San Fran Souls

Third post of the San Francisco series: some of the many faces encountered on our trip up north. Some of these photos are of my friend Eden and I, just a few pictures of the gals for a more personal look at our venture, and a couple of souls we met along the way. (Be sure to check out my first two posts about the lovely SF: San Francisco: YUM + SF Places and Spaces

I saw so many interesting faces that looked like they had so many stories to tell, the majority in China Town, but I have to say I was a little nervous to ask for their pictures. I’m not sure why, I guess just being in such an unfamiliar place. I wish I had, though, but I will be sure to on my next trip there!

In North Beach, we went into a shoe store where all of the shoes were handmade; we saw the maker putting the finishing touches on a few pairs while we were there! I thought he would be an interesting face to document because he creates the support for our soles, which take us on each journey we go through…and in very cool designs I must say. I saw quite a few pairs that I would have loved to buy, but since they were all homemade, they were a little out of my price range. Anyhow, I stopped to talk to the shoemaker for just a minute, but wasn’t able to get much out of him due to the customers he had waiting. I did get that he  has been a shoemaker in San Francisco for 30 years!

When we were in Embarcadero, we stopped to watch a spray paint artist creating paintings in front of a crowd of people. He had a bunch of his work lying around him for the people to see, and it was all so unique looking. We thought for sure he was using a stencil for most of his work, but when he began a new painting right in front of us, it was all done using little clever techniques that he had acquired over the years. We were so amazed at what he could make the spray paint do, and he’s only been doing it for six years! I was extremely impressed.

Well, here are the photos of the lovely faces, enjoy!

xo Ivy

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Blueberries for ivy

Little Ivy picked three berries, and dropped them into her little tin pail; kaplink, kaplank, kaplunk.

Last summer my family, my friend Eden and I went blueberry picking at an adorable little orchard called Santa Barbara Blueberries and it was such a sweet (literally) experience! The orchard is actually just past San Ynez in Buellton, but I guess it is still in the Santa Barbara county, hence the name.

There is something so satisfying about picking your own fruit (tons of it), and bringing it home fresh from the farm. When we got there we picked up our little tin pails and got to picking. We munched as we went, and yumm the blueberries were the best I’ve ever had! On the orchard we spotted the cutest little piglets, goats and dogs that just made the experience all the more charming.

The whole blueberry-picking adventure reminded me of a story book my mom used to read to me all the time when I was younger, my all-time favorite, Blueberries for Sal. Kaplink, kaplank, kaplunk!

xo Ivy

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