In this week of the weird and wonderful I have stumbled onto some pretty strange things, some wonderful, some not so wonderful…some too weird to actually classify and I thought it would be fun to share with you the odd things I’ve come across lately!

1. Cards that make noise! (My mom and dad are the best! Thanks for sending me such a cute and strange card).

2. Elton John is making a movie…about Aliens…living in the 19th century. Yeah. Read all about it.

3. Fitti found toilettes sitting out in the Tenderloin…you can read his post he’s pretty funny.

4. A woman purposely had octuplets…the whole thing is more than just a bit screwy if you ask me. And apparently people think she’s obsessed with Angelina Jolie?

School has been keeping me pretty busy, hence updates are few and far between, so without further ado here are some things I liked this week…

1. Donald Ducks Family Tree.

2. 6 Reasons why designers should code. 

3. The Dali Lama joins Twitter.

4. Artful Bras.

5. Geeky Graffiti!

1. Flower power by Banksy, 2. Happy Valentine’s Day ! ! !, 3. My sweet heart, 4. prisoners of time, by justiny 5. With Love, Pink, 6. Trees grow hearts, too., 7. It might be you, 8. Back off…. He’s mine!, 9. Feliz Dia dos Namorados / Happy Valentine’s Day, 10. Pink Sweet Hearts, 11. How you laughed when I cried each time I saw the tide takes our love letters from the sand…, 12. Dreamy Pink Balloons, 13. With or without you, 14. Valentine’s Day Cupcakes, 15. happy valentines day!!!, 16. valentines day cupcakes

Next Saturday is Valentines Day (also my parents anniversary!), hearts, cupcakes, pink, love is this weeks inspiration because to quote The Beatles, love is all you need

“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”
-T. S. Eliot 

I was wandering around Haight St. yesterday when I stumbled upon Buena Vista Park, I hadn’t ever seen it before and I didn’t even realize it was a park at first, where I entered you walk through a gate over some grass and into the woods…and I was so weirded out, because once you’re in the wooded part its crazy! All sorts of winding paths going up this gigantic hill that you didn’t even realize was there. What more is the trails have many scenic overlook points of the city, it was breath taking, and we got to the top most point right as the sun was setting. 

Apparently Buena Vista Park is the oldest official park in San Francisco, established in 1867, and at first it was named “Hill Top Park” (and aptly so!).

There are paved trails that wind up the steep hill to the peak at 575ft, but there are also staircases and dirt paths that wind and climb every which way. There are also many rare plants and trees in the park, including at least two Red Woods and many plants non-native to California that were planted as an experiment. One creepier feature of this park is that the paths on the west side have gutters created out of old headstones from the city’s old victorian cemeteries on Lone Mountain. 

This was the view you are greeted with on a clear day at one of the scenic outlooks, luckily for me it was clear out and so I got to see some pretty incredible views! I am very happy to have stumbled upon this park, so if you’re ever down on Haight St. be sure to visit!