Children and Millennials Are Stepping Forward to Care for Family Members #SkyBlossom

November 30, 2020

I have just watched a live streaming of Sky Blossom, a documentary about American families taking care of each other. In those families, children and millennials are playing a key role as caretakers. And they do it because they love their father or grandfather who is now in need of assistance. Watching their stories and … More Children and Millennials Are Stepping Forward to Care for Family Members #SkyBlossom

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Volunteer Opportunity For Those Who Love Golden Gate Park!

November 29, 2020

San Francisco has one of the most amazing parks: Golden Gate Park which is celebrating 150 years of existence. This amazing urban park is 20% bigger than Central Park in New York, and it is a little more than 3 miles long (East to West.) The Park is home to museums, gardens, baseball fields, areas … More Volunteer Opportunity For Those Who Love Golden Gate Park!

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San Francisco Museums Temporarily Closed Again Due to COVID-19.

November 29, 2020

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor Museum separately announced that, beginning on Sunday, November 29th at 5:00 PM, they will be temporarily closed again. The art institution said they are following the City and County of San Francisco’s Health Department directions. These follows California … More San Francisco Museums Temporarily Closed Again Due to COVID-19.

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Thanksgiving this year is Peanuts Day. I mean, it is Charles M. Schulz Birthday!

November 25, 2020

This year Thanksgiving Day is on November 26th. This date is also the birthday of Charles M. Schulz, the cartoonist who created the comic strip PEANUTS, publishing it from 1950 through February 2000. “Sparky,” as he was called, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 26, 1922, and lived several decades in Santa Rosa, California … More Thanksgiving this year is Peanuts Day. I mean, it is Charles M. Schulz Birthday!

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5 Things To Do To Be Safe This Thanksgiving!

November 25, 2020

SOURCE: CALFIRE Each year during the holiday season fires injure 2,000 people in the U.S. and cause over $500 million dollars in damage. By following these holiday safety tips you can help keep your family and home firesafe this holiday season: Candles:Candles are beautiful, popular, and dangerous. Do not leaveburning candles unattended, or place them … More 5 Things To Do To Be Safe This Thanksgiving!

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San Francisco was “Muy solo,” and “Sin turismo,” this October 2020. (Bilingual Post)

November 25, 2020

It was shocking to see San Francisco without tourists and almost no one on Market Street when I took a walk in October 2020. I had to make this video to document just a bit of what I saw. Please note the video is in Spanish, but I think the images and sounds speak for … More San Francisco was “Muy solo,” and “Sin turismo,” this October 2020. (Bilingual Post)

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Why it is extremely important to go to SFMOMA or any art museum these days.

November 24, 2020

By Lupita Franco Peimbert Uncertainty, the pandemic, the Holidays…I am not crazy when I assert that millions of people have worries about the current state of the world, in every town and city. I am talking about regular people who can handle many things in life. I am one of those and if you are … More Why it is extremely important to go to SFMOMA or any art museum these days.

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Happy Birthday José Clemente Orozco!

November 23, 2020

On November 23, 1883, Mexican painter Jose Clemente Orozco was born. Orozco, along with Diego Rivera and others contemporaries created what is known as Mexican Muralism; this was a post Mexican Revolution movement and it had political and social justice connotations. There is a great mural by José Clemente Orozco at the Pomona College here … More Happy Birthday José Clemente Orozco!

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American Painter Georgia O’Keeffe was born on a day like today, November 15th

November 15, 2020

Georgia O’Keeffe was an American painter considered “The Mother of American Modernism.” She was born in Wisconsin, on November 15, 1887. Some of her most important work is at the Metropolitan Museum and at private collections. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has one of her pieces. She passed away in 1986. From … More American Painter Georgia O’Keeffe was born on a day like today, November 15th

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