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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Warm San Francisco Nights
We're here! And already surrounded by family. Tonight will be one of many family shindigs.
I have been in S.F. twice before. The first trip took place in 1973 - with my parents and brother. The area seemed a little less crowded then. And the times were so much more... innocent???
The last time I was here was in the mid-80's. The love of my life (well, I THOUGHT he was the love of my life at that time - big mistake) had moved from Colorado to California and we continued with a long distance relationship for awhile. It lasted until his ex-wife moved out to CA for a possible reconciliation... Best thing she could have done for me!
It really seems like I have experienced this city from the point of view of three different Carols. I wouldn't trade away any of them.
I have been in S.F. twice before. The first trip took place in 1973 - with my parents and brother. The area seemed a little less crowded then. And the times were so much more... innocent???
The last time I was here was in the mid-80's. The love of my life (well, I THOUGHT he was the love of my life at that time - big mistake) had moved from Colorado to California and we continued with a long distance relationship for awhile. It lasted until his ex-wife moved out to CA for a possible reconciliation... Best thing she could have done for me!
It really seems like I have experienced this city from the point of view of three different Carols. I wouldn't trade away any of them.
I don't know what this flower is, but I love how sweet and delicate it looks!
Magnolia (I think)! Can you smell them? If these grew in Colorado, I'd have a yard full of them!
Labels: photography, San Francisco, The Animals
posted by Carol at 5:44 PM
7 Comments:
*Rubs nose on screen and has a good sniff!*
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Magnolia has a beautiful smell doesn't it?
I like your analagy of it being like..
'three different Carols'. We do that don't we... evolve and it's only when we can look back that we can evaluate and see the growth. (good, in most cases) It's like that film, I wonder if you have ever seen it... 'Sliding Doors'. How your life could have been had you caught that train, not turned a corner, stayed in a small town...etc. I'm being way too thoughtful for a Friday morning. :o)
San Francisco is at the very top of my list of places I need to visit, mainly due to the Romantic notions I have of it from watching on television. Cable cars, Victorian Houses and Golden Gate Bridge… The Graduate, Joy Luck Club and even Mrs Doubtfire. *sighs* Maybe one day....
Have a great time with the family! :o)
Enjoy San Francisco, Carol! It’s one of my favorite cities. Someday I must blog about my visits there. Meantime, I will enjoy vicariously joining you in your time there.
P.S. ~ I really enjoyed the video.
There you go again, making the rest of us look bad at failing to stop and smell the proverbial rose - uh, I mean Magnolia. You live your life and the life that surrounds you.
Daffy, I haven't ever heard of the movie "Sliding Doors". I'll order it from our neighborhood library when I get home.
I hope that you get here someday. It's pretty amazing.
Nick, I'd love to hear your stories of S.F. I bet you've got some good ones! When I think of S.F., all the songs about run through my mind.
"...be sure to wear some flowers in your hair..."
Robert, No,no, NO! I do flowers. You do movies. I see what's around. You create what's around. It all works out!
Those are magnolias, yes. I recognize the chubby leaves whose edges tuck under.
Carol, we may have passed each other on some San Francisco Street in the 80s. Was it Chestnut? Or Taylor? Or Sutter?
Oh yeah, San, THAT'S why you look so familiar in your photos!
I don't remember the street, though...
San Francisco is such a great place to visit. Love it there! Enjoy!
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