December 30, 2014

FOSTER FARMS BOWL

University of Maryland vs Stanford University

Tuesday, December 30, 2014, 7:00 p.m.

Levi's Stadium
Santa Clara, CA

Brogade Club Lounge
for Club Section ticketholders

Bill
Brogade Club Lounge

View from our seats
Section C114, Row 31, Seats 9-10

University of Maryland Marching Band
Half Time Show

Final Score: Stanford 45, Maryland 21

Larry - after the game

December 23-24, 2014

CHRISTMAS 2014 IN SANTA CRUZ

Christmas Eve Lunch with David at Laili

 Christmas Day Movie

"Into The Woods"

Christmas Dinner with Shantanu & David

December 14, 2014

CAROLING PARTY 2014

Carol & Jan's home in Berkeley

Bill

Laura, Jan, Carol, Bill

Stephanie, Nancy

Larry, Jan, Carol, Bill

Stephanie, Nancy

November 27-28, 2014

THANKSGIVING 2014

Thursday at Patti's in San Francisco

 Thanksgiving meal with Doug, Patti, Jeanne, Jean, & Joey

Doug & Patti in playful mood

 Beautiful formal table setting

Doug, Jeanne, Jean, & Joey

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Friday at David's in Santa Cruz

 Doug & David at dinner

David's hazelnut & butternut squash pie with whipped cream!

Larry & David

Mission Hill Creamery

Ice Cream - Downtown Santa Cruz - Black Friday

October 15, 2014

ALCATRAZ & AI WEIWEI ART EXHIBIT

I arrived at San Francisco Pier 33 at 7:45 a.m. today for the Early Bird Tour to Alcatraz.

 View of Alcatraz from the ferry.

 Indians are welcome at the U.S. Penitentiary.

Bill Baker was an inmate at Alcatraz. He has written a book about his life in the prison & he offered to sign it for anyone purchasing the book.

AI WEIWEI EXHIBIT

Ai Weiwei was born in Beijing in 1957 and is known for his work "that defies distinction between art and activism". He is a vocal critic of the Chinese government and was secretly detained for 81 days in 2011 and is still not permitted to travel outside China. As a result, the artist was unable to visit Alcatraz during the planning of this exhibition; he developed the artworks from his studio in Beijing.

 Dragon Head

The dragon fills this entire large room.

"My words are well intended and innocent"
Le Quoc Quan

 "I want to cast my vote"
Irom Sharmila Chanu

"Everyone of us is a potential convict"
Ai Weiwei

 "Privacy is a function of liberty"
Edward Snowden

"I prefer to go to jail"
William Tonet

Portraits of over 170 people from around the world who have been imprisoned or exiled due to their beliefs or affiliations, made with Legos.

Lego images

 More Lego images

Nelson Mandela


"Refraction"
Tibetan reflective solar panels, steel
(Photo by Architectural Record @ArchRecord)

Ai Weiwei quote

Morgue 1913-1963

 Laundry

 Showers

 Prison with exercise yard

 Prison cells

 Prison cell

 Rows of prison cells

 Prison Hospital

 Prison Hospital

 Prison Hospital Room

 Prison Hospital Room
with ceramic tiles (art by Ai Weiwei)

 Hospital Room
with ceramic tiles (art by Ai Weiwei)

 Alcatraz Old Lighthouse

I left Alcatraz Island about 12:30 p.m. by ferry & arrived in
San Francisco about 1:00 p.m.

Great Exhibit!