| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? [v] |
Group Type? |
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Interesting flashback to the 1960's
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| Mon, Jun 29 1:00 PM |
vhuebner |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| The Summer of Love tour is a great find for those of us who can remember the 1960's. It does a good job of recreating what life was like in the Haight during the hippie movement. I took my adult daughter who was fascinated to learn about the Greatful Dead, Janice Joplin, Charles Manson, etc. The best part of the tour was participating in the hippie dancing contest. |
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Didn't meet expectations
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| Sat, May 23 1:00 PM |
nolanda |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Other |
| I'd been on many of your tours. Whenever I have family in town we take one of your tours because they are prompt, interesting and funny. This time you missed on all counts. We started about 30 minutes late, the points on the tour were pretty lame and the jokes fell flat. I'll probably take another tour when visitors come but it definately won't be this one. |
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Haight-Ashbury History, Architecture, & Dissent
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| Fri, May 8 1:00 PM |
emontgomery |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| The Haight-Ashbury tour is a combination of early and mid-20th century history but its the architecture that steals the show. The neighborhoods are some of the most exciting architecture in The City and a neverēnding feast of craftsmanship and detail.
Our tour guide informed us of the early history and also the lore of early San Francisco rock and roll. He readily took cues for how much comedy to insert into the tour by his quick understanding of people. Our family liked the history and trivia facts more so than the comedy so we learned a lot from our guide and also kept the tour pace very customized to our needs.
The guide had an I-pod with a variety of sound clips, which I would have loved to hear more of, but for my parents, it was just enough.
In my opinion even though the Summer of Love, which disintegrated into chaos with the influx of kids, music, and drugs should not be overlooked in its importance at that time -- the anti-war movement -- and in the long run was morally worthy of a lot of protest.
Great tour -- will do it again when other friends come to town. |
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Viewing the Haight through music
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| Sat, Apr 11 1:00 PM |
S_Feldman |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| The tour was informative and fun -- although it focused primarily on the music scene of the 1960's-'70s. I would have enjoyed learning about other aspects of that era, as well. |
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.... bring medical supplies and footwear
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| Sun, Jan 11 1:00 PM |
dondical |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This was an entertaining and informative trip back to the late sixties and it was great to see where all the well known names like Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Charles Manson hung out. Also incredible to see where the Hells Angels lived - across the street from the Dead!
It was a delight to see that the spirit of the psycadelic 60's is still alive with stories to be told and landmarks to be admired.
Friendly guide Kurt explained that rather than bringing flowers as exhorted by Scott McKenzie, teenagers across america would have been better off bringing medical supplies and footware for the summer of love. |
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Great idea well-delivered. Thanks !
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| Thu, Oct 16, 08 11:00 AM |
Pat_The_Rat |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Great idea well-delivered. Thanks ! |
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Rockin' and Rollin' in the Haight
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| Sun, Aug 2 1:00 PM |
Kelleyd |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our group consisted of my husband, myself, our adult daughter and her boyfriend. We met our guide, Ken, at the Peace Cafe and from there experienced a wonderful blast from the past on a two hour tour through Haight Ashbury, The guide held little contests that you could partake in if you chose, which were fun. The route that our guide took was just perfect. Somehow or another he managed to avoid any steep hills and still show us a wide cross section of the Haight.
I would recommend this tour to anyone interested in the hippie era or for those who just love to look at all the amazing homes build there! |
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Fun
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| Sat, Jun 20 1:00 PM |
Wischow |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Had a great time, learned some info that we didn't already know. Group leader was intelligent, amusing and informative. |
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Everybody can enjoy this!
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| Sat, May 23 1:00 PM |
mgarzo |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| I went with my mom, dad, brother, partner, and five close friends. Everybody loved it! Thanks so much! |
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Kirk rocks!
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| Sat, Mar 28 1:00 PM |
sloanemo |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| I took the tour with my two adult sons. It was just the three of us along with our tour guide. Kirk was very infomative, funny, and navigated the streets so we didn't have to climb the steep hills. We had fun trivia games and learned to hippie dance to the music of the day. I would highly recommend the tour to anyone wanting a taste of the 60's and this great neighborhood. |
