de Young Museum

Recently went to the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. There is an exhibition of Dale Chihuly's glass art work going on right now. The pieces are amazing, and photos don't do them justice. The colors and the curvatures have to been in person.

Other than Chihuly's gallery, the museum has a lot of things on display. From contemporary paintings, to 18th~19th centuries costumes from New Guinea, to artifacts from the Mayan civilization dated back to 300 A.D.

Well worth the admission fee, and you can easily have 3~4 hours of enjoyment there.
More pic here.

Have been in traveling mode

Took a few days off in the past 2 weeks due to family members visiting. I drove 9 hours to take my parents to Las Vegas, then another 3 hours from Vegas to Grand Canyon West. We spent 3 days on that trip. I highly recommend the South Point Hotel in Vegas, where we stayed for 2 nights. It is new (opened in 2005), and it is cheap (I paid $50/night) because it is not on the strip. If you have a car, or if you are willing to take the shuttle, it is a very good value. Large rooms, all with flat panel TV on the wall. I drove to Vegas 8 years ago, but this time the driving seemed less tiresome and faster. Strange...

Then in the past few days my sis and her husband came and we went to several placed in the bay area. We visited the Monterey Aquarium for the first time. It's well worth the admission fee. It is amazing to see the jellyfish capable of bioluminescence.

Las Vegas...more pic









Grand Canyon West...more pic









Napa...more pic









Monterey Aquarium...more pic









Fisherman's Wharf Pier45...more pic