Munich
May 13, 2011 

Escaped Another Friday 13^th Unscathed!

Took a fun walk after work today.  I went past the surfers on the Eisbach and got some pictures, but cleverly forgot to get video, duh!  I’ll go back for that.

Then I walked the length of one of Munichs’ four “royal streets” – this one was Ludwigstrasse.  Named for Ludwig the 1^st it’s a stately street whith many terrific buildings, the University, and Munich’s most famous piece of public art:  Jonathan Borofsky’s 17 meter tall “Walking Man.”  It’s a stunning piece made of a steel frame with a fiberglass coating.  As simple as its design is, it’s very engaging and appealing.  I think the reason I like it so much is that he’s moving “out of the frame, ” so to speak, one of his arms extending past the grassy area he’s in so that it’s reaching of the pedestrian sidewalk.  My tourgude on Saturday justly referred to him as the Eunuch From Munich.

Borofsky is an American artist who is most famous for his “Hammering Man” statues that have been installed in Basel, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, Denver, Washington, D.C., Seoul, Frankfurt, and Lillestrøm, Norway.

At the end of my walk I had some decent enchiladas at a popular Mexican cantina.

My Favorite Mexican Restaurants

• The original Chuy’s on Barton Springs in Austin
• Las Palapas (any one of them) in San Antonio
• Maria’s Taco Xpress on Lamar, Austin
• Lucy’s El Adobe across the street from Paramount, Hollywood
• Gardens of Taxco on Harper, West Hollywood