Mondays with Mizael

It always interests me to see how different people see the world.  Yesterday, in between meetings in Los Gatos, San Jose, San Francisco, and San Mateo, I had the pleasure of taking Mizael on a "Phil Darke Tour" of San Francisco, where he took it all in for the first time. As you might imagine, I drove him through the city and showed him Pier 39, Fisherman's Wharf, Ghiradelli Square, Lombard Street, the Mission District, Coit Tower, and a few other tourist hotspots.  But the things that always caught his eye (and filled his camera) were the bridges and the Transamerica Building. Essentially, the architectural wonders grabbed him more than anything. In fact, the only thing that was on his "must-see" list was the Golden Gate Bridge, so I made a point to drive over it (NB, of course, to avoid the toll : )) and take pictures from both sides.  Why the fascination with the bridges and buildings?  Because he is an architect, and his mind is captured by great structures in the world in a way that mine is not.  I imagine that when he looked at the amazing structures in San Francisco, he could see the design and blueprints, and imagine with painstaking detail the tremendous amount of work that went into erecting the structures.  Yes, I can take in the beauty of the buildings and bridges, but I see and appreciate them in a completely different way than Mizael does.  And thank the Lord for that fact.  Otherwise, we would have a very boring and monotonous world.