June 17th, 2010
I never spent much time going to happy hours in NYC because one drink is more than enough for me, I get sleepy, and bars are kind of boring; SF Happy Hour is another thing. Our landlords printed out a list of the top 30 Happy Hours in the city and we decided to check one out before a Chip Kidd lecture at the Cartoon Art Museum. Yummy!! We went to a Mexican restaurant downtown named Maya (303 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107) and such delicious varieties of tacos with red snapper, avocado, poblano peppers, and other yummy things. Plus it was served with a huge tower of fresh chips, salsa, and hot beans. Soooo good. I must get my fill of Mexican food before the summer is over.
The lecture, part of the Batman: Yesterday and Tomorrow exhibition, was really interesting as Chip Kidd, author of Bat-Manga! presented a behind-the-scenes look at the making of his book and recently discovered original art by Jiro Kuwata from his Batman manga work of over 40 years ago. Part of his presentation included a dramatic reading of some of the Bat-Manga that he translated into English. I put a video up on my Facebook page, but here is the link as well. He showed a ton of super fun toys that I would love to have including Japanese POGs and a tiny baby mask with no eye, nose, or mouth holes. I LOVE toys!
Books
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson FINISHED; Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon READING
Awesome! I just read Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller. ALSO: wasn't TGWPWF excellent? I love when she shoots that guy in the foot and tasers the other guy -- the ending is also intense!
ReplyDeleteSome of the Dark Knight images were in the exhibit at the CAM too. I can NOT wait for the 3rd book.
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