Summer of love tour

 I am planning a summer of love tour for family visiting from out of town!  I will be adding to my sites but here are a few of my favorites!

Summer of Love Bay Area Self Tour

Packing List:

Picnic with baguettes and butter, fruit, and wine, meat, cheese.

bubbles

ladies wear flowers in your hair!

tie dye everything

I.  North Beach-

The first stop is the City Lights Bookstore owned and operated by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.  City Lights was at the center of the San Francisco Beat scene, where many famous Beat Generation poems were published and read, including the epic Allen Ginsberg poem, "Howl."  Next door is Vesuvio's, where Beatnick writers like Jack Kerouac and Kenneth Rexroth hung out!

II.  Market Street-

Fillmore Dance Hall is famous for  legends like Janis Joplin, Carlos Santana, and the Grateful Dead make their names in San Francisco.

III.  Haight Ashbury-

This area is the center of the radiance of the 60's peace and love movement.

At that time, you could rent in a Victorian home for between $100-300 a month.  

For virtual tours of the beautiful victorian homes in San Francisco, see tourvictorians.com.

IV.  UC Berkeley

Rallies, marches and protests in 1967

Playlist:

Grateful Dead, "Don't Ease Me In."  

Beatles film, "Hard Days Night."

Janis Joplin, "Ball and Chain." Monterey Pop Festival

Scott McKenzie, "Flowers In Your Hair."  This song is one of my favorites, it was written by John Phillips and sung by Scott McKenzie was produced and released in 1967.  They used it to promote the Monterey International Pop music Festival.