July 26, 2005
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Hal's Birthday Weekend! - Wow - we certainly were all over the place this past lengthy weekend! I think the festivities kicked off Friday night as Hal's employees all met up at the Cinch. I haven't been there in quite a while as I usually prefer the Castro over Polk St. nightlife, but it was fun to talk travel and pets and the like. Saturday morning Hal suggested we go to the exhibit "The Universe Within." - Since Hal is a physical therapist it would be educational so I agreed. What turned out to be creepy and macabre only intensified into questions regarding these real human bodies turned plastic (why did they all look like healthy Asian males in the 28 - 30 year old range, etc.) We thought we were observing actual human rights violations before our very eyes (you heard it here first!.) Science is one thing, but to slice, peel and fillet and display these bodies as an educational study was very unsettling. After all that we walked around Nob Hill and checked out Grace Cathedral (my first time) and the Fairmont Hotel before heading home. Later that night, Hal, Bob and I went to this fabulous French restaurant, Chapeau, in the Outer Richmond. Talk about cuisine heaven - I certainly am prepping for our upcoming trip to France! The prefixe included an appetizer, entre and dessert (I had the chevre/puff pastry/green salad, roast duck with risotto, and a cheese plate for dessert, accompanied with a fantastic French bordeaux, yum!) By the time our 2 hour dinner was over, Hal and I made it to the Castro pretty late, so we didn't see any of the usual gang out that night. Sunday we enjoyed champagne before heading to Jay and Marc's place to an afternoon barbeque. Between all that, I've managed without any siestas - in other words we paced ourselves. Last night after work, I took Hal out for dinner to Medjool, the pic above is the rooftop view where we had a glass of wine before dinner - it was great! This has certainly been a fun weekend with good food, wine and friends and it was exactly a year ago I met Hal. Now back to work, back to the grind. I think nothing is planned until August 5th, when Wicked returns to San Francisco. Wow, July flew by fast! Later!
Update: I guess all it took was a few keywords on a google search to find this site. Pretty interesting (and graphic) information to browse, including accusations of illegally obtained bodies of Chinese prisoners, before the site goes off on a tangent.
Comments (2)
Didn't you read about the controversy surrounding that exhibit? I read that a lot of Chinese Americans were up in arms over it. They said that they (the dead people) never would have donated their bodies, as they (the Chinese) believe that a dead body is sacred. So, it was making news a little while back. I don't think I could have gone..it would have freaked me out. I have never been to Grace Cathedral either! oh! That pic of the downtown skyline looks a lot like my view from my apartment!
what a beautiful city garden you have (referring to the post a few posts down that somehow I missed)
how do you have the patience for seed? you are one patient man.
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