Hearts!

I used to go around town just to take pictures of these hearts all over San Francisco - that was back in 2004.  Wow, how time has elapsed!  I ran across 2 of them today at Union Square and made me remember my old pastime. Look under the label "hearts" and you'll see pictures of the other ones I took!

Heart #11: Lines Heart - Ferry Building

Heart #12: Mail Slot Heart - Ferry Building

Heart #13: Mosaic Heart - Ferry Building

Heart #14: Geometric Heart - Ferry Building area

Heart #15: Apple Green Heart - Ferry Building area.

Heart #16: Full Spectrum Dominance Heart - Ferry Building

Aggh, today is finally Thursday! This week seems really long. I guess whenever we get a short week at work, we mentally think the days will go by fast. But reality is that the anticipation for the weekend simply makes the waiting even longer than it really is. A hard concept to comprehend, but the truth indeed.

I don't know if you've been watching the gameshow Jeopardy!, but I've been catching it everyday after dinner for the past couple of weeks. This is this one guy on it who has been champion for 27 straight days. Yep, 27 days! They used to have a 5-day limit, but the gameshow has since lifted that rule. He has won over $800,000. It's really amazing how minute and how obscure some of the details this guy knows. First he's fast with the buzzer, and second, he knows every subject from A to Z. I totally think that he might be a genius! The gameshow hosts should definitely bring back some of the previous 5-day champions to compete against him. I wonder when will he lose, and who will dethrone him? That would be so interesting!

On a side note, here are some more hearts for you. These I found along the Embarcadero during my daily lunchtime walks. I'll upload more next time... meanwhile, enjoy!

Heart #7: Trapped Heart - this is one of my favorites so far. This heart is covered with thick steel wires all around. It's 3-D...different from the other painted ones I've seen. This was located across the street from the Ferry Building along the Embarcadero.

Heart #9: Map Heart - This is one of the steel interlocking hearts. This is a rough sketched map of the San Francisco.

Heart #8: "I Left my Heart" heart - A scared look on the person's face, but it should be a happy thought... This heart was found in the plaza along Embarcadero. This one was found across the street from Herman Justin Plaza.

Heart #10: "Artist at Heart" heart - This heart was on Market St. near First St.

Hearts in San Francisco

If you haven't already noticed, more than 20 fiberglass or interlocking steel hearts have been popping up on city streets of San Francisco these past few months. The official launch date was February 14th to be exact (how thoughtful!). There will be more hearts to come... a total of 130 of them will be appearing on street corners, plazas, and sidewalks throughout San Francisco. The project is called "Hearts in San Francisco," which helps boost the tourist industry by allowing visitors to "see" and "leave" their hearts in San Francisco. The hearts are decorated by local artists with different themes. The hearts are on display until September 2004. After that, the City will choose a few of them to be auctioned off. The proceeds will benefit the San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center. More information on this can be found at Hearts in San Francisco's website.

I knew about this City project on the San Francisco Chronicle a couple of months back. I decided that it would be a very nice weekend activity to "find" all the 130 hearts. Afterall, I have until September and it was a really great way to explore the City. So my husband and I ventured off today to find our first set of hearts. We found 7 hearts in total!! Here are the hearts we found ... believe me, there will be more to come!

Heart #1: The Silver Heart - located in front of the now-closed DFS Galleria, across the street from Union Square on Geary Blvd.

Heart #3: This heart was located in front of the Four Seasons Hotel on Market, near 4th St.

Heart #2: The Fern Heart - located near 555 Market St. between 2nd and 1st St.

Heart #4: The Ethnic Heart - found on Union Square.

Heart #7: Mom's Heart - located on Union Square.

Heart #5: Strawberry Heart - located in front of the McKesson Headquarter building on Market St. near New Montgomery St.

Heart #6: This heart was found in front of Macy's, on Geart Blvd, across from Union Square.