Comments on: I’m Here! http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/ raising kids and eyebrows since 1992 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:36:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: LindaB http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:24:09 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-352 She had such a sad life——so much pain and hurt. But her paintings are full of vibrant color. I think I like her husband’s paintings better than hers……..in spite of his obsession with calla lilies! But he was such a cad, I would never admit it to him. LOL

You’d think when she became world famous (she was the first woman to have a painting in The Louvre), someone would give her a pair of tweezers to pluck those eyebrows!

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By: tori http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:38:09 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-351 That’s her! Great artist, fascinating story, big ol’ uni-brow.

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By: auburn60 http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:28:05 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-350 Was Frida Kahlo the Mexican artist with the big ol’ eyebrows?

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By: tori http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:12:10 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-349 Don’t know if I’ll make it to the Wharf this trip, but the SF Museum of Modern Art has a Frida Kahlo exhibit that I will absolutely see. There is Ghirardelli chocolate everywhere!!! Even had some on our lunch trays! I will partake mightily on behalf of all of you.
Linda, thank you for the references– I’m really thinking about looking them up tonight. There’s yet another cocktail party with the potential to be awkward– it’s at a hip, downtown club with a velvet rope. And as irresistible as that sounds …(!) Grabbing a cab and taking myself out to a great dinner might be my choice instead. Today was incredible, but I am kind of in sensory overload! Lots of great information, great people, but it’s funny— I seem to be very much in observer mode instead of my usual center of the party mode. Which is not a bad thing at all, I’m actually really enjoying it! Nice change of pace for me!

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By: auburn60 http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:28:12 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-348 Oh–and I almost forgot!
Tori-watch out for the ‘bushman’. He’s usually a couple of blocks from Fisherman’s Wharf.That guy scared me to death.

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By: Barbara M. Lloyd http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:15:43 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-347 Last time I was there, a “young lady” came into our hotel lobby wearing nothing under a fishnet top. It about knocked my eyes out….security asked her to leave. It was then that I recognized the fact that my husband was getting very old because he missed the whole thing, yet he was standing there with me. We at at a new place called Bruce’s…..but those suggested by Rachel Rey sound a whole lot better. And, if I had found that chocolate factory….life never would have been the same. Have fun, Tori!

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By: auburn60 http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:50:43 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-346 Oh,Yeah. Ghirardelli came to California in the 1800’s. Ghirardelli Square became a San Francisco landmark in 1965(I think). You can smell the chocolate in the air there. Although I think the actual factory is no longer in SF. Tori can find that out for us while she is there. Who said we weren’t informative and educational?

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By: LindaB http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:05:53 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-345 Oh my, Alyson! I think “Ghirardelli” is a four letter word!!! LOVE IT!!! Is there a Ghirardelli factory in S.F.? (A warehouse will do!)

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By: LindaB http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:03:24 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-344 Okay, to be helpful, which is what I’m all about, here are three places to eat that Rachel Ray recommends when you’re in S.F.:

Oriental Pearl
760 Clay Street
415 433-1817

Swan Oyster Depot
1517 Polk Street
415 673-1101

Citizen Cake
399 Grove St.
415 861-2228

She says they have great food at affordable prices, and are favorites of the local folks. (Now let’s see if ads for these places appear on this page! This is fun!)

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By: auburn60 http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-343 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:39:06 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-343 Two words:GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE.

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By: LindaB http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:15:22 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-342 Well, I am totally distracted by the ads on the side of this page! I have a new game—-looking for the word that precipitated the ads! I guess the word for today’s string of ads is “bathtub drain problem”! Apparently there’s not a lot of products or services to fix “boring and awkward” cocktail parties! I say you just have to do a little tweaking of the cocktails!

Tori, you must have had jet lag ’cause you ARE the party whenever I’ve seen you. Get some rest.

HOLY COW, YOU’RE IN SAN FRANCISCO!!!! Grab your running shoes, some cab money, and go sight-seeing!!! Of course, you’ve probably been there before with your globetrotting Grammy award-winning hubby. Go out and see something twice then! Have you been to fisherman’s wharf? Ridden a cable car? I wish I was there. I’d take the room with the leaky bathtub drain!

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By: emilythemom http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:06:48 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-341 woooo! can’t wait to here more about it!

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By: belinda http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:48:30 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-340 Wow, what a view! See…things are already looking good for you, better room, great view! I know today will be a good day! Will wait for the report! Have fun and I’m sure you can teach them a thing or two, cuz you have the best blog :) Enjoy! Hopefully you won’t have to fake any more cell phone calls, I have done that a time or two. What would we do without our cell phones?

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By: gracelynn http://www.babybloomr.com/2008/07/18/im-here/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:48:31 +0000 http://babybloomr.com/?p=169#comment-339 LOL I am so glad you are having a great time. And that you didn’t have to play your “shark” card. ;) I’m also glad you gave me that faking the cell phone call idea. I can use that this coming week at my school conference when the issue they are discussing is WAY TOO BORING and everyone’s eyelids are snapping up and down like mini-blinds. :)

Enjoy yourself and don’t get lost in the crowd or stuck in the elevators!

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