What do you do when your power goes off? Well you definitely can’t work. That’s out of the question. So naturally, you call Marcia–whose power is also off–and you go out to breakfast. Then you remember that it is free museum day in San Francisco and you hop in the car. Hurrah!

I had never been to Golden Gate Park on a free museum day, and I have to tell you, it feels right to walk right into a museum. Culture should be free.

First we went to the Conservatory of Flowers. We saw a lot of tropical plants, including a fair number of orchids and these things:

Here is a picture of two old hippies wandering around and communing with plants. She was carrying a drum, in case there was a drum circle to join, I assume.

After that, we went to the de Young Museum. I was fascinated with the exhibit of artifacts from New Guinea. All the masks and statues looked like they were from horror movies–images of fangs, crazy eyes, blood lust, and so on. Those New Guinea tribes were nothing to mess with, from the looks of it.

Marcia and I agreed that the coolest thing in the museum were these models of famous churches made entirely from weapons. They were really well constructed and provocative.

After that, we were hungry again, so stopped in San Rafael for Puerto Rican food. Flavorful! Then I came home and discovered the power had been on for a long time and felt guilty for skipping work. Oh well…