Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Izu and Flower Power

Tour of the Haight, Greg Pabst who was misrepresented on a website. leading to another tour by the folks at Flower Power Walking Tours. Paulette and Lyla, two lawyers from Toronto, and Ivor, PhD candidate in IT from Melbourne Izu our guide, the iffy feeling I got after speaking to her over the phone, the way she was completely spaced out during the first 45 minutes of the tour where we walked 6 meters crossing the street. the family from Chicago who couldn't take it anymore, Paulette's indignant outburst about respect and the rest of the tour without the family who jumped ship. Bona fide hippie who was there during the Summer of Love, she told us stories only people who were really there could tell you, such as one where Janis Joplin locked her out of a bathroom. The message post The building where Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev were staying and were arrested along with the people inside The Herb'n'Inn museum Magnolia microbrewery, Izu calling me and not realizing that I wasn't Paulette till I passed the phone to Paulette. Janius Tsang