| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Great Albeit a Little Long
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| Tue, Aug 18 9:30 AM |
peterzerve |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Our tour guide was funny and possessed an incredible knowledge of just about everything related to the tour. My only suggestion would be to shorten the tour by about twenty or thirty minutes.
Highly recommended. Although my friends were visitors, I am a local of 2.5 years and I learned a great deal on the tour. |
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fun
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| Sat, Aug 15 9:30 AM |
brendadaly |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Other |
| I enjoyed the tour but it went over by almost an hour. I thought less information on the arcitecture and more on the 60's and the summer of love would have been better. I did learn more about the city, the Haight and I will come back just to hang out and shop in that area. |
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Fantastic experience, wonderful guide!
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| Fri, Aug 14 3:30 PM |
MarkKaren |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The tour of Haight Ashbury exceeded our expectations! My husband, our 16-year-old son and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Our NY-born tour guide Izu was in the Haight in 1967, was at Woodstock and then returned to SF for college where she lived in a commune in the Haight. Anyone can recite information about locations and dates, but only a person who has lived in the Haight more than 30 years can relate firsthand experiences! Izu has tons of wonderful stories. My favorite story was during the Summer of Love, Izu awakened to awesome music. She threw a coat over her pajamas, put on her shoes and walked down to the Panhandle. Jimi Hendrix had showed up unannounced and was playing on a flatbed trailer. Izu knows her stuff! Her love for the Haight, its history and its residents -- past and present -- resonates during the tour. |
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Izu is awesome!
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| Fri, Aug 14 11:00 AM |
JJJ210 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| We loved our tour guide, Izu! She had fun stories and a lot of knowledge about the area. It was cool to hear about the hippie days from someone who had been there. We learned a lot and definitely recommend it. |
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Fun, if you were once a hippy
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| Fri, Aug 14 11:00 AM |
coomera |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| I didn't know much about the music or the stories back then, so going with my husband was actually a treat for him. Our tour guide is a very interesting woman and definitely liberal. If you are hard core republican or Christian, don't go. I wish our tour guide would tell us about the Flower Power, but she was all about the music and Jerry Garcia. My husband enjoyed it, although he's not a Grateful Dead fan neither. Oh, if you want to go to Magnolia for some microbrewed beer, their service SUCKS! They might have very good bitter, but we will not trade our dignity for it. |
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Haight Ashbury from someone who has lived the life
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| Thu, Aug 13 2:00 PM |
MikeRom |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My wife and I really enjoyed the tour of the hood. Our guide "Izu" was a regular in the area who new a lot of the main characters like Jerry Garcia and Pigpen! Her stories of people tripping on LSD and jumping off balconies, the 4:20 clock...etc....made the tour well worth the money. Although it only lasted a few hours I feel like I have a better understanding of the area. Well worth the time and money. |
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Such a Character on a Street of Characters
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| Tue, Aug 11 9:30 AM |
pdekema |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Individual |
| I lived in the Upper Haight for many years & recently took this tour as part of a nostalgia binge. Izu really exemplified the Haight & its history. |
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lovely leader and informative tour
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| Tue, Aug 11 9:30 AM |
pathoward |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| a great time was had by all. our tour guide put everyone at ease w/her jokes and vibrant spirit. It felt personable and not manufactured at all. At the end of the tour and after hugs all around, we had lunch w/2 other couples on the tour. This tour will bring the spirit of the times into perspective for you. HIGHLY recommended. |
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Great tour,wonderful guide.
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| Tue, Aug 11 9:30 AM |
nealmc |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Our tour guide Izu is great. Shares the stories and history of the Haight, the people and the houses. It says 2 1/2 hours. Our went well over 3. We had such a good time learned alot. You can tell Izu cares alot about the area and is involved in its presversation. See it before it all the mom and pops are bought out. |
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Great information which took me right back in time
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| Sat, Aug 8 9:30 AM |
Soozie |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Izu really was able to add the personal touch to the tour: she's lived it and is still there! I loved the historical information about the people and the music as well as the anecdotes of her own interactions with the folks at the time. The tour was a bit long and I was very happy to sit down in the dining room/museum on the last stop of the tour and could easily have skipped that whole part. |
