The Experience Now

    On October 7, 2011 (my 29th birthday) my husband and I headed to the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco.  It was a beautiful sunny day in San Francisco, which is a rare treat for any visitor to SF.  With the spirit of the summer of love on my mind,  and the marijuana running through my veins (now classified as medical marijuana) we arrived at Haight-Ashbury around noon.  Unbelievably we got a parking space right in front of the Ben and Jerry's at the cross streets of Haight and Ashbury.  We put some money in the parking meter and went into Ben and Jerry's.  I hadn't had my morning cup of coffee yet and my husband wanted some ice cream. This is me in front of Ben and Jerry's!

   From there we walked up and down Haight St. between Cole St. and Masonic.  The street looked clean and felt safe.   A descent amount of people seemed to be cruising around and shopping.   You can still feel a peaceful vibe walking down Haight St.  As we walked down Haight,  towards Cole St.,  I noticed  graffiti on one of  the buildings.  It was of famous rock stars, very cool!  After that a brightly painted van parked on the street grabbed my attention.  Walking  the opposite way down Haight, towards Masonic,  a shop had a huge pair of legs dangling from the top of it!  At the intersection of Masonic and Haight was a huge mural of Medusa! There was art all around us,  and it was great!

  
   We went into some really cool shops on Haight.  The street is filled with vintage, hat, tourist, tattoo and head shops.  Something for everyone!  Among all these shops were also bars and the Haight Street Market.  We found a dive bar called The Gold Cane that looked pretty laid back. We went in to have a couple of drinks.  The drinks were good and inexpensive!  Here is a picture of one of the vintage shops and my husband and I on the patio at The Gold Cane! Cheers!

We didn't hear The Grateful Dead or Janis Joplin playing from the street,  but we did catch a band jamming some folk music on the street! We took some video but I don't know how to make it play on this blog! Here it is anyway!

   After we left the bar we decided to go get some food and some medical marijuana in the Lower Haight district.  One of our favorite places to eat when we are over in  Lower Haight is a German sausage called Rosamunde.  It was very delicious!  A beer brat and German potato salad, wow. Sometimes it doesn't get better than that my friends.  Conveniently,  Rosamunde is located in walking distance of one of our favorite medical marijuana dispensaries, The Vapor Room.  The Vapor Room is located under a beautiful Victorian house.  We made our selection at The Vapor Room and went back to the car.   There is some really cool graffiti on some of the buildings in Lower Haight too!

    We had such an awesome day at Haight-Ashbury!  As they would say back in 1966, it was pretty happening!  How does the Haight-Ashbury experience in 2011 compare to the Haight-Ashbury experience in 1967?