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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Walking the streets of San Francisco

Since I came back to SF, I really got into San Francisco itself and also into the beat generation, followed by the beatniks and eventually by the hippies. So I went to City Lights and got a bunch of books about SF and book written by beat writers (Kerouac, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, etc...).

The first one I read is A Writer's San Francisco written by Eric Maisel; a nice journey into San Francisco's twisting streets, climbing its famous hills, exploring bohemian landmarks like City Lights, and check out less-known neighborhoods like Bernal Heights.
The writer divide the point of view of a tourist to the writer's one describing, therefore, a second, more personal, intimate, and inspiring city.
Here is an extract:

          
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