Ma(i)sonry

At Ma(i)sonry located in Yountville, you can have a very unique wine tasting experience. It was originally built as a private residence in 1904, but now, it has turned into an art gallery where you could taste wines from various vineyards. There are interesting and modern art placed and sold all over the place. We got 2 different types of red wine flights in the garden that was so laid back and the perfect setting for wine tasting. All the wines were recommended to us by the server.

Loved these communal tables in the garden.

Cool furniture and sculptures placed all over.

With the wine tasting, they gave us this cheese & nuts plate, complimentary. Pretty awesome.

Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum

While I was exploring this area, I randomly found the Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum (岡本太郎記念館). I've wanted to come here but never found a chance. Taro Okamoto is an artist, famous for his sculptures. His most famous sculpture was "Tower of the Sun" which he made for the Osaka Expo in 1970. This memorial used to be his home and atelier.

Replica of the "Tree of Life", another sculpture he made for the Osaka Expo but had to be taken down. As a memorial for his 100th birthday, they made this replica (1/20 the size) to show the younger generation his art.

Customized Bicycles

I was browsing through random design blogs and stumbled upon these...

how awesome are these bikes?!

Also wondering where the pedals are on these things.

Tomorrow... off to Phuket. I am beyond excited to go somewhere warm with a nice beach! See you in a couple days Tokyo!