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                                                #5 Letter to Momma

April 23, 2011

Saturday

San Francisco

Good morning Momma –

San Francisco is shining like a diamond in the sun today.

Easter Weekend in San Francisco.  

 Observations from dark to light:

            I drove Peter to work yesterday morning, and as we drove over the hill on Union Street, on the way to Columbus Avenue, on my left the wide view of the Bay showed the perfectly balanced Alcatraz Prison sitting serenely in the water, looking like a Queen of the Bay. If one did not know its purpose, the solid, calm design of the buildings would inspire serenity.  Then I remember that not long ago, all a murderous maniac had to do was swim hard to get to the city’s shores.  They say it’s not an easy swim, that span of water, but from the top of the Union Street hill, the distance looks small.  Glad it’s not a working prison anymore.

            Easter Weekend in San Francisco, and there is a special celebration in Delores Park tomorrow, hosted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a kabuki-inspired troupe of satiric …well…..pseudo nuns….a sort of special San Francisco Easter Parade and Celebration,  where extravagant and highly gorgeous and inventive drag queens from all over the city will gather in their Easter finery for all to admire.   There is also a Hunky Jesus Beauty Contest, and for my money, that’s worth the entire ticket right there (not that they charge anything…it’s probably all free and open to the public).   I’m hoping we can wend out way over to Delores Park tomorrow and experience Easter the San Francisco way. 

            There is a loving spirit in this city, flowing from an urban heart unlike any other I’ve ever known.  So glad we live here now, Momma.

            As ever,

            Evalyn