"San Francisco"

Here are a few of the hundreds of photos I've taken as I've done my typically aimless wanderings around San Francisco, from the various times I've lived in the S.F. Bay Area . . . the fairly recent "bow and arrow" sculpture in one of the photos in this video, is probably THE most atypical, TOTALLY incongruous sculpture I've ever seen on the Embarcadero (near the Ferry Building) in S.F.!! LOL The sea lions at Pier 39 (near Fisherman's Wharf) have become QUITE the tourist attraction in that area, so every day hundreds of sea lions watch thousands of tourists watching THEM! The song is "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" by Scott McKenzie, which became the unofficial "anthem" for what became known around the world as the "Summer of Love" in 1967 . . . I was an older teen back then, and grew UP just south of San Francisco . . . not only was there NO "Summer of Love" in '67 or drug use happenin' with ANY of the hundreds of teens I knew outside of the tiny world of the Haight-Ashbury area of S.F.!!, but the MAIN thing any of us young males was worried about was whether or not we'd be drafted and killed in Vietnam . . . but it WAS fun wandering around Haight-Ashbury back in the late 60s, and seein' that "Tune in, Turn on, Drop out" counter-culture firsthand, and watching as mainstream tour bus companies would literally have bus tours cruise slowly by "The Haight", because the companies back then would include that area as one of the "colorful" local tourist attractions!!, so it was surreal watching the tourists in the buses frantically taking photos of real, live S.F. "Hippies" LOL . . . but anyway . . . I digress . . . somethin' I do a LOT . . . so yeah, anyway . . . this song is always the main song that reminds me of that particular summer "wayyyyy back when" :) :) . . . and OH!! . . . if you ever visit San Francisco IN the summer . . . bring a COAT!!! . . . the summer's wind driven fog OFTEN rolls in, and it's COLD!! . . . the best time to visit is mid-September thru' mid-October during "Indian Summer" when the fog is usually absent . . . . . . . . . . and no . . . I'm not a travel agent! LOL

Channel: Travel & Events
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: LifeJourneyGuy

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