Saturday 01/03/2026
So Joanne and I went to the City to see an exhibit at the Legion of Honor. The exhibit was “Manet and Morisot” about the professional connection between famous Impressionist Edouard Manet and a not-at-all famous painter, Berthe Morisot. She modeled for him, and later married his brother, but she also painted, very well, and exhibited her work at a time (1870s) when very few women did. The Legion has done a massive bunch of work to assemble paintings by these two from many other museums and collections so they can be seen together for the first time, and you can see how they were influencing each other. This is Morisot as painted by Manet,
And it is very obvious he repainted her left little finger so you could not miss her engagement ring, she being engaged to his brother. I about choked when I saw that hand because I am so used to see in AI-made images where the hands are screwed up. Come on, Manet, you can do better than Midjourney.
We spent an hour looking on our own, and then joined the docent tour at 11am and stayed through that. Then we wanted some lunch. The museum cafe menu did not appeal, it was all very hoity-toity salads described in French. So what one does now: haul out the phone, open the Maps app, look for nearby restaurants. There are of course plenty of restaurants along Geary but we settled on a neighborhood place, the Bistro Mediterraneo on Clement. This turned out to be a little corner store deli with three tiny tables inside serving mostly Greek dishes. And it was great. Nice soup, dolmae, pita and hummus. Second time in a couple months we’ve gone to a museum and had a good lunch at a modest neighborhood place (Day 6-351).
Back home, quiet afternoon.
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