A few months ago, a gay friend of mine convinced me I had to watch "Milk" - the movie about gay rights activist Harvey Milk, who became a martyr after his assassination. The movie was based in the Castro, which is now the stereotype of a gay district (like Cologne in Germany). And the Castro is quite good at using this image to attract gay and straight tourists alike - the former for taking advantage of a great nightlife, the latter for watching the former while doing so. I personally thought the rainbow flags on every lamppost were a little over the top, but the muscular waiter at the place I had brunch at and his polite approach at flirting with me vouched for a certain genuineness.
From there I walked down Haight Street towards Haight-Ashbury, my second place of interest of the day, as it became a center of hippies in the Summer of Love. The area has some interesting little shops selling drug paraphernalia, but more importantly Amoeba Music, a mecca for music lovers that travel guides advertise as a place where you can find any CD you want. In fact, I really found some vintage indie CDs for decent prices (like the Deluxe Edition of Weezer's second studio album "Pinkerton" for just 11 dollars). I ended my walk in Golden Gate park and enjoyed the sun after the world of rainbows and flowers in their hair - maybe that inspired me to take some pictures at a sculpture called "Aurora", which I hope you will like.
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