Twice

This is a fun one for those of you who have been with me through the years... check out this month's issue of Rolling Stone - it's the 40 year Anniversary edition. On page 36 you'll see the following picture:

Do you recognize anything? Ok, BESIDES the Grateful Dead!
Look above the sign post...
just to the right of it...
is my old apartment at 545 Ashbury!

We spent several afternoons in that turret, often climbing out the window that lead to the next door neighbor's rooftop. An excellent view for various neighborhood street fairs and late night contemplations and cocktails.

That corner certainly looked different in 1967. By 2001 the hippies had been replaced by teenage bums and their pathetic puppy dogs... hmmm... maybe things hadn't changed too much. But where Jerry is standing in this picture would have been directly in front of a Ben & Jerry's... two guys who made hippie ice cream and even sainted Jerry Garcia with the flavor "Cherry Garcia" (we actually have a pint in our freezer right now) But the writing was on the wall I suppose and even those hippie guys couldn't hold out, eventually selling out to Unilever. Funny to read their mission statement now:

"Capitalism and the wealth it produces do not create opportunity for everyone equally. We recognize that the gap between the rich and the poor is wider than at anytime since the 1920's."

How much did you guys make when you sold out? Even better, Originally, the some of the sales from Cherry Garcia ice cream were donated to the Rex Foundation, which Jerry Garcia founded. NOW, royalties from the Cherry Garcia ice cream and frozen yogurt and pop now go directly to Jerry Garcia's estate. Don't think twice, it's all right...

It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe,
It don't matter, anyhow,
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe,
If you don't know by now
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn,
Look out your window and Ill be gone,
You're the reason I'm travelin' on,
Don't think twice, it's all right.

...

Where I'm bound I can't tell,
But goodbye's too good a word, gal,
So I'll just say fare thee well.
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind,
You could have done better but I don't mind,
You just kinda wasted my precious time,
But don't think twice, It's all right.