tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post6776383275907478365..comments2024-02-10T00:14:33.011-08:00Comments on Genial Misanthrope: Gay Pride ParadeShould Fish Morehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-83882321689196829882014-07-03T18:32:45.892-07:002014-07-03T18:32:45.892-07:00I never did meet Mike, but I spent an hour or two ...I never did meet Mike, but I spent an hour or two there nearly every Sunday for 18 years.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-20427974339310298882014-07-03T07:01:34.423-07:002014-07-03T07:01:34.423-07:00Pat
I was there the previous summer, my then-fianc...Pat<br />I was there the previous summer, my then-fiancee and I spent a week there before I flew out of Travis AFB on my way to the bad place. I've heard that that summer, '67 was quite a party. <br /><br />You are correct about Union Square...in the past I'd get a coffee and the SF Chronicle and sit in the park. Now, you're there 10 seconds before an aggressive panhandler is right on you. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-29051025465956221102014-07-03T00:44:00.228-07:002014-07-03T00:44:00.228-07:00I love San Francisco! It's a city with everyth...I love San Francisco! It's a city with everything. <br />I hitch hiked up to SF with a friend during the summer of love. We were getting ready to start our senior year in high school. We told our parents that we were taking a bus to my older brother's house in San Jose, but hitch hiked to Haight-Ashbury for a week instead. It was everything I thought it would be and It was also a lot of things I hated and some I loved. <br /><br />I actually like the city better now. I have to say though, there are just too many brazen and aggressive homeless people around Union Square.Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-80094576800370880582014-07-02T20:24:46.186-07:002014-07-02T20:24:46.186-07:00I so wish I had access to a place like Powell'...I so wish I had access to a place like Powell's.....I actually know Mike Powell, met him decades ago. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-58575006818797235622014-07-02T19:57:26.883-07:002014-07-02T19:57:26.883-07:00I loved SF too the one and only time I got to spen...I loved SF too the one and only time I got to spend a week there. Naturally, I imagined how nice it would be to live on Russian Hill :)<br /><br />Glad you had so much fun crossing the street. I remember the first year it was held in Portland we were at the Powell's bookstore downtown - right on the parade route too. We had fun watching as well.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-25241386952107807792014-07-01T18:51:22.120-07:002014-07-01T18:51:22.120-07:00yeah. dunno about you TB, but a couple of my cousi...yeah. dunno about you TB, but a couple of my cousins were ' of a different persuasion', and we didn't make a thing of it. Eastern Oregon, the early 60's, it didn't register with us. A couple years ago, I asked one of the cousins if they every got married, he shook his head, a guy my age, and said "it ain't legal yet here." Another, wife at his side, said "Bastids". Everybody nodded. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-63241411394410560872014-07-01T18:47:21.909-07:002014-07-01T18:47:21.909-07:00As I remember, I gave my balloon to another marche...As I remember, I gave my balloon to another marcher, tossed my empty BM plastic glass in a wastecan, and left, quite pleased. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-75219669320827900462014-06-30T16:56:28.367-07:002014-06-30T16:56:28.367-07:00Mmmm. Perhaps you might have bumped into my cousin...Mmmm. Perhaps you might have bumped into my cousin Ned crossing that parade. My dad of that older generation tried to give me a heads up on Ned by saying he was "of a different persuasion." We all knew anyway...:)troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-69509356885545509782014-06-30T08:37:58.665-07:002014-06-30T08:37:58.665-07:00Oh, lovely! We should all be greeted with a Blood...Oh, lovely! We should all be greeted with a Bloody and a balloon. :-)<br /><br />PearlPearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-44355760366766472652014-06-29T19:16:00.807-07:002014-06-29T19:16:00.807-07:00yeah....well, after I came back from VN, I was dri...yeah....well, after I came back from VN, I was driving my dad someplace in 1969, maybe the store. There was a couple hitchhiking on the road through town, young, long hair, backpacks. My dad pointed at them and said we should swerve the truck and clip them. I asked why....he looked puzzled, then said something like 'those are those hippys you read about, communists.' <br />Different time, different experiences for those guys. I don't blame them, just wish they'd had a bit more empathy for people. <br />Would my dad have understood my kids, or grandkids? Don't think so, it's best he's moved on. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-2861496818815866082014-06-29T19:10:26.902-07:002014-06-29T19:10:26.902-07:00Exactly. The point of my post, but not well-commun...Exactly. The point of my post, but not well-communicated as written. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-9140941621028652872014-06-29T19:09:47.771-07:002014-06-29T19:09:47.771-07:00'Tis indeed.'Tis indeed. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-4676702613204206602014-06-29T19:09:10.934-07:002014-06-29T19:09:10.934-07:00Wow, in the city?
