The Summer Of Love 1967

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

San Francisco is celebrating all this summer. Last night they did a colored light show on the outside of the Hall of Flowers, and they will be having free music in Golden Gate Park.

The museum is loaded with memorabilia, like clothes that were warn, art from that era, books and photographs.

Was anyone in SF at that time, or do you have similar memories from where you lived then?

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

Wow! So hard to believe it's been 50 years!

StephfromIdaho · ‎03-03-2016

Ci was right in the middle of it.....but don't remember too much.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

I was in nursing school that summer we were at St Christopher's children's hospital in Phila. OMG - it was smack in the middle of a terrible ghetto.We literally never left our dorm except to walk thru a tunnel to the hospital. We were there 3 months - June, july and august. So we totally had no summer in our lives that year.

I was dating a sailor who was sent to Viet Nam in May "67 so I wouldn't have had much fun that summer anyway. He came home from Viet Nam - summer '68 and his ship docked in San Francisco. His tour was up and he left the ship and disappeared - I never saw or heard from him again until he sent me a friend request on FB a few years ago.

We kept hearing about the Haight Asbury thing and the flower children etc, but we were so isolated that summer ! We didn't even have a TV.

jaxs mom · ‎04-18-2012

My dad was there around that time.

Don't Change Your Authenticity for Approval

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@StephfromIdaho wrote:
Ci was right in the middle of it.....but don't remember too much.

@StephfromIdaho

I've got a good memory, I can fill you in on it

There's a meadow at the east end of Golden Gate Park where they had dancing and music every day into the night during that summer. We drove by it the other day and they're having it again. Old timers and young people, dancing together.

Justice4all · ‎12-22-2013

Do I ever!!....

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@151949 wrote:
I was in nursing school that summer we were at St Christopher's children's hospital in Phila. OMG - it was smack in the middle of a terrible ghetto.We literally never left our dorm except to walk thru a tunnel to the hospital. We were there 3 months - June, july and august. So we totally had no summer in our lives that year.
I was dating a sailor who was sent to Viet Nam in May "67 so I wouldn't have had much fun that summer anyway. He came home from Viet Nam - summer '68 and his ship docked in San Francisco. His tour was up and he left the ship and disappeared - I never saw or heard from him again until he sent me a friend request on FB a few years ago.
We kept hearing about the Haight Asbury thing and the flower children etc, but we were so isolated that summer ! We didn't even have a TV.

@151949

That's an interesting story! I'm glad he made it home.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@jaxs mom wrote:
My dad was there around that time.

@jaxs mom

My today's song is from HAIR, in my sig line. I may change songs around...

I hope your dad had interesting stories for you.

Poodlepet2 · ‎03-09-2010

...I was seven years old, but I remember! My older sister got "big girl" magazines like "16" and "Tiger Beat": when she was gone, I would sneak into her bedroom...

If you can finish this song-not in writing, because of censorship, you are of a certain age:

"One, two three, what are we frighten for?

Don't ask me if I give a .....

I still love the Mamas and the Pappas....early Neil Diamond....Tommy Shondell (sic)....and "Hair".... I am feelin' groovy!

@Moonchilde, where y'at?

Hugs,

Poodlepet2