No one does high drama — the agony and the ecstasy, the deepest blacks and brightest whites, the crispest lines and most lucent objects — like the Spanish Catholic Baroque painters. There is a painting of Christ on the cross so exquisitely rendered, so realistically modeled in light and shade, it was said by an…
A very large sea lion is drawing onlookers to a pier popular among both other sea lions and tourists in San Francisco, wowing visitors and catapulting him to online fame. “POV: You pull up to the gym and see that one guy who’s just built different,” reads the caption on one video of the sea…
The estimated 2,000-pound Steller sea lion nicknamed ‘Chonkers’ is hanging out at San Francisco’s Pier 39 and drawing fans from across the country. The massive mammal made waves about a month ago when he hauled himself onto the pier and decided to stay. While California sea lions typically crowd the area, ‘Chonkers’ quickly stood out…
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