Not being mean, I'm all about that place and such but... Wouldn't you be able to just relate this and the Hippies to something like...Bebop and Harlem? It would be the samething...just the Hippies were on a large scale, and their time changed music.
i went there like 2 years ago, and it was great! everyone's friendly! and there's alot of great stores
I went there back in the early 90's with my friend, a child of old hippies and just felt like I had come home. He took me all around SF on foot insisting we take no cars just hoof it and take public trans. I told him I wasn't a city fan but SF had me hooked instantly. I never forgot it; never will forget Jason. Whereever you are man, I hope you are doing what you wanted to do *hugs* So now, I've not been back to SF since late 97. Time to return, definately. urby
Hey All!just Yesterday,i Was In San Francisco At Ucsf When I Was Overwhelmed By Memories,and Realised How Still,i Love Sf...when I Took Care Of My Stuff There My Friend And I Walked Down The Hill,to The Haight.its Been At Least 12 Years Since3 Ive Been To The City,and I Lived There From 1975 At The Tender Young Age Of 17 Until 1980.i Sort Of Missed The Earlier Days,but I Did Meet People That Were Still Around From The 60s.they Were What I Termed Older At The Time,but They Were The Real Deal.any Way,i Had Alot Of Experiences That I Value Still,and 12 Years Ago We Had A Reunion.since Then I Havent Been Able To Find Any One .back To Yesterday,i Dug It Even Though There Seems To Be An Element Of Touristy-ness.but The Free Clinic Is Still There,and There Are Still Some Cool Shops There...even A Consignment Store.i Used To Make Jewelery And Sell It In A Consignment Shop On Haight St.blast From The Past..stopped In A Little Bar There And Had A Kama-kazi With The Owner There,and He Was There In The 70s.he Said Alot Of Folks Have Passed On,but He Still Saw A Few Old Timers That Looked Pretty Burnt...still,all In All,its Still A Far Out Place,despite All The Changes.there Used To Be A Veggie Restaurant Called The Psalms Cafe,but No More...did See A Whole Foods Store In The Vacinity Of Where The Co-op Used To Be.it Was A Good Time I Bought A Few Little Momentos,had Alot Of Fonde Memories..fun Just Hangin Out People Watching.youngsters All Hippied Out,smilin And Friendly.i Would Like To Go Back Soon If Nothing Else The Good Beads Are There!lots Of Handmade Stuff Just Beautiful Beadwork Like Hippies Were Talented And Creative And Groovy.i Wanted To Walk Over To The Panhandle But Ran Out Of Time:i Used To Live On Fell St Across From There.im Not Sure Who Lives There Now...we Sort Of Left That Area After A Visit From Vice...yah,its Still Cool Commercial And All.namaste Audreyanne
One day in late July of 1968 eating a Blimpie tuna fish sub on my way to hear the Steve Miller Band,Moby Grape and the Chambers Brothers at the Fillmore West. When I stoped for the red light when this guy pulls up next to me on a beautiful black Harley chopper with a custom pan head engine and a young girl on the back. After a few seconds; I could see the girls face and then she said "Sonny give me a fucking cigarette". The light turned green a few seconds after she was handed a cigarette and a lighter. A few seconds later I saw the young women was Janis Joplin and she was riding on the back of Sonny Barger's Harley Chopper who was the leader of the Oakland Hells Angels...:sunglasse
We1, what a wonderful story. brings a lot of memories from the past hanging out at the park with Pearl (Janis) and sitting in doorways on Haight drinking sourthern comfort in a brown paper bag. Sonny Barger was the president of the Hell Angels in the whole of the USA. He was in the Haight quite abit. Janis and him were seen together from time to time. I belive he spent some time with her up at Wheelers Ranch also. I had spent time around Sonny, as my hubby at that time had some friends from the Oakland Chapter, hubby and me had an antique store on Page St. between Clayton and Cole and we always had beer and, well, drugs. My hubby now deceased delt alot back then. They came and hung around, then some out of stae ones came and all hells angels broke loose. ( to be contenued at a later time)
Cala foods,they caught me walking out with a bottle of port.They were cool,just made me leave.Hippie hill,that was probably your pot I was smoking.Thanks again it was good.peace Anybody hang out on Telegraph?
