Art Appreciation
A Moment for Reflection
January 13, 2009
The folks at Savvy headquarters asked us to take a few minutes today to ponder an esoteric question: "What's the best place for kids to see their reflection in San Francisco?" I'd never pondered this before, but here are my nominees: The San Francisco Zoo . A bit of a dark horse, but there's an art installation (I think it's just called "The Mound" or some such) where my daughter Fern has Read more...
Class is in Session
January 09, 2009
There are many opinions about classes for preschoolers -- you know, those weekly hour-long affairs where your baby can try her hand at swimming, art, or any of a dozen other disciplines. We take a serial approach -- my daughter Fern takes just a class or two at a time. We also avoid any instructors with performance expectations, and believe me, they're rampant, especially among some ballet Read more...
Last Minute Shoppers' Paradise
December 24, 2008
Really? It's December 24th and you still have a couple of folks on your shopping list, and you've run out of funky wrapping paper, and you've got your toddler in tow? It's days like today when my mall aversion shines: I know the perfect spot. Ample parking, not near a mall or even much of a shopping neighborhood, and creative gifts for just about any kid (or adult, for that matter): Flax Read more...
Museumette: Zeum's 10th Anniversary
November 20, 2008
Another in my series of posts about San Francisco's quirkier museums... Kids seem to enter the "craft" age when somewhere upwards of about 18 months they realize that the marks those marks they're making on the sofa actually really stay there. Somewhat later, those marks congeal into representations of everything important: mommy, daddy, cats and dogs, and poop. Finally, after Read more...
The Bestest Post Ever: Taking Your Kid to the Art Museum
September 30, 2008
Tuesdays, the Savvy HQ folks ask us local content editors to write on a theme, and this week they want us to re-post our favorite post from Savvy's first half-year. I'm lucky in that the editor until this month was Mike Adamick , one of my favorite writers, so I had a lot to choose from! I decided on his advice for taking your toddler to the art museum -- SF MOMA, in his case, but the ideas are Read more...
Beachcombing beaches for the chilly northern summer
August 21, 2008
In these fog-ridden days of what we San Franciscans ironically call "summer," you probably think I'm crazy to even dream of heading to the beach with my 2-year old daughter Fern. But I'm intrepid (and I hate to stay inside), so we hit the sand at least a few times a month no matter what the weather. So, in true Northern California style, I'm always in search of good beach activities Read more...
San Francisco History at Rincon Center
July 29, 2008
After abandoning the Ferry Building this weekend because of enormous crowds, we headed over to the nearby Rincon Center in search of dim sum and instead spent an hour studying the wonderful murals that depict the history of California and San Francisco. It is the perfect place to learn about the city's history through the pictorial. Created by Anton Refregier , the murals show everything from Read more...
Savvy crafts: Free museum days
June 30, 2008
The Museum of Craft and Folk Art has an interesting exhibit about American Symbols running through Aug. 3, and it's worth a stop if your toddler is into flags, army men (the really old kind, not the fake plastic ones) or anything to do with red, white and blue. And the best part is ... Tuesdays are always free. I didn't know that until a few days ago, when we stopped by to see what was going on Read more...
City Treasures: The African Outlet
June 19, 2008
If you're in the market for some excellent musical instruments, some gorgeous fabric or beautiful sculptures, take a few minutes out of the day to explore The African Outlet with the kids. Located just a block off Hayes Street at 524 Octavia Street, the store is everything from art center to trinket shop to fire hazard. (It is so cramped inside that especially grabby tikes might not be keen on Read more...
Littlest Critic: Contemporary Jewish Museum
June 12, 2008
I was very excited about taking Emmeline to the new Contemporary Jewish Museum because for years now we have watched as the Jesse Street power station (remodeled in 1907 by Willis Polk) was tuned up with a Daniel Libeskind-designed metallic cube, or as my daughter called it -- "The big black box." (It's located along Mission Street near Third -- right across the street from Yerba Buena Read more...
Free Museum Weekend! Chihuly at DeYoung
June 09, 2008
My poor wife -- she plans a nice Father's Day weekend for us, and then I learn that Target has sponsored an entire free weekend at the DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park to commemorate the opening of the brand-new Chihuly exhibit. This is a tough one. If you've seen a Dale Chihuly exhibition before, you know this is a visual, sensory treat any child would go nuts over -- and any adult would Read more...
Budding Art Critic: Tackling SFMOMA
June 02, 2008
Don't try to do it all. That's my advice for museum-goers. It's not Disneyland. You don't need to run your preschooler from one line to the next all day long. Just find something your kid enjoys and stick with it. Hang around. Examine. Study. Bring crayons and draw a replica -- this is unusually effective. I get so annoyed when people say they brought their kid to the museum "once" only to have Read more...
Littlest Critic: Sidewalk Spiders
May 14, 2008
You know those movie scenes where some old biddy sees a mouse in a restaurant jumps up screaming onto a table, clutching a purse and shouting for help? Yeah, well, that's me whenever I see a spider. So it's a little odd to see my daughter fall in love with a giant arachnid, but that's exactly what happened. We were at the Ferry Building the other day and we strolled down the Embarcadero to one Read more...
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