a very similar set up, but of course…
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Houseplants 101: Pilea Chinese Money Plant
Isn’t this Pilea plant just the sweetest? I’ll admit at first I thought it was peperomia, as it is similar, but no my friends, this is Pilea, also known as the Chines money plant, as the leaves look like coins, and the plant originate in China! Truth be told, the botanical name is Pilea Peperomioides so it is related to the peperomia, cousins or something! I love learning about the origins of all my houseplants, and since the overwhelming majority come from the rain forrest, it is refreshing to find one that does not. This sweet window sill garden in terra cotta planters looks amazing in an all white minimal…
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Sketchbook Drawings From Colored Pencils After The Trip!
While I did take this sketchbook with me my on our recent trip to the USA, I was right in thinking that I would not likely get much sketching or painting done! In fact I ran down to the beach on the last day just to do one quick watercolor so that carrying the sketchbook around would not have been pointless! If you want to include creativity beyond photography on any trip it does mean having that time to yourself, being very quick with that sketching and making it a priority, which may or may not be important to you, depending on your everyday practice? Not to worry, there is…
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San Francisco’s Wealth Of Architectural Detail
If you happen to be an architecture buff or just love architectural history, then San Francisco is certainly a must visit kind of place. I’ll admit I lived in San Francisco for a few years, but never quite realized the richness of design and detail seen with so many of the historic buildings. It also may be that Market street, the home to many historic buildings was either to seedy to venture on, or too crowded to allow pausing to take a look. On our visit the downtown looked like a Sunday (empty) on a weekday due to the Pandemic, and that may have allowed me to take that closer…
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A Golden Gate Bridge Adventure Atop The Hop On Hop Off Bus
I’ve shared with you many of the iconic San Francisco landmarks that we enjoyed from the double decker hop-on hop-off bus, but now drum roll, for the most memorable part! Who knew that a ride across the Golden Gate Bridge atop the double decker hop-on hop-off bus would also be a thriller? And if you have teens who prefer those kinds of things, well, it is a win win! Of course if you don’t like to suffer, you can certainly descend into the bus and let the rest of the group scream as they freeze to death, but what fun would that be? Come prepared with a hood/hat and ample…
