Just our usual holiday trip to see family in Northern California, but a couple of bits to share for fellow travelers.
First, the Manet & Morisot show at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco is absolutely excellent. For some reason I assumed she learned from him. This exhibition suggests that he learned from her … but she seems to have been beyond him. They were quite influential on one another. Show continues to March 1, 2026. https://www.famsf.org/exhibitions/manet-morisot
Second, never a surprise, but dining in the California wine country continues to be a treat. We had three great dinners in a row at Poppy in Glen Ellen, Cafe la Haye in Sonoma and La Salette in Sonoma.
Jack London State Park, the Charles Schultz Museum in Santa Rosa, galleries in Sonoma and Healdsburg and wineries in the Russian River and Dry Creek valleys rounded out our visit and then we drove through the Redwoods and along the far north California coast back home to the Northwest.