Category: Living the Dream

THE LILIES OF THE FIELD People look at them sideways as they pass by along their way toward the drum circle.  These street kids are the dustiest, wildest-looking bunch on Sharon Meadow.  They look as if they’ve lived outside for years, and they have.  They share a rugged existence in the forests of Golden Gate…

THE HAIGHT You can tell it’s not an ordinary place.  The ornate Victorian row houses in the neighborhoods around the Haight are incredibly beautiful, like jewelry boxes or elaborate cakes in pastel colors.  Their curved balconies with rounded windows, their rich decorations of gold medallions and intricate carved edgings, are works of art.  They have…

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