Boutique Hotel for Pets and other SF Adventures

April 26, 2008

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I love staying at boutique hotels with flavor. This one is pet-friendly, and sorry that we couldn’t bring the pooch, when I saw this doggie-size vintage truck bed. It took traveling halfway across the country for me to realize my dog has been so deprived of art furniture, but this will have to be remedied upon the return home!

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A quick stop at Japan town turned long, as usual, with lots of perusing of pockets of interest at one of our favorite stores, Soko Hardware. With pockets and bags weighed down from speciality Japanese tools and dishes, we toured the rest of the district, happily it looks much revived and alive compared to last visit.

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Fancy cakes were tempting, maybe more for drawing than eating, but in the end, selected a Geisha Float by a Fake Waterful.

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The day wrapped up with a fancy-pants dinner at the SFMOMA. Here’s a shot from looking up from the lobby, which is where the dinner was held. That colorful spot is “One Way Color Tunnel” by Olafur Eliasson on the fifth floor that is beautiful purple-blue-pink going one direction, and gray on the return. Mystery how it works, but I was a real chicken about walking on the grid five floors over space so didn’t take too long to consider it.

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7 Comments so far

  1. Gerrie on April 26, 2008 9:07 pm

    Hope you are having a good time in SF.

  2. Fitzy on April 27, 2008 9:30 am

    OMG, we LOVE Soko Hardware! dh lived in Japan for about 6 years, so he finds all of the stuff he “misses” there!

  3. Julaine on May 1, 2008 12:55 pm

    How cool is that doggie house!!!

    Lettting everyone from my link list know that my 10,000th visitor is coming soon, and that lucky person will be receiving a gift - take a peek!

  4. Susie Monday on May 8, 2008 3:52 pm

    Hope you are ok PamDora, missing you on the net. Susie

  5. Judy on May 12, 2008 5:24 pm

    What fun pics! I think Barker would be too big for that doggie bed, but if he saw it he’d want to give it a try! That Geisha Float looks almost too good to be true! MMMMM!

    xo

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  7. Jaye on May 17, 2008 10:25 pm

    Sorry I missed you in SF. Hope you had a great time! It sounds like you saw lots of inspirational things.

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