tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post8722493476649730051..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, LaliqueCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-29456041876262361402009-02-16T19:04:00.000-08:002009-02-16T19:04:00.000-08:00I never knew about the Potters' Field! My mother u...I never knew about the Potters' Field! My mother used to work there, so I'd be over all the time.momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-80388992903849716932009-02-16T09:30:00.000-08:002009-02-16T09:30:00.000-08:00Dear Matty: The deadbeat father had a number of no...Dear Matty: The deadbeat father had a number of noble pretensions, which I'd say were fairly fulfilled through his daughter (though he wasn't alive to see it).Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-84952143403243798242009-02-16T08:12:00.000-08:002009-02-16T08:12:00.000-08:00The low-born Alma Charlotte Corday le Normand de B...The low-born Alma Charlotte Corday le Normand de Bretteville. That's a lot of last names for a poor family to afford!Matthew Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17769958949302039878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-41368693924884050772009-02-15T14:12:00.000-08:002009-02-15T14:12:00.000-08:00My first trip to the Legion was during Christmas s...My first trip to the Legion was during Christmas season. Looking at a Fragonard, the walls started booming with sound -- a pipe organ concert playing Handel. It was magic.<BR/><BR/>Before the renovation last decade, there was a reading room in the basement very reminiscent of a fine men's club. I divided my time studying for the bar there and at Allyne park on Gough St. A wonderful time was had by all.Joe Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16810067634077066629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-60385656976150374282009-02-15T12:46:00.000-08:002009-02-15T12:46:00.000-08:00u're so poetic these days ahaalways learning new t...u're so poetic these days aha<BR/>always learning new things about SF thanks to you...to me, and probably as to many many foreigners who end up stuck in the bay area, the legion of honor always brings the ghost of Jimmy Stewart chasing twin blondes across SF!!zoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17234803722120435639noreply@blogger.com