a walk to the palace

hi everyone, happy friday!  hope you’re getting ready for a great summer weekend. i’m on a five hour road trip to lake george for a wedding and it’s just getting to be the golden hour so i can’t stay too long but just wanted to continue going thru the sf pics. part of my vow to be more disciplined with both my pics and remembering good days.

i’m trying to go thru one folder a day and today’s is the palace which was a nice surprise on a walk to breakfast.

we went in through what must have been the side door cause even though i had heard it was special, i wasn’t prepared for how magnificent it really was.

the approach was low key

but even a peek into a window  revealed we were about to enter another universe

the ceiling literally took my breath away. partly cause i didn’t expect it, but also for its delicate beauty,  knowing who created it and the struggles they faced. (this was re-built after the 1906 fire). and made with nothing special,  just imagination and sheer will. not knowing if it would happen again, but faith that it wouldn’t and not compromising their art.

buy holy cow do they need a decorator?! i would love to pitch that!

just across the way is a knockout entry with an enormous bouquet of red roses. well, that almost makes up for the furniture! ok i better go, i’m being a terrible co-pilot! xc