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Celebrating The 60th Anniversary Of The Summer Of Love With Anna Marie Presutti · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 2: Hi, Arrow.
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  Speaker 1: Hi, how are you doing today, Anna?
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  Speaker 2: I'm so good. Thanks for asking.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, you have got such a subject today.
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  Speaker 1: I've been in radio for 47 years and this is
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  Speaker 1: the 60th anniversary of the Summer of Love. So you
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  Speaker 1: know how many times in my radio career that we've
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  Speaker 1: tried to re-envision, replenish, redo everything for the Summer of Love.
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  Speaker 1: And now comes the celebration and you are such a
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  Speaker 1: major part of.
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  Speaker 2: It, Anna. We are, and we're happy to do it.
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  Speaker 2: We're happy to celebrate it. We're happy to explore everything
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  Speaker 2: this coming summer. And hopefully you'll get out there to
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  Speaker 2: experience it yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I want to, and I need to. And the
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  Speaker 1: reason why is because I did leave my heart in
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco, and I did do everything that the Summer
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  Speaker 1: of Love did when we were out there. And so, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I've got to experience it with everybody else who understands it,
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  Speaker 1: because we've become that generation where people go, you're what?
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  Speaker 1: You're doing what? What was the end of that summer?
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  Speaker 1: You're doing what?
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  Speaker 2: Right, right.
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  Speaker 1: And that's why I was so proud of you, Anna,
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  Speaker 1: when you guys came up with this. I'm going, oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God, you totally get it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, it really sort of just kind of created
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  Speaker 2: the fabric of San Francisco, didn't it? I mean, and
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  Speaker 2: then it just sort of spread across the country. And this,
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  Speaker 2: you know, whether it was the fashion or the music
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  Speaker 2: or the art scene, it really was just sort of
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  Speaker 2: this counterculture movement that really had legs. And we're looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to celebrating it all over again for maybe some
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  Speaker 2: folks who were there the first time around. And then
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  Speaker 2: for those who know nothing about it, you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: just sort of one of those cool, cool things. cultural
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  Speaker 2: moments that they get to experience and it'll last all
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  Speaker 2: summer long.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there's one thing that a lot of listeners
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  Speaker 1: do not understand and that the summer of love, this
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  Speaker 1: is their listening habits on Spotify, iHeartRadio, every place would
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  Speaker 1: not be happening if it wasn't for the summer of love,
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  Speaker 1: because that was the birth of FM radio in San Francisco,
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  Speaker 1: the summer of love. None of this would be taking
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  Speaker 1: place without the summer of love.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so yay us, because we, and you're welcome, I
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  Speaker 2: guess is what I should say.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because it started in the basement of a Presbyterian
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  Speaker 1: church and then grew out from there, which to me
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  Speaker 1: added more of the mystique of San Francisco. What was
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  Speaker 1: it about this city? Why did I need to be there?
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  Speaker 1: Why is it I keep getting pulled back into this city?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's not just the beauty and everything
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  Speaker 2: that the city has to offer, but it just sort
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  Speaker 2: of served as this magnet for musicians and artists and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, social rebels even in the mid to late 1960s.
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  Speaker 2: So they kind of created this counterculture bound by, at
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  Speaker 2: the time, very leftist politics and tribal spirit issues. And
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  Speaker 2: so it was long-stamped illiteracy, I'm sorry, literary bohemia, so
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  Speaker 2: to speak. And it attracted a lot of nonconformists like
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  Speaker 2: this Beat Generation, the writers of the 50s. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it included all of that. And who knew that San
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  Speaker 2: Francisco would give birth to a radical new movement that
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  Speaker 2: eventually embraced— was embraced by the rest of the world.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it changed the music industry as well because I
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  Speaker 1: just read an article with Huey Lewis who said that
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  Speaker 1: he moved from the New York area to San Francisco
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  Speaker 1: because of the vibe and that beatnik kind of attitude. So,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's just that everybody was traveling out there.
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  Speaker 1: It was like San Francisco had a new gold rush.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we did. And, you know, I mean, even down to,
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  Speaker 2: I think recently I was on the East Coast somewhere
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  Speaker 2: and I needed to grab, it was a colder day
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  Speaker 2: than I expected, so I needed to run in and grab,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a sweater and some things like that. And
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  Speaker 2: I remember the guy saying, well, what do you want?
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  Speaker 2: And I'm like, it doesn't matter, just this or that.
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  Speaker 2: And he goes, you must be from San Francisco. And
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  Speaker 2: I said, how do you know that? He goes, because
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  Speaker 2: you're so uber calm. Yep, yep. Boy, I've been called
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  Speaker 2: a lot of things, but uber calm is not normally
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  Speaker 2: one of them. But apparently to this gentleman on the
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  Speaker 2: East Coast, we are very uber calm in San Francisco.
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  Speaker 1: We're talking the summer of love, the 60th anniversary. We'll
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  Speaker 1: be right back with Anna Marie Prusetti. We've talked about
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  Speaker 1: it for decades on the radio as radio people over
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  Speaker 1: every Grateful Dead song, journey, you name it. The Summer
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  Speaker 1: of Love changed everything. We are back with Anna Marie
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  Speaker 1: Presetti talking about the Summer of Love, the 60th anniversary.
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  Speaker 1: I want people who've never been out to San Francisco
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  Speaker 1: to take a jacket with them because we did the
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  Speaker 1: convertible going down the Pacific Coast Highway starting in San Francisco.
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  Speaker 1: It was a bit chilly. And that's what I people want. No,
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  Speaker 1: I want them to know that that you've got to
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  Speaker 1: take a jacket with you. You will love it more
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  Speaker 1: if you stay warm.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. You know, layer up, layer down. The saying
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  Speaker 2: is true. The coldest summer you'll ever spend is a
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  Speaker 2: winter in San Francisco. It's the coldest winter you'll ever
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  Speaker 2: spend is a summer in San Francisco.
