Bay to Breakers and more!

On Friday, we saw Spiderman 3. It was definitely better than 2, but we still liked 1 the best. On Saturday, we had a picnic with Janet, Show, Sujay, Matilde, and Kokomi. Janet was visiting from Hawaii and it was a gorgeous weekend for a picnic. Then, we headed to the Legion of Honor for some culture. Bank of America was holding a promotion for free museum tickets in the month of May, so we indulged. None of us have been to the Legion of Honor before, so we didn't know what to expect.

We took our wedding photos outside the Legion of Honor, so we knew it had nice views. In the inside, it was a smaller art museum than most of the ones in SF, but I really liked the fact that it had a lot of Rodin's sculptures. The Rodin Museum in Paris was one of our favorites. He's the guy that did the Thinker and The Kiss. The coolest part about that museum is that it is located in Rodin's house. It's so cool to walk around in the rooms and think that this is where he sculpted these works of art. The other thing I just find remarkable in general is the ability to mold rock and stone into these statues that are so life-like. I am definitely not an artsy person and so whenever I see sculptures, I always marvel at how somebody was able to create that with their own 2 hands because I know that my 2 hands would never be able to do something like that. I can do a lot of things, but art is definitely not one of them. Painting, I can at least hold a brush and pretend like I could do something, but sculptures- never! If I had a chisel and rock, I could probably only make the rock into smaller pieces.

Anywho, they had quite a collection of Rodin sculptures in the Legion of Honor. They also had an exhibit on French jewelry. Now, I like jewelry like all other women out there, but most of the jewelry I saw there I would not wear. Some of it looked really cool, but it just was not my style-lucky Edwin. Too ornate or just heavy looking.

Housing update: So we have started looking at some houses in Rock Ridge, Montclair, and Lake Shore with Matilde and Sujay's realtor. Many of the houses are renovated and quite nice. However, we did see one house that was a fixer-upper that needed the kitchen and bathroom redone. We really liked it and it was selling on probate, so our realtor originally thought that we might be able to get it below asking. Boy were we mistaken. There is a court date to determine who wins the bidding process, but the current bid is already $120K over the asking. I couldn't believe that someone wanted to pay that much for a fixer upper. There are many houses in that area that you could get completely renovated for much less and I can't fathom why someone would want to bid so much over asking when they didn't need to.

The good news is that Edwin and I seem to agree on the houses that we like a lot and the houses that we don't really like. I would say that Edwin might be a little pickier than me, but I think that's a good thing. We saw 5 houses last weekend and we both really liked the same house. I think that's at least a good sign that we won't really disagree too much on which type of house. Now if only we could find something affordable...we're going to start looking around Alameda and Bay Farm this weekend. Not sure I want to be that close to Oakland Airport or living on an island with access via tunnel and bridge only. We'll see.

This past weekend was also Bay to Breakers. We didn't walk the whole thing, but we walked a couple of miles with Janet and Matilde. I'll post pictures later if we have some. I can't wait for Memorial Day Weekend. I just need some extra time off from work. Last week was brutal because I had to go to Idaho and meet with clients during the day and answer emails at night until midnight. It was exhausting. I'm glad I don't have to do that more often!