The San Francisco Citizen

Check out the flowery language used to make the dahlia San Francisco’s official flower:

“The dahlia partakes essentially of the character of our beloved city, in birth, breeding, and habit, for it was originally Mexican, carried thence to Spain, to France and England in turn, being changed in the process from a simple daisylike wild flower to a cosmopolitan beauty.”

Well, O.K. then. Golden Gate Park has tons of dahlia these days - check out the Yelp-approved Dahlia Dell when you have the chance. And also check out the upcoming flower show:

The Dahlia Society of California Flower Show in 2008 will be held at the Hall of Flowers (San Francisco County Fair Building) at 9^th Avenue and Lincoln Way in San Francisco.  It will be open to the public on Saturday, August 16th at 10:00 a.m. and will remain open until 5:00 p.m.  On Sunday, August 17th the show will open at 10:00 a.m. and will close at 4:00 p.m.

A riot of late-summer colour hidden in the park.

They tried to warn us about the fog, but only some of us listened. The rest of us went down the waterfront only to be confronted with this:

Eliya via Flickr

You see, it should look more like this, from 2007. This year’s fireworks got above the fog, but only once in a while. It’s almost as if the Bay Area should celebrate Anti-Fourth of July instead.

See you (through the fog) next year!