“People see a swan and think, Oh, how serene and graceful and beautiful,” Tamara Barak Aparton was saying the other day, referring to San Francisco’s best-known swan, Blanche (1994-2023). Aparton is ...
A beloved swan named Blanche that was a mainstay at the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts for decades has died at the age of 28. Blanche retired in July 2022 after living her entire life at the lagoon ...