Haight-Ashbury

We have been living in San Francisco now for a little over two months and have really enjoyed re-exploring the city. Alex and I headed out to the neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury over the weekend where we wandered along the streets for a couple of hours. The neighborhood is known as the birthplace of 1960s counterculture and the “Summer of Love”. Today, the area still holds a hippie vibe with lots of bright street art, tie-dye, and psychedelic signs.

We also spent some time walking around Buena Vista Park. At almost a century-and-a-half-old, Buena Vista Park is the oldest park in San Francisco. It also sits right on top of a hill with spectacular views of the city. At times, the park very much reminded me of Central Park in New York as the trees are large and dense and there are moments when you forget you are in a major city.

It was a perfect place to spend a leisurely Sunday and I loved seeing the eclectic hodgepodge of record shops, vintage boutiques, tattoo parlors, bookstores, and eccentric cafes.