Anna Conti has pictures of the long weekend lines to see the new de Young Museum, designed by Herzog and de Mueron. All fall I meant to make the trip out to see the Richard Tuttle survey at SFMOMA. Never got to it; now I think I'll wait and go when the de Young crowd has died down a bit. (And see Tuttle at the Whitney.)
I want to make it my goal next year to travel out to the West Coast at least once in the spring and again in the fall, and ideally twice each season so I can see both LA and SF. But I'm already dedicated to (and very excited about!) at least one trip to the Black Sea Coast. So that's a lot of Coasts, especially when you consider the one I occassionally snake my up to see New York. I'm not sure how feasible it is to plan to spend my entire salary on airfare.
So, readers: Any ace travel tips in your deck? I almost never do the comparison shopping characteristic of good travelers, so assume I don't know anything. Barring that angle, know how I can approximately double my salary?
(And no, I can't not mention that Austin nearly got a Herzog and de Mueron building. Working through the pain, but a long way from healed.)
Posted by Kriston at October 12, 2005 1:14 AMi went to the sfmoma a few weeks ago, and--having already enjoyed the permanent collection on previous visits--was pretty unimpressed (as was my companion).
i walked past the new de young museum last weekend (after seeing emmylou in golden gate park) and the building has a fantastic disorienting effect after dark. it's lighted such that the floors look like they're slanted across the building. they're letting the riff-raff like me in free this weekend, so i'll probably go check it out.
as for travel tips, you've got a free place to stay out here for the next few months, at least.
Posted by: riz at October 12, 2005 1:47 AMTravel tip for LA: avoid the 405 freeway, or bring something to read in the car.
Posted by: David at October 12, 2005 12:15 PMIf you fly out of Baltimore, book in advance, and are willing to change planes once, you can usually get a flight to LAX for around $230 r/t. But you'll have to rent a car unless you can find some poor soul willing to cart you around the city. So figure another $25 a day, plus gas.
Posted by: Sommer at October 12, 2005 4:33 PM
