Took a drive down to Valencia St. A boutique-y neighbourhood with lots of mom and pop places to eat, furniture stores and antique shops.
Wanna eat..
What do you want to eat though?
Vietnamese!
Spring rolls came with vermicelli (cold noodles), pickled carrot, leafy greens and lots of parsley. The vinegar sauce that smells like feet too but is delicious!
I got a fried tofu sandwich. Large chunks of tofu I like. I had to pick out the sneaky jalapeños hidden among the parsley and cucumber, you trying to kill me? A bit on the salty side, but tasty overall, they made up for it by pouring extra water, the pho was good.
Driving by Hippie Hill to park the car somewhere, facilities!
Walked to Golden Gate park, it's a big park! You had to line up and get your bag checked going in to the fenced off area at Hippie Hill. This is San Francisco's first legal 420 celebration, annually folks gather here at 420. The line moved fast and you got to witness this real spectacle of hateful and judgey types yammering on at the entrance. I'm not sure they changed anyone's mind with their tactics..
These stoners arrived early! Who said weed makes you lazy? They were expecting 15,000 folks, 20,000 showed up.
I don't know this lady but I had to snap a pic.
They do a countdown to 420, like New Years. People stand up the minute before and light up in time for the big and hazey "budd drop" lol.
On the walk back home I took lots of pictures of pretty houses. I call this one Key Lime Pie:
From left to right: Sugar icing, chocolate dust, caramel taffy, cinnamon orange, pistachio, vanilla bean, tangerine dream, mint, sesame ice cream, walnut milk, almond butter and coconut dream.
A raw to cooked salmon gradient:
I notice people here with garages will park their cars like this, half on the sidewalk and half on the road so they can use their garages for other things. What interesting San Franciscan behaviour, what encourages this?
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