The Art Deco exhibition at the San Francisco Legion of Honor should be of interest to most members of this tribe. I visited it on Tuesday, when Legion admission is waived, but only made it through half of the exhibit before the museum closed. The show closes its run on July 5th, so you don't have a lot of time left. Details on the show can be found at:

www.thinker.org/legion/exh...ibition.asp

Numerous ordinary and extraordinary pieces are included, from elegant cocktail shakers to the beautiful 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton automobile. www.thinker.org/tours/tour.asp There are a series of travel posters displayed, and the one I liked the best was the Nord Express, showing a stylized locomotive powering toward some exotic destination. www.thinker.org/tours/tour.asp

One immense piece is the architectural model for Rockerfeller Center -- I hadn't realized how large the center is. Not to be missed, though, in the same room as the model is an iron gate designed by Rene Paul Chambilan (sp?) that was build for the entrance to the executive suite at the Chenin building in New York. From the card for this piece: The "gate used the imagery of the city and machine to celebrate capitalism. Zigzag lines and lightening bolts reflect the dynamism of the metropolis, cogs and wheels represent the machinery that powers it, and the stacks of coins, the capital that fuels the city."

The show moves to Boston after it closes in San Francisco.