Five Things Friday #45 - SF MOMA visit was fun, UC Berkeley women's basketball, ongoing house repair challenges

 

The SF MOMA building is very interesting architecturally. This is a shot from the street level entrance. There is also a huge fern wall and outdoor sculpture garden.

1. Our visit on Monday to see the regular exhibits at SF MOMA and have lunch in their cafe was a fun and interesting. Taking BART and walking a short way makes it easy to get there. Huge variety modern art - a lot we appreciated and others not so much. There were quite a few high school age student groups and some elementary ones all of whom seemed to be focused on the art and being good patrons!

2. Hubby was one of many chaperones for the 4th grade field trip to a UC Berkeley women's basketball game. He came home with a sparkle in his eyes - had a wonderful time and said the kids were great and fun. We are lucky our older granddaughter wants us to come to things at her school. She was waiting for him when he arrived, gave him a big hug and introduced her "Papa" to her friends.

3. We met with a structural engineer and the potential contractor to discuss what needs to be done to apply for & get a building permit to repair our balcony. Next steps are to hire the engineer to draw plans and the contractor to explore under the upstairs floor somehow to see if the joists are continuous or the outside part was replaced. If they aren't continuous we will have to install 2 or 3 posts and a beam to support the balcony which won't make the yard look great but will ensure safety.

4. I am disappointed to report that although the part we bought to repair the window was correct, installing it just pointed out that a complicated multi-part mechanism in the side sash is broken. I started looking at how to fix that and we decided it was likely beyond us. So we will live with it for now and replace the window if it becomes a real problem or we may change our minds about giving fixing it a try.

5. First multi-day rains of the season began last night. Not too much in volume but 6 days in a row predicted. We have the sandbags and the downspout extender in place to reduce water going into the crawl space. We do have a sump pump down there. There is a lot of underground drainage as we are on a slope and there may be an underground stream as they are frequent here. It all works well enough though it can get muddy in places. The Pacific NW seems to be getting the worst of this storm.