Leaving San Francisco isn’t going to be easy. I love this city and will miss everything about it. I remember the first day I moved here. I stepped out onto the stoop of my apartment building, looked around and decided there was nowhere in the world I would rather be…then I found Orvieto. Italy. In the next three months I am going to enjoy every single minute of my life here, appreciate all the things San Francisco and Marin County have to offer, and say good-bye with no regrets…
….Goodbye deYoung Museum.
August 4, 2012: Jean Paul Gaultier at the deYoung Museum, Golden Gate Park
I exited the Jean Paul Gaultier Exhibition at the DeYoung Museum today flabbergasted. I am shattered by Gaultier’s genius. I’ve never seen clothes so beautiful, expressions so unfiltered, gowns so outrageously sublime, outfits so over-the-top delightful. Each one was lovely and funny and smart and more incredible than the next. His masterpieces are astonishing. I wonder if Jean Paul Gaultier knows how brilliant he is? I think so.
Tartan Man
Madonna and his iconic bustier
Orvieto or Bust: 
so this is a permanent move??? I did it 10 years ago from Boston..no regrets..so many other treasures to fill in the gaps..as you well know. Hope to meet you soon.
Yes, permanent…very excited. Finally pulling myself out of the wedge between the two countries. Looking forward to meeting you finally. hugs. t
This is certainly the sort of exhibition you will miss, but you will be having lots of other different types of new experiences.
Sooo true! hugs. t
It’s a great thing to be leaving somewhere on a high, so to speak. Toni, you and I both know there are trade offs but that in Umbria, I hope, you will have the joy your heart craves and the energy to see and do even more. SF sounds a lot like Melbourne without the bay and yet…. Take care my dear. A presto. Abbracci,
Janine
J, So many people have asked me, “don’t you like living in San Francisco?”. Yes, I love San Francisco,” As I know you understand, ” I love Italy more”. xxo. t
Perhaps we will meet one day soon in Italy.
It’s a plan! t
Toni, good grief. I came across this blog and I don’t know quite how, but I saw who wrote it and my jaw dropped….I went to Jr. High School with you. I love your writing (almost prose) and honesty. FYI: My husband and I live in Switzerland at this time and we have not gone to Italy yet, but I have been planning the trip. There is so much to do and see.
Susan Peltz Johnson
Susan. Oh my god, it is such a small world! What are you doing in Switzerland and where are you living? Well, I guess you’ll plan your trip and one of the stops will have to be Orvieto. I am moving there permanently on November 1. Thank you for such a lovely compliment. Keep in touch and hope to see you soon. (I’ve never been to Switzerland either, so I’ll have to make it a point now!). Hugs. Toni
Hi Toni, I saw the Gaultier exhibition. It opened in Dallas, believe it or not!
Anyway, it was sublime as you said, but you will soon be living in a big open-air museum called, Italy.