I took videos with my iPhone in Paris, and my talented film student son Jacob turned them into a movie! Watch for the snails, frog legs, and pastries.

When the San Francisco Academy of Sciences was rebuilt a few years ago, I was more excited about the architecture than the science. While the science is impressive, the building was designed by Renzo Piano, and it has, among other things, a green roof, intelligent ways to use water and electricity, and the most beautiful indoor rainforest. It’s one of the most architecturally stunning contemporary buildings I’ve ever seen, and I became a big Renzo Piano fan. I have also seen his NEMO science museum in Amsterdam which looks like a big fish, and the appropriately named The Shard in London. I don’t have pictures of those, because I wasn’t doing a blog then. You’ll have to trust me on that.