While I was in California I went down to San Francisco to visit my friend G on his 30th birthday. I took him out for dinner at The Blue Plate, and the next day we went to Golden Gate Park. We were hoping to go to the new Academy of Sciences, but both agreed the price of admission was exorbitant.
This is what the new “living” roof looks like, however. 
Most of the roads in the park are closed on the weekend. Some people took advantage of this to use new and strange modes of transportation. Apparently someone has invented cross-country skis for asphalt.
Then we went to see Gogol Bordello perform for free as part of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. I forgot how many hippies there are in San Francisco. Or maybe there was a large Santa Cruz contingent. I got friendly with a tree and took this photo.
