Our third day in the city was a Saturday. We did not know that the weekend we would be there was the 40th annual Gay Pride Parade. On the news they said that over 100,000 people came into the city for the weekend events. We were really able to explore the city without being too impacted by crowds and being just two of us we didn’t notice longer waits at restaurants or anything like that. (Although I did see a dog wearing a sweater that said “I have two daddies”. LOL)
We took the bus over to City Lights Bookstore.
City Lights is an American literary landmark, it was founded in 1953 and is a truly independent bookstore.
Is that a beatnik over there by that shelf? Oh wait, it’s just me.
(And in case anyone clicks to enlarge this photo, no, I had zero intention of posing next to a copy of “God is Dead”, which is, however a book about the atrocities that have taken place in Sudan and how against the backdrop of unchecked mass murder and genocide belief in a benevolent God becomes near impossible…)
Then we checked out the murals on street behind it which were a social commentary about guerilla warfare in Chiapas, Mexico.
(The writing below reads: solders, drugs and whores – no! corn, beans and peace – yes! A sentiment I’m sure most of us share – eh?)
Next we wandered around China town. The weather was finally beautiful, the breeze was still very cool, but the fog lifted and the day was sunny and crisp.
After lunch at a sidewalk French bistro (Will doesn’t do Chinese) we walked and walked until we arrived at the the Haas-Lilienthal house.
This home was built in 1855 and is the only such Victorian home that still stands and is open to the public. We love historic home tours and this one was especially neat because the same family lived in it all the way up until the 1970’s. 
After catching the bus and a nap, we went back out to the Upper Haight district where we wandered around and found the famous intersection of Haight-Ashbury -birthplace of American counterculture in the 1960’s.
By this time it was nearly 10 PM and we were really looking for a great place to have a late date night supper. Close to our condo in the Marina district, we were delighted to find Tacoliscious which is part taqueria and (at 10 PM on a Saturday night) part lively bar. The atmosphere was urban and hip and the food was incredible and we sat at the counter and so we got to watch them make it.
Very cute Mexican boys worked the kitchen – one making bowl after bowl of fresh guacamole, one worked the grill, one cooking up dish after mouth watering dish of carnitas, beef, chicken so tender it fell apart with one prod of the fork. One guy frying fresh corn tortillas into chips… it was a thing of beauty.
The best were the fillet mignon tacos with caramelized onions. And queso. And yes, there were a few leftovers which we were happy to have the next morning for breakfast.
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