Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month, we look to our neighbor Mexico and recognize the architect and landscape architect Luis Barragán (1902-1988). Barragán's color-saturated geometric buildings etch the contemporary architectural consciousness.

Wabi Sabi, the ancient Japanese philosophy of using organic materials with natural imperfections and embracing authenticity, originated in the 15th century. Wabi translates to living with humility and simplicity while being unified with nature, while sabi refers to accepting the lifecycle of anything, even with all its flaws.

Artist, furnishings designer and landscape architect, Isamu Noguchi (1904 to 1988) straddled Western and Eastern cultures; born in Los Angeles to an American mother and a Japanese father. His father, Yone Noguchi, was an acclaimed poet who settled in the bohemian San Francisco Bay Area for seven years. He eventually traveled to New York City and met editor and writer Léonie Gilmour.

Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), a significant African American figure in the Harlem Renaissance, was a Renaissance man, painter, illustrator, visual arts educator, and philosopher. New York's Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 30s was the focus of black intellectual and cultural activity.

Renowned photographer Fred Lyon passed away last week at 97. COUPAR remembers him for his photographic eye, quick wit, and kind heart. The 4th generation San Franciscan showcased the city during the golden age of photojournalism in silvered shades of black and white.

February 1st marked the beginning of the "Year of the Water Tiger" in the Chinese Lunar New Year. The Tiger is one of the twelve animals selected by the mythic Jade Emporer, the ruler of the Heavens, to guard him.

Now that we may be nearing the end of Lockdown, will the 2020's mirror the decadent 1920's? The 1918 influenza pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide. When it finally waned, the Roaring '20s exploded with wild Jazz Age exuberance.

Culinary icon Cecilia Chiang, who brought authentic Chinese cuisine to San Francisco and the United States, passed away at 100 on October 28th. In 1961, she took a small space on Polk Street and opened The Mandarin Restaurant, introducing diners to Szechwan and Hunan dishes accompanied by an excellent wine list.

San Francisco has lost its grand patron of the arts and culture; on September 14th, Ann Getty passed away at 79 from a heart attack. Mrs. Getty, a striking couture figure attending the Symphony, Opera, and San Francisco Fall Show galas, generously opened up the Broadway mansion she shared with her husband, Gordon, to help raise funds for charities.

For COUPAR'S third posting on Quarantine Culture, we look at films about isolation, physical, psychological, or both.

As the days, weeks, and months blur, we still need escapist entertainment and what better source than films about the city where day becomes night and night becomes day? Las Vegas, home town to COUPAR founder and CEO, Krista Coupar.

We are in week two of the shelter-in-place order to contain the coronavirus. How do we keep ourselves, families, and friends entertained now that staying in is the new going out? Why not enjoy some quarantine culture with movies set in San Francisco?