POSTCARD FROM ITALY

north beach and telegraph hill,san francisco,ca.

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NORTH BEACH AREA AND COLUMBUS AT BROADWAY,WHERE LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI'S FAMOUS BOOKSTORE : CITY LIGHTS LOCATED ,IS MARKED BY GREEN,WHITE AND RED ALL OVER PLACES.FIRST I THOUGHT THESE ARE IRANIAN NATIONAL COLORS,AND IN FACT THEY ARE.BUT THERE WERE CAFE ROMA AND UNITED SICILY AND GELATO SHOP AND THIS AND THAT,AND FORZA ITALIA.I GAVE UP,ALTHOUGH I SAW AGHA JALAL AND HE WAS SO NICE TO US WITH A SYMBOLIC PERSIAN TOAROF OR TRADITIONAL COURTESY.ANYWAY THIS WAS LITTLE ITALY AND A CUTE QUARTER IN SAN FRANCISCO TO EAT AND BEAT,AND WALK THE WALK AND TALK THE TALK.
A WAVE IS WAVING IN CROWD
GOING AND COMING BACK
SIDEWALK CAFE OF COLUMBUS AVENUE

A FERLINGHETTI-LESS LITTLE ITALY IN SAN FRANCISCO IS QUITE MEANINGLESS.HE WAS GONE FISHING WITH THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE OR MAY BE HE WAS BUSY PAINTING IT GOLD,AS HE WISHED.WE WERE THER TO PAINT THE MIST AND WALKED AROUND MORNING GLORY ANS SLY WARBLERS WHO WERE ESCAPING BIG SEA GULLS.

LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI ISTHE FIRST POET LAUREATE OF SAN FRANCISCO,AND POET OF A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND ,WITH MORE THAN 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD AROUND THE WORLD. HE OPENED CITY LIGHTS BOOK STORE IN 1953,WHICH STILL IS A PLACE TO VISIT AND FIND FINE BOOKS IN THERE.HE ALSO GOT INTO TROUBLE FOR PUBLISHING HIS FRIEND,ALLEN GINSBURG BOOK'S HOWL AND ARRESTED WITH CHARGE OF PUBLISHING AND SELLINFG INDECENT MATERIAL.HE LATER WAS AQUITTED.
see also artliteratour/city lights bookstore