I find my favorite things about...Wow, in the city? <br />I find my favorite things about SF are in the past....walking from Union Square through Chinatown, finding some hole in the wall with no english to eat great food, walking over to North Beach then back. The North Beach Restaurant in the 70's, abelone steaks, sand dabs, Lorenzo, the owner, died recently. <br />A great city indeed.Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-27460820887218201972014-06-29T19:04:44.623-07:002014-06-29T19:04:44.623-07:00It was great fun, I didn't emphasize that enou...It was great fun, I didn't emphasize that enough. My point was that gay pride parade was fun for a straight guy. I just muddied it up with too much SF, and too little parade. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-49805704665098160942014-06-29T19:02:43.338-07:002014-06-29T19:02:43.338-07:00Got many, many stories about SF, Joanne. Misty fog...Got many, many stories about SF, Joanne. Misty fog in Golden Gate Park in 1966, drinking with Herb Caen in the Gold Rush bar, etc. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-4815922304671125792014-06-29T19:00:47.222-07:002014-06-29T19:00:47.222-07:00Me too, I was there earlier in 1959 as a 8th grade...Me too, I was there earlier in 1959 as a 8th grader. <br />My wife Cary and I were there for two weeks the summer of '66, before I flew out of Travis AFB.Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-83073575325233329642014-06-29T16:49:35.748-07:002014-06-29T16:49:35.748-07:00I was there in '66. My uncle had lived there ...I was there in '66. My uncle had lived there for many decades and when we were out driving one day he said let's go look at the Haight-Ashbury district. I hear it's changed. He said it had been a quiet area of old homes and old residents. What we encountered was anything but that. It was a vast parade along the sidewalks and streets of hippies, flower people, young druggies, whatever you want to call them. I saw something that interested me and put the brake on. My uncle, terrified, shouted "DON'T SLOW DOWN!" That was my only experience with the Haight.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-87559179009002997402014-06-29T16:30:06.067-07:002014-06-29T16:30:06.067-07:00What better way to get where you were going?What better way to get where you were going?Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-41405211642250652982014-06-29T13:18:19.340-07:002014-06-29T13:18:19.340-07:00Great city!Great city!joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-38687272468283829902014-06-29T11:21:44.600-07:002014-06-29T11:21:44.600-07:00I understand and share your affection for SF. Two ...I understand and share your affection for SF. Two of our kids have made their homes there, so we visit pretty often.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-80658754977775829642014-06-29T10:41:00.565-07:002014-06-29T10:41:00.565-07:00Love SF, great you got to participate and a free d...Love SF, great you got to participate and a free drink to boot!!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-46879389816574132572014-06-29T08:42:59.941-07:002014-06-29T08:42:59.941-07:00I've been to SF once, and would go back in a h...I've been to SF once, and would go back in a heartbeat. Look at the story you came away with!Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524881400632979653.post-50544933297747362782014-06-29T08:14:07.632-07:002014-06-29T08:14:07.632-07:00San Fran has always been and will always be an exc...San Fran has always been and will always be an exciting city. I spent time as a teenager there in the 60's.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353373844105134032noreply@blogger.com