Thang Nguyen 555

San Francisco.

“Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair”…You sure will find some gentle people there.

That was more than 50 years ago.

Today, this past week, be sure to hold on to your purse.

Warren Buffett once said, I paraphrase, “I’d rather keep the money than buying a wallet with that money”.

A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush.

In last week’s case, $25,000 worth of snatched purses, organised flash mob.

They must have pre-planned, the way J6 was: you drive, I snatch, we run.

Chuck Finney, our SF patron saint, must be chuckling: with all the money I raised and donated, they still learn nothing.

And so it goes.

The story of a city. With Big Money and homeless population. Inequity further skewed.

Quite a Pier and a prison if you boarded the scheduled ferry. Creative destruction.

The Golden Gate bridge.

Without a heart of gold.

“Streets paved with gold,..” Gold rush.

Chinatown. Sold them the pix and pixel.

The golden dream. IPO’s and Metaverse.

Zuckerberg and his pyjamas.

Google and founders’ first check spent at Burger King.

Apple and Jobs’ last words “stay hungry, stay curious”.

The orchards, the org charts and a dream. Of making it big in America.

Come, techies and technologists.

Teach your children well, teach the machine well…

Alice Restaurant, now hiring.

“Take the load off me….” Change change change.

It’s a different city from what I once sang Scott McKenzie’s “If you’re going to San Francisco…”

But then, it’s always been “selling a dream” from Steve McQueen and Jaqueline Bisset to Sinatra to Gaga.

From Hollywood to Redwood….looking for a heart of gold….and I’m getting old. If you’re going to San Francisco…..be sure to bring your luxury purse….

Chuck Finney says ” the casket cover has no pocket – or purse -…i.e. to hold and keep your money when you’re gone.”

Warren Buffett himself, once said he would never waste money on buying a purse/wallet, has been quite impressed with Mr Finney, our SF saint.

Every city has a few of those. And that’s all we need to counter the (bad) weight of let’s say a flash robbery.

I’d rather they wear some flowers in their hair, as opposed to selling those purses at swap meet.