living in san francisco is like having a city sized best friend that lets you live on their stomach. well, i think i live on the stomach. hayes valley is a cozy, comfortable neighborhood where all flavors of people come to coexist. twice every week, ill travel outbound to visit the brain of the city, san francisco state, to absorb new information from some of the city's smartest cells. with every friendship, of course, comes the rocky times. times when you wish you weren't living on top of one another. times when you feel like you just need space (or a plane ticket). that would be yesterday. yesterday we didn't get along very well. in fact, it's safe to say that san francisco walked all over me. literally. i went to the very tip of the downtown area just to get trampled on (you can read about our fight in the previous post). today, after my first run in my new running shoes, i found myself traveling to civic center, the heart of san francisco, to participate in LOVEFEST 2008, a street party that celebrates electronic music, dancing and well, love. how appropriate that it takes place in civic center, the heart of the city. and let me tell you, it was beating hard and fast. started in germany as a way to celebrate a changing europe back in '89, san francisco has adopted it to celebrate it's spirited community, and it's rapidly turned into the largest dance party on the planet. over a dozen dj booths, bars set up on every corner, costumes and outfits that you haven't seen since the last rave you went to in philadelphia back in 8th grade, dancing, parade floats, bubbles, etc. etc. etc.
we obviously made up. we're friends again. the party isn't stopping until 4 in the morning, but ive got some reading to do. it was a nice way to say "im sorry". below are some of the photos of our make up session. enjoy!
all of the kids packed into one muni train. i felt like a sardine, only they were all rainbow fish. this was just a preview. i still had no idea why everyone was dressed the way they were.
at this point, im making my way over and the music is getting louder, the crowds are getting more lively and im quickly getting over yesterday.
i met up with brandi (my fellow student that saved me from homelessness way back in august) and her friend jordan when out of nowhere this broad came walking through. i asked her where she was from and it sounded like someplace boring in california. i told her to move up here so we could be friends. i think she just wanted to be in the beer line.
crowds crowds crowds
find the floating disco ball!
no one can keep their clothes on in san francisco. floats, fun and lost of frolicking
this was by far my favorite photo. city hall has never been so colorful
and this unflattering shot was how i looked the entire day.
LOVE (ha!) and loyalty
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