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  Haight Ashbury Flower Power Walking Tour
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Rating: 4
Fun and Informative
Thu, Sep 4, 08   2:00 PM elainebaum Female 50-59 Local Group of Friends
This was a fun, informative, and interesting tour of the Haight-Ashbury area with a true local who lived there during its hey-day of the late sixties. She still lives in the 'hood and proudly claims to still be a Hippie. She takes you to all the important historical places and provides you with the story behind the happening. Great photo opportunities too.
Rating: 5
grateful !
Thu, Sep 4, 08   2:00 PM leville Female 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
Izu Rocked ! what a fun person. Even though her foot was broke she still rocked the tour. And I loved Benny too !!!! It was such an informative tour as well .It made us wish we came out to California during the summer of love and experienced it ourself. my only bummer was it would have been cool to see pumper 12 come out of the house to see the dead emblem on the fire truck, that would have been too cool ! She suggested some great shops and restaurant to us also that were right on the mark. Thanks again to all.
Rating: 4
Off Beat and Interesting
Sat, Aug 30, 08   9:30 AM CarolSantos Female 50-59 Local Group of Friends
Overall, I really enjoyed the tour. Time wise, I think it could have ended at the B&B where we took a break. I never knew our tour guide's name, as he introduced himself simply as our tour guide. He has a deep knowledge of the area, is quite a character and is very enthusiastic. He is very prepared for the tour, although he was a few minutes late. I think the tour could be two hours long and that would hold everyone's attention. I would recommend it to friends both locally and visiting from out-of-town. I am from SF and have gone on a few tours (Pacific Heights, Chinatown) and each one has it's own flavor. Thank you for offering this.
Rating: 5
Great tour - fun and informative.
Sat, Aug 23, 08   9:30 AM KevinBenoit Female 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
Anyone can go to the Haight and do a self-guided tour, but you get so much more color and history and trivia on the Flower Power Walking Tour. It is well worth $20. We enjoyed our guide, Izu, and especially loved seeing the Grateful Dead house.
Rating: 4
History lesson on the Haight
Fri, Aug 22, 08   11:00 AM CherylMouton Female 60-69 Local Individual
Our very enthusiastic guide shared some very interesting and humorous history about people and events occurring in the Haight during the past forty years. She knows; she's been there much of that time. I didn't know that Jerry Garcia and the Hells Angels once lived across the street from each other. Izu, our guide, pointed out other residences where famous musicians lived, partied and just hung out. She really has some stories to tell about her own adventures living in the area. The tour is an easy walk, mostly in the upper Haight. Many of the buildings have been beautifully restored and maintained. Some still have the flavor of the 60s. Tourists can still get a feel for the flower power generation by just visiting some of the businesses. A number of present-day trendy shops and restaurants are there, too. Taking this tour is a fun and interesting way to spend two and a half hours. You'll learn things probably not found in any book or article, see things you won't find anywhere else, get some exercise and probably meet people from other parts of the country and the world.
Rating: 5
Very cool tour
Fri, Aug 22, 08   11:00 AM drosen54 Male 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
It was like living the past . I could see myself there 35 years ago . Great guide . She's the real thing from the past . Go check it out . Nice shops and great cafes .
Rating: 4
A little too long
Thu, Aug 21, 08   2:00 PM diego1369 Male 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
Tour Guide was interesting and very knowledgable---if just alittle eccentric. The tour length was a bit too long. It should have ended after about 2 hours.
Rating: 5
Very interesting and entertaining
Tue, Aug 19, 08   9:30 AM IdiotsRule20 Male 40-49 International Tourist(s) Group of Friends
We enjoyed the tour very much. Stan was a walking encyclopedia of knowledge about the area and what went down in the Haight over the years and he was very funny too.
Rating: 5
Very informative and enjoyable
Tue, Aug 19, 08   9:30 AM jpschwartz Male 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Individual
Our guide, an artist who goes by the pseudonym Stannous Flouride, was steeped in the lore of Haight-Ashbury and made the neighborhood come alive for us. He shared his knowledge of its history and architecture and interspersed it with humor and many personal anecdotes from his life there. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Loved it.
Sat, Aug 16, 08   9:30 AM pinkbrickhou Female 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Group of Friends
Thank you so much for the breadth of detail and knowledge about this character filled area of our state. I loved seeing the photographs that our guide had on hand as well as the visit to the beautiful home of the Hippie Gourmet. Our group had a marvelous time. I think it would be a lot of fun to have a more intimate tour with fewer people so that we might be able to go into the shops with the guide. Some of them looked like a blast. Thank you so much for your time, energy and passion.
Rating: 4
Exceeded my expectations...
Sat, Aug 16, 08   9:30 AM dhasker Male 40-49 Combination Family With Children
I was skeptical of a walking tour thru the Haight since it seemed like a very conventional thing to do about a very unconventional area about a very unconventional time (summer of love). To my surprise, the tour was very educational and fun. Stan was the perfect guide as he described the area's history from the early days of the City up thru the 60's and into the present. I think anyone who lives in the Haight should take this tour just so they know what is all around them. Great tour for anyone interested in this part of history.
Rating: 5
Entertaining, Informative and Nostalgic
Thu, Aug 14, 08   2:00 PM rdsorrentino Male 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Other
The enthusiasm of our guide for her community, lifestyle, causes and history made this tour memorable and inspiring. Izu's depth of knowledge was informative and came not from books but from actually having lived through it all. This she conveys to each on the tour personally. You will enjoy the facts, you will enjoy the stories and you will certainly enjoy the company of Izu.
Rating: 4
Great Thursday Tour -- Ask for Izu
Thu, Aug 14, 08   2:00 PM pammcgehee Female 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Family With Children
My teenaged daughter and I had a great time on the tour. The group was relatively small, so our "far-out" tour guide Izu gave us an indepth look at the Haight. She was there during the summer of love,etc. and had lots of fun stories to tell about the Dead, Janis, Jimi, Hells Angels and The Oracle (among others). We liked the stop at Pam's house with all the cool memorabilia from the sixies. Our tour guide really was awesome -- ask for Izu. She looks like Bebe Neuwirth with this great long, curly hair, tie-dyed shirt and a Yonkers accent. You will NOT be disappointed. She is open to questions and accommodated the kids who needed to go to the bathroom. Go on the Thursday tour at 2:00 p.m. You can grab a bite to eat in the Haight after the tour.
Rating: 3
Great for the uninitiated
Thu, Aug 14, 08   2:00 PM byrdman757 Male 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
She (Uzi) was great and quite a character, an inspiration. Because I am such a fan of the 60's there were few surprises for me other than some of the historical facts (dating to the turn of the century) about the Stanyan hotel but I'm sure others probably got a lot more out of it. Maybe it was geographicaly infeasible but I would liked to have seen Jefferson Airplane's house and possibly a little more mention of some of the venues the bands played in. But I do love Uzi and would recommend she do an "advanced tour" for nerds like me who already know most of the basics (Grateful Dead, hippies, Summer of Love, etc). I'm pretty sure she has even more detail to fill in the cracks.
Rating: 5
OLD HIPPIES
Fri, Aug 8, 08   11:00 AM jpetty Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
We really enjoyed the info shared and our "hippie chick " tour guide.
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