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Tomorrow is Bike to Work Day in San Francisco, so ditch your car (or bus, BART train, moped, etc), grab a helmet, and get some fresh air! Oh, and to those of you who bike to work every day: YOU’RE AWESOME! Keep up the good work. Picture here: Michaux sur son vélocipède (Michaux on His Bicycle), André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1867)

Tomorrow is Bike to Work Day in San Francisco, so ditch your car (or bus, BART train, moped, etc), grab a helmet, and get some fresh air! Oh, and to those of you who bike to work every day: YOU’RE AWESOME! Keep up the good work.

Picture here: Michaux sur son vélocipède (Michaux on His Bicycle), André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1867)


Pictured:Iain Baxter, Golden Gate Bridge, from the series Reflected San Francisco Beauty Spots, 1979 Beginning May 26, 2012, and extending through the summer, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents a series of tributes to the Bay Area’s beloved Golden Gate Bridge. Read more: Celebrates The Golden Gate Bridge at 75

Pictured:Iain Baxter, Golden Gate Bridge, from the series Reflected San Francisco Beauty Spots, 1979

Beginning May 26, 2012, and extending through the summer, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents a series of tributes to the Bay Area’s beloved Golden Gate Bridge.

Read more: Celebrates The Golden Gate Bridge at 75

“Diary of a Crazy Artist: Is Ross Mirkarimi Really the Batman?” Read it on OPEN SPACE

“Diary of a Crazy Artist: Is Ross Mirkarimi Really the Batman?”

Read it on OPEN SPACE

Hard to believe that The Modern Ball is tomorrow! Sparky’s Balloons in the Castro is in the spirit with this Modern Ball-themed window display, which really evokes the “IT’S PARTY TIME” spirit :) See more Modern Ball-themed window displays here.

Hard to believe that The Modern Ball is tomorrow! Sparky’s Balloons in the Castro is in the spirit with this Modern Ball-themed window display, which really evokes the “IT’S PARTY TIME” spirit :)

See more Modern Ball-themed window displays here.

Did Carleton Watkins’s photography save Yosemite, despite the fact that his life’s work burned in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake? Read about it on OPEN SPACE. Pictured here: Carleton E. Watkins. Mt. Broderick, Nevada Fall, 700 ft., Yo Semite, 1861.

Did Carleton Watkins’s photography save Yosemite, despite the fact that his life’s work burned in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake?

Read about it on OPEN SPACE.

Pictured here: Carleton E. Watkins. Mt. Broderick, Nevada Fall, 700 ft., Yo Semite, 1861.

Love this photo from the Bring Your Own Big Wheel race last weekend. Thanks, Steven Wolf! See more: SFMOMA | OPEN SPACE

Love this photo from the Bring Your Own Big Wheel race last weekend. Thanks, Steven Wolf!

See more: SFMOMA | OPEN SPACE

From rain to sun in less than an hour? San Francisco, you’re full of surprises :) (via Instagram)

From rain to sun in less than an hour? San Francisco, you’re full of surprises :)

(via Instagram)

Today’s top #lunchbreaktimes noshable: Sushi in the shape of a burrito from @Sushirrito in downtown SF. If you haven’t tried this yet, you’ve really missed the boat (sushi boat, that is!). (via A favorite among SFMOMA employees, it’s Sushirrito for #… on Twitpic)

Today’s top #lunchbreaktimes noshable: Sushi in the shape of a burrito from @Sushirrito in downtown SF. If you haven’t tried this yet, you’ve really missed the boat (sushi boat, that is!).

(via A favorite among SFMOMA employees, it’s Sushirrito for #… on Twitpic)

Urban Inks, Comets on Fire, Parchman Farm, Night after Night; Bottom of the Hill; December 17, 2004 2004 printed material | screen print (via SFMOMA)

Urban Inks, Comets on Fire, Parchman Farm, Night after Night; Bottom of the Hill; December 17, 2004

2004

printed material | screen print

(via SFMOMA)

What I like best about the schematic design for the transformation of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is that it prods us to think about how buildings function, not merely how they look. In other words, that the experience of architecture counts for more than images on a page or on a screen. Read more: Proposal for SFMOMA expansion on the right track

What I like best about the schematic design for the transformation of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is that it prods us to think about how buildings function, not merely how they look. In other words, that the experience of architecture counts for more than images on a page or on a screen.

Read more: Proposal for SFMOMA expansion on the right track

“A challenge museums have now is how much are they about making social spaces,” Craig Dykers, the principal architect at Snohetta, said. “Is it a building filled with art with some people in it, or a building filled with people with some art in it? There needs to be enough social space to make people feel comfortable in what can be an austere environment, the white box. You shouldn’t feel like you need to be quiet in the public spaces.” Read more: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion Aims for Friendly - NYTimes.com

“A challenge museums have now is how much are they about making social spaces,” Craig Dykers, the principal architect at Snohetta, said. “Is it a building filled with art with some people in it, or a building filled with people with some art in it? There needs to be enough social space to make people feel comfortable in what can be an austere environment, the white box. You shouldn’t feel like you need to be quiet in the public spaces.”

Read more: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion Aims for Friendly - NYTimes.com

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