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  Speaker 1: That is so true.
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  Speaker 2: It is true, yes.
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  Speaker 1: How will you be celebrating this moment? Because, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco as a whole, there's so much always going on.
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  Speaker 1: Are you just going to keep it down there and
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  Speaker 1: hate Asbury or where are you going to go with
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  Speaker 1: it all?
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  Speaker 2: No, I think you'll see elements of it all over
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  Speaker 2: the city, whether it's in the museums. I think a
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  Speaker 2: lot of the restaurants will lean in to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: things like that, the activations in the city. There's also
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  Speaker 2: things like the Flower Power Walking Tour that you can take,
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  Speaker 2: the San Francisco Love Tour, which is in one of
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  Speaker 2: those old VW buses that's been painted everywhere. And that's
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  Speaker 2: a great way to get around and see the city
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  Speaker 2: and tour the city. So there's a lot of fun
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  Speaker 2: things like that. But, yeah, the hate is probably where
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  Speaker 2: the hub of the wheel will be during this whole celebration.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm so glad that you that you just shared that.
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  Speaker 1: And the reason why is because I'm that guy that
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  Speaker 1: when I go to San Francisco, I start off with
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  Speaker 1: an appetizer in one restaurant. Then I go to another
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  Speaker 1: restaurant and another restaurant. So I'm looking forward to doing
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  Speaker 1: the Summer of Love, doing the same exact thing and
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  Speaker 1: then walking into everybody's themes because it seems like it
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  Speaker 1: really is the community coming together as one. It is.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, San Francisco is that way anyway. Yes, it is.
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  Speaker 2: This just sort of puts it on steroids. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it is a very welcoming city. People are
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  Speaker 2: very friendly. And, you know, we're very proud to be
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  Speaker 2: San Franciscans and share just the culture, to share the
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  Speaker 2: history of San Francisco. So, you know, you can walk
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  Speaker 2: into any place, any local. Boy, make sure you buckle
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  Speaker 2: up because they'll be prepared to tell you everything. A
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  Speaker 2: very long story about what they love about San Francisco.
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  Speaker 1: I was just going to say that. All you have
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  Speaker 1: to do is start up there at the Fisherman's Wharf
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  Speaker 1: and make your way up the hills, and you're going
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  Speaker 1: to bump into so many people sharing stories. That's why
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  Speaker 1: you've got to take a recorder of some sort with
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  Speaker 1: you so that you can preserve this history for other generations.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, we also started this past year,
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  Speaker 2: the martini was actually invented in San Francisco, and we
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  Speaker 2: have a great martini trail. Now, I'm not going to
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  Speaker 2: recommend that you do the whole trail in one day,
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  Speaker 2: but I will tell you that it does take you
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  Speaker 2: through the entire city, and it actually stops in some
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  Speaker 2: very great, some old, some new places that were voted
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  Speaker 2: as the best martinis in San Francisco. So that's a
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  Speaker 2: really great way to see the city as well.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. One of my favorite things to do in San Francisco,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to think I'm weird, but I always convince
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  Speaker 1: myself when I land, I have to be 100% a
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  Speaker 1: new tourist. I've never been there before because it's taught
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  Speaker 1: me how to look with open eyes and not assume
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  Speaker 1: I know the city.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's a great way to go about it. I
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  Speaker 2: thought you were going to say the first thing I
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  Speaker 2: do is go get an In-N-Out burger. You know, but
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  Speaker 2: you can do that too in San Francisco. But I
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  Speaker 2: think when you go, and that's the great thing about
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  Speaker 2: the city is if you've been time and time again,
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  Speaker 2: you're still going to discover something new. And if you've
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  Speaker 2: never been before, you know, you don't want to miss
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  Speaker 2: the icons because all of that will, of course, be
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  Speaker 2: new to you as well. So it is true. Once
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  Speaker 2: you go, you do leave your heart there.
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  Speaker 1: I go all the way down to the wharf. That's
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  Speaker 1: exactly what we do all the time. Not in and out,
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  Speaker 1: but we go down there and we get the clam
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  Speaker 1: chowder and then we share the crackers with the birds.
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  Speaker 1: And I know I'm going to get in trouble for
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  Speaker 1: doing that. But but I want to have my relationship
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  Speaker 1: with the animals. When you're in that one little area
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  Speaker 1: of San Francisco, there's so much nature around you. You've
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  Speaker 1: got to embrace it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you do. With the sea lions and everything else
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  Speaker 2: that are down there, you know, it's beautiful. It's fascinating.
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  Speaker 2: You can see the seals. That's it. And the bridge
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  Speaker 2: and the fog growing in. It really is. There's nothing
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  Speaker 2: more romantic or majestic about it. It's just that divine thing.
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  Speaker 1: Where can people go to find out more about this?
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  Speaker 1: Because this seems to be, this is going to be
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  Speaker 1: a year-long celebration, but I want them to know what's
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  Speaker 1: going on so they can make their summertime plans.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so the best place to go to start to
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  Speaker 2: curate your trip is to go to sftravel.com. And all
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  Speaker 2: of the things that are upcoming, all of the museum
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  Speaker 2: exhibits that are forthcoming, any of the things that will
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  Speaker 2: be surrounding the Summer of Love, ideas of how to
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  Speaker 2: curate your day, it will all be at sftravel.com.
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  Speaker 1: You've got to come back to this show any time
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  Speaker 1: in the future. The door is always going to be
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  Speaker 1: open for you.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, thank you so much. It was just a joy
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  Speaker 2: to be here with you today.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you be brilliant today, okay?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.