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How many people actually go do touristy stuff near where they live? I certainly don't. There's so much cool stuff 30 - hour minutes drive from here. You've got SF, wine country, redwood forests, and beaches galore. I LOOVE California. I don't normally go sightseeing in my own backyard (and trust me I should do it more often), but one of my friends was back in town and she brought her roommate from Alaska to visit. Exciting exciting. Her first time in Nor-Cal, so we all decided that we should go sightseeing. First up was Golden Gate Park. We went to see the Japanese tea garden (which wasn't packed because it was a weekday) and the De Young (oh academy of sciences, you're too expensive... lower your prices a little? haha). Then a little trip to the ferry building, embarcadero center and the stuff around. What a fun day it was! Full of laughs, art, culture and of course... fun. hahaha. Well on to the pictorals! The little chinese pagoda by Lake Stow hahah I couldn't resist! I was walking through the Japanese tea garden, saw this frame, saw the color of her cardigan... told her to go sit on the bench. ahaha. Cherry blossoms blossoming! heart! These were two really awesome walls on the DeYoung. At the DeYoung, the main attraction was the florist interpretations of art pieces. It was pretty freaking awesome. I've never been to the deYoung before so I don't know if this multicolored flower thing hanging above the lobby is a new thing or not. Florist interpretation in front of the art piece. freaking awesome!!! Now these are some random floral art. This reminds me of a Bug's Life. It was kinda like the bird that the ants made. They had some Chihuly pieces still in the museum. There was also a Yves Saint Laurent exhibit. I couldn't take any pictures but it had some of this clothing pieces throughout his career. I liked this quote they painted on the wall and I got in trouble taking a picture of the quote. haha Whooooopps. And then some scary stuff too... Now two pictures to finalize the post. Embarcadero Center and the bow and arrow.

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