After a wonderful fulfilling afternoon in The Imperial Spa at Japantown, and a Japanese BBQ dinner taking the 22 bus, waiting for more then an half hour on the bus, and just about thinking to take a taxi, the bus arrives, the way back to 16th and mission, and a walk on mission street at 9 PM, gives a different view then during the day, the restaurants are full, the latino community is on a stroll, while passing this bar the loud sound comes out of the juke box or whatever the use,with a girl like you:The Troggs, although at that moment I didn’t know it where the troggs, but the song played on in my head and lingered on, since it was from my youth, and it brought this warm comfy feeling, when you think about the happy times you had when you were like very young, completely pampered by the parents. This photo matches my thoughts and feelings I have sometimes for San francisco and how the summer of love would have been in 1967. Walking around in certain quarters is really refreshing and inspiring, at times also a bit depressing, seeing the poverty and the homeless people sleeping on the street on carbon layers, with there possessions in a shopping cart.
But San francisco is doing a great job in creating new neighborhoods, as they did at SOMA, The Yerba Beuna gardens and now Mission Bay, where a whole new Bio tech center is build with residential areas, and commercial activities, it will be a community on itself in a few years. And the really implement it very well, considering the neigborhoods and surrounding areas. Stimulating new economy.
