Activity: Stahl house museum tour
Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Description: visit to the famous Stahl house in LA requires a reservation. The property is very nice, but the tour is short. Reservations here > https://stahlhouse.com/
Activity: Getty Museum
Rating: 4 of 5 stars
Description: Spent the day at the Getty Museum. Admission is free but there is a charge to park. The views are spectacular and it is a great place to pass a Saturday. I would recommend staying during the free concerts at night.
Activity: Natural History Museum First Fridays
Rating: 5 of 5 stars
Description: DJs, Dinosaurs and exhibits! On the first Friday of the month the museum opens up with music and food trucks for a night of fun
Activity: Museum exploring in LA
Rating: 4 of 5 stars
Description: Went to a variety of museums to see exhibits from Jeff Koons > Rain Room> to the national treasure of the Back to the Future car and the Bat-mobile
Activity: Oakland Gallery tour and Berkeley dinner
Rating: 3 of 5 stars
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Cost: The galleries were free to walk around and dinner was about $30 pp for the restaurants above
Description: I had been wanting to check out Oakland since I moved to SF a year ago. I had heard about the artist culture and decided to visit some galleries with a friend. Unfortunately, several were closed because the prior day Oakland had hosted the parade for the Warriors leaving the city tired with trailing blue and yellow confetti.
My friend and I went to 25th street in Oakland as there were some small galleries open that were all in close proximity. I found the work of Carlo Fantin (2nd picture) the most interesting. He hosted a variety of paper images that had each tiny section cut out to form an religious image. He added details of social media to each image for an interesting dichotomy. The first image above is from the Vessel gallery. The photograph is of a work installation of wheels that spun. The installation had sand on the top. The challenge with gallery tours is that you can not take pictures for blog documentation purposes.
After the gallery tour we chose to explore restaurants in Berkeley. We ended up choosing Tigerlily for atmosphere and the fried chicken reviews. It was delicious! We were debating on Cesar as well which is next door and also smelled fantastic. The last restaurant on the list had stellar reviews, but the line was obscene. So we will have the pizza for another day.
Recommended: Adults that want a relaxing Saturday exploring Bay Area neighborhoods
