Take a look around this awesome place. 826 Valencia in San Francisco houses a nonprofit writing center, where students aged 6 to 18 can drop by and learn how to express themselves creatively. And… they also run a pirate store 🙂 Everything about this place was just full of passion, and I was SO inspired!!!
More info on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/826_Valencia
She is a student of Art History in Switzerland. When talking her blue eyes sparkle with interest, which creates a strange intimacy. She listens intensely but speaks even more – as if everything was of the greatest importance. And then suddenly she is distracted by a detail on the wall and the whole world stops.
She drinks coffee and tells stories about her emotional teenage years and attempts of figuring out what to do in life. I am fascinated and wonder if she has found the way… of changing the world? Njaaarh. Well. Not really. She believes in finding meaning along the way, – possibly when travelling the world as a tour guide. That is her dream.
Pictures of Helena, her blue leather jacket and our bike ride on the golden gate bridge… All on Flickr 🙂
THE ROCK // 2 minutes in prison
Mads Thimmer, Innovation Lab;
(…) Mht SF, så er der en klar favorit for mit vedkommende – San Francisco Brewing Company, FANTASTISK øl. Er du foodie skal du ned på havnen, på the wharf er der clam chowder, taskekrabber og hummer til små penge. Stanford er et besøg værd, men så skal du med toget ud til Palo Alto – hvor institute for the future jo holder til, dem er du naturligvis også velkommen til at kigge forbi.
Golden Gate Park er smukt, ellers er der selvf det gamle hippiekvarter Ashbury Heights og det nye super trash hippe Mission district (men kun den del, der tæt på centrum, dont go near den anden del (jeg boede der i et flip af omkostningsbevidsthed, jeziz, masser af kids with guns). (…)
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