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[jmur]

7/22 #1

 

[super dave]

Never wore flowers in my hair. Moved to SF in 1971. Moved to Ashbury St. in 1973 I think.
Neighborhood transitions. By then where I lived was and still is called Ashbury Heights - walk 2 (somewhat long) blocks uphill from the corner Haight/Ashbury which is considered part of the Haight neighborhood.

During its heyday, which culminated in 1967’s infamous Summer of Love, young dreamers converged in the Haight by the thousands. Historians deem the neighborhood the birthplace of the hippie movement, marked by peaceful protests and psychedelic experimentation. The era’s greatest luminaries, from Jerry Garcia to Allen Ginsberg to Jimi Hendrix, all lived nearby.

Then the movement waned, and the area began to decay along with it. “By the fall of 1967, Haight-Ashbury was nearly abandoned, trashed, and laden with drugs and homeless people,” blogger Jon Newman wrote in his essay Death of the Hippie Subculture. “With the Haight in ruins and most of its residents gone, it was simply unable to operate as a hub for music, poetry and art.”

Yes, I was there, traveling through in the early 70's. I saw some Remnants of what once was & seemed a bit slummy, homeless folks & some hippies trying to carry on the tradition maybe. (no flowers for me but did have very long hair) There was a very nice park at the end of the street, think it was called Ashbury Park.
Hung out for a while in San Francisco, then traveled up north, then back by Monterey, where I was living at the time.
From there I ended up in Colorado by accident really and the weird thing is, I found home! Nice thing to do when you weren't really looking and it hits you right in the face...HOME! Still here.
I love California, I saw some of the most beautiful places ever there!
Well I guess I just told you part of my life story I think...Thanks for the interesting history. Do you still live there? You know I'm kidding with the hippie crack right!

 

[liblue1]

7/22 #4
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[jmur]

7/22 #2

Country Joe McDonald...

 

[greenmachine17]

The USS Enterprise.

WWII- The Grey Ghost.(the Japanese Admiralty named it that, because they sunk it 3x or so they thought)

 

[super dave]

7/22
#2

 

[jmur]

7/22 #3

 

[westhc]

You know I'm kidding with the hippie crack right!

Of course - I did wear bell bottoms but never had a crocheted vest and I worked for the establishment so probably wouldn't qualify.
SF was a great cultural change for someone who grew up in a small town in the rural mid-west.
But once I learned how to cook and eat an artichoke I was sold. And I was very surprised to see guinea hen on the menu at a high end restaurant.

Do you still live there?

Lived in SF proper for 9 years then moved 7 miles south of the SF city line as the crow flies on the Pacific coast and here I have stayed.

The park you remember is either Golden Gate Park, the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park or Buena Vista Park.

Colorado is beautiful and I love to visit there in spring or fall - good friends in Fort Collins.

 

[greenmachine17]

It's the USS Albert Einstein

D..you didn't happen to accidentally mix in some Boomers for your burger did ya ? Have a safe trip ! Lol

 

[super dave]

D..you didn't happen to accidentally mix in some Boomers for your burger did ya ? Have a safe trip ! Lol

Huh

 

[super dave]

7/22
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[iamtezr]

7/22
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[jmur]

7/22 #4

ORIGIN vape ROCKS!!

 

[greenmachine17]

Huh

Shrooms..lol.USS Albert Einstein indeed.

 

[Sunray]

7/22
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[Sunray]

7/22
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[jmur]

7/23 #1

 

[Sunray]

7/23
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[tejas]

7/23 #1

The Dallas Texans, 1962 AFL Champs... moved the very next year, to become the Kansas City Chiefs.

 

[greenmachine17]

23 July
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