My iphone came in handy to take this shot of Frank Gehry’s Rock Temple. It’s shining undulating candy colored forms were quite a contrast to Seattle’s public library where Rem Koolhaas designed a stacked multifaceted form out of steel and glass. The weather was spectacular - clear and sunny. We ate salmon. We spent time on the water. We had nice walks and talks. Life couldn’t have been better.
We met at a cocktail party that I didn’t want to go to. He told me about leaving home at fourteen, being in South Africa where he was a lifeguard, meeting twin girls in polka dot bikinis and waiting on tables in New York. (The Mafia and Marlene Dietrich came in for breakfast at 4 AM.) He drove me home in his British racing green Austin Healey. We ran out of gas on the Bay Bridge. As we walked across the bridge he said, “Stick with me kid and you’ll never be bored.”
