We spent the day in the city today with my high school friend Dan, who played Malvolio senior year in our school’s production of Twelfth Night, and a friend of his. Malvolio didn’t really come up at all, but I thought I’d give you some point of reference, and that felt as good as any.
Katie and I took BART into the city, whereupon we discovered that there was a Greek Independence Day parade going on down Market street. We even saw a boy on a tiny horse! That may or may not be Greek, but it is undoubtedly cute. Here’s a mediocre picture I took with my phone:
We met Dan and friend a bit after lunch at the Cartoon Art Museum, a small but fun little place with a bunch of comic and cartoon images throughout the ages on the walls of the six or so rooms they had. There was an exhibit about Usagi Yojimbo, a cartoon samurai rabbit drawn by Steve Sakai. Here’s a picture of Steve Sakai I found on the internet:
There was also a bunch of Watchmen stuff. I found the recreated props the most interesting. I haven’t yet seen the movie, so it was nice imagining that someone had just meticulously recreated items from the graphic novel for kicks. Or attempting to believe that we lived in their universe and that these were donated or confiscated items from the actual masked heroes.
Afterwards, we drove around the city for a bit and headed over to Absinthe for dinner, where we ate some delicious cheese and saw Jamie Lauren, who was on a season of Top Chef that we hadn’t watched. She’s the executive chef for Absinthe. Here’s a picture of Jamie I found on the internet:
Then, we got shakes at In’n’Out and parted ways. There’s actually a picture of Dan playing Malvolio in our senior yearbook, but I’m too lazy to dig it out and scan it, so here’s a picture of him I found on the Internet:
He’s the guy, as Dan is not short for Danielle or Dantooine or some hippie girl name. This was also taken almost a decade ago, when we all looked like, well, high school students.