Frisco Vista

The main branch of the San Francisco public library unveiled its new remodel today. Somehow they have created a great deal more space, so that the entire fiction collection is now on the shelves.

The audio-visual center has moved from the fourth floor to the ground floor. It looks pretty spiffy.

I like the automated checkout machines, [...]

The above image fascinates me. It’s from an exhibition of the prints of Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), currently showing at the Asian Art Museum in the city’s civic center.
Yoshitoshi witnessed a period of great transition in Japan, during which the country essentially went from feudalism to modernism. He works out of the ukiyo-e or “floating world” [...]

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Laughing Squid has posted a notice of the 28th Anniversary celebration of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. The free event, called Night of the Living Easter, will be held in Dolores Park from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm on Sunday, April 8.
“The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence celebrate our 28th year [...]

I’ve completed a draft of a basic information page on the Asian Art Museum.
I’ll move on now to other San Francisco musuems.
And, of course, the usual Frisco miscellany.

I have in front of me some travel guides to San Francisco. I’m curious to see how they cover the city’s museums, and specifically the Asian Art Museum (hereafter AAM), because I will be putting up a page on the Asian (as it’s commonly known) soon. The results are interesting. Here’s a selection:

Fodor’s barely covers [...]