San Francisco, here I come

The Ides of March. That's the day I flew to San Jose from LA where I heard the Calders the night before. I have high-school friends who live in Menlo Park, right across the stream from Stanford. How lucky could I be? They picked me up at the airport, fed me well, and gave me a good night's sleep.

Today I actually started in at the Environmental Design Archives at UC Berkeley in order to catch them on days they are open. Also, I had to give Stanford time to fetch files from storage. It was an adventure getting to Berkeley by public transportation. I took CalTrain to Millbrae and then BART to Berkeley. It took a while, but I made it!

The Archives have a file of Irving and Gertrude Morrow. Irving Morrow was architect for the GGB. The file contained much correspondence between Morrow and Strauss. The Archives allowed me to identify items for copying, which they would do for a price and send to me at home.

Who should I have lunch with, but Elizabeth Byrne! She was head of the DAAP library way back when.... It was great to see her, and to have a tour of her library, the Environmental Design Library. She looks great, especially so following a spate of serious health problems. She took me to the Women's Faculty Club on campus. Wouldn't you know they had to have their own, back in the day when women weren't allowed in the Faculty Club. But now everyone is entitled to use both....