Nilesh’s Posterous

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"Don't just cry mournfully over the individuals, dreams and influences that have helped make you what you are. Dance for them; sing for them; honor them; leap into the air and kiss the sky for them."

"Dia de los Muertos is a traditional Meso-American holiday dedicated to the ancestors; it honors both death and the cycle of life. In Mexico, neighbors gather in local cemeteries to share food, music, and fun with their extended community, both living and departed. The celebration acknowledges that we still have a relationship with our ancestors and loved ones that have passed away.

In San Francisco, Day of the Dead has been celebrated since the early 70s with art, music, performances and a walking procession, which help us contemplate our existence and mortality -- a moment to remember deceased friends and family, and our connections beyond our immediate concerns."

excerpts from http://www.dayofthedeadsf.org/

I had missed this event for the past two years and finally manage to go this year and it was awesome. Here are some pics from it.

             

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They repainted all the murals in clarion alley in the mission today.

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First time I did dandiya today. It's not hard snd easy to learn. Had
lots of fun doing dandiya dance. Happy divali all !!

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Every month, the city of San Francisco organizes Sunday Streets (http://sundaystreetssf.com/)  in one neighborhood, where they close off the streets and people can just enjoy walking, biking on the streets in 'safer' environment (intro from website :: Sunday Streets creates a safe, fun, car-free place for people to get out and get active in San Francisco neighborhoods.) They also have many activities planned on the streets by different group, free bike rentals, roller skates rentals etc.. pretty fun. This week they had it in the mission district (http://sundaystreetssf.com/?page_id=474). It was awesome. Enjoyed it a lot and disovered many new places in the mission, in places i rarely ventured. After SF streets, we went to Dolores park to a huge crowd, where the SF symphony orchestra was playing for free. Annie had planned a potluck picnic where it was great to meet up and spend the sunday afternoon in great company and great food !

                     

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Recently, street food/food carts have become very trendy in San Francisco. They pop up in random parts of town serving anything from thai curry, to creme brulee passing through bel puri. They all have twitter accounts and tweet the the place where they are gonna be a couple of hours or so before they show up at the secret locations with an avid crowd of followers craving for these foods. Friday evening, they had a street food event in the mission where a few of these street carts showed up. They had the magic curry cart which serves thai red or green curry, the sexy soup lady which serves of course soup, the bacon chips guy (delicious fried bacon in home made potato fries), the bel puri man and other sweet goodies carts. here are some pics from the event.

Here are some of the food carts twitter accounts in case you are interested in following them.

http://twitter.com/SexySoupCart

http://twitter.com/cremebruleecart

http://twitter.com/MagicCurryKart

http://twitter.com/WholesomeBakery

           

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Again this year, the Carnival was a blast and I went both days - Saturday and Sunday, even though it was very cold. On Saturday, met Ken, Amalee, Greg, Laura, Levi and the kids and on Sunday, was with Levi, Amy and Belden. The cold sure did make the crowd a little bit less, but that did not make the fun less though. I think its among the best street parties in SF !

Check out some pics from it !!

                 

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