my favourite areas of san... by melancholia
my favourite areas of san francisco are the haight-ashbury and golden gate park. you can experience both in the same day as they are in close vicinity to eachother. in fact if you walk to the end of haight st, it goes directly into golden gate park. i would advise though to be wary of a lot of homeless folk and people offering drugs. i was offered marijuana by 3 different people, and i was simply walking around the park minding my own business. they weren't trying to sell me drugs, just offering for me to join them in their drug use. (and if you are curious, no i did not smoke with them)...people do tend to be quite friendly here though, and that's quite a nice change. i also had a guy in the park offer to be my tour guide and take me around the city. i took his phone number, but never called...it's hard to measure ones true intentions, eh? as everyone warns, i figured it'd be better 'safe than sorry'...i suppose i got a bit sidetracked into golden gate park..more on haight-ashbury...haight st is full of a variety of hippie shops, you'll see a fair amount of tie dye and bright coloured shop fronts. there's also a bit of punk and gothic type stores mixed in. if you're a fan of music i would suggest to check out the 'amoeba record store' it's located at the end of haight, before mcdonalds, and the entrance to golden gate park. it is a HUGE building with a lot of people..but there's also a very large selection of music and posters, and a sizable section for clearance cd's. you can find a lot of new music here as well, not only music no one ever wants to buy. prices in the clearance range from $1.00 to $4.99. check it out. http://www.amoebamusic.com/. as for transportation to this area i took the N-Judah muni(metro/subway like system) from powell and market st station. you are dropped off 4 blocks north of haight st at carl and cole streets.out of all the interesting sites and whatnot..i'd actually have to say when i think of san francisco i will mostly remember the people i met. i made some new friends that i wish i had more time to get to know in person. other than that, once again haight-ashbury, golden gate park, and also chinatown will be remembered.
