Date at an Art Museum

I am so happy with how my weekend ended!

Armando purchased some tickets for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and we decided go on a date. We have been dating for about five and a half years, but have maintained a long distance relationship for most of it. He is always coming up with new things to do, and I was really excited to be going out on a real date. Because we have been together so long, we usually just spend time together cuddled on a couch watching a movie, but I love how there are just days he can be spontaneous and suggest new things for us to do together. It was also a bonus that it would be something I could dress sophisticated for.

We started our date by grabbing breakfast at Mel’s Drive In Diner. We went to the diner located close to the museum and right next to the Metreon. It was a pretty chilly morning, so we both ordered some hot chocolates and they were fantastic. I love waffles, and decided to have a Belgian waffle with strawberries. Armando prefers heartier breakfasts, so he went with the Diced Ham & Eggs.

After our  yummy breakfast, we headed straight to the museum. Upon arriving, we came upon the lighting fixture as seen in the first photo. It reminded me of rain, and then of stars. With the cold air though, it could also have easily translated as being snow.

I really enjoyed one exhibit where we walked in to a room with a screen projecting a word document. As people walked in, people were being described. I spotted where the person was typing from and smiled because she had typed into the document that she liked my coat.

We looked at all the exhibits, but my favorite medium was paint/oil on canvas. The only other exhibit I really loved was the last photo shown where a camera captures your image and slows down within the clock while everyone else moves around normally. Time slows down, and that’s how I feel when I spend my time with Armando. I never feel hurried or rush, and being captured on this canvas for that moment reinforced that sentiment.

After our time at the museum, we headed back to Berkeley to eat some Thai food. We returned to my apartment to watch a movie before he headed out to drive home to Salinas. I realized while writing this post that we both wore jackets that we bought for one another. It is such a minuet detail, but even if we are apart, we are still there for each other. It was a comforting thought as I watched him drive away to return home.

I wore a white princess coat with an all black outfit underneath for our date. I wore my favorite thigh high heeled boots for height, but also picked these out of my other shoes since they were more comfortable than the other heels I own. (And I wanted warm feet!) I picked out black and white since I thought they would look sophisticated and because I didn’t want something too distracting from the white coat.

He wore a classic button down white shirt, leather hooded bomber and dark wash jeans. His shoes are high top Steve Madden sneakers called Shockas, and they are pretty stylish and have fun laces with pops of neon green. He looked very dapper for our date.

Hope you enjoyed the recap of our date. What would you wear on a date to an art museum?