From San Francisco's Chinatown:
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| Grant Avenue - the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown. |
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| Dried food |
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| More dried food |
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| Some Chinese outfits |
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| Some Chinese artwork |
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| Showpieces |
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| More showpieces/ souvenirs |
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| Home decor |
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| Chinese merchandise |
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| Grant Avenue, San Francisco |
The above pictures were taken during a guided walking tour of San Francisco's Chinatown. A travelogue (with more about San Francisco's little China) - A Chinatown made in San Francisco
You might not want to miss the post on the big event that happens here -- Chinese New Year Parade (2012)
This is a lovely post. I found you on NaBloPoMo. I particularly liked the boutique. The clothes look quite Indian.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gaelikaa. I was attracted to that window too. They look like silk Kurtis, don't they? :) I guess what makes them Chinese are the Chinese silk brocades, mandarin necks and those fabric loop n' knot thing for buttons.
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ReplyDeleteWow, so this was what I missed at ChinaTown. Quite a lot of avenues for shopping over here. They really like the fiery red color :)
Lovely clicks DN, thanks for sharing with us :)
Regards
Jay
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Next time, Jay. :)
DeleteAnd if you're here in Feb, try to catch the Chinese New Year Parade, ok. That also happens on this street. Here's a little sneak peek - http://www.dnambiartravelblog.com/2012/02/from-chinese-new-year-parade-in-san.html (may be I should add it to this post also. Let me go do that. :)
Was fun window shopping with you :) Thank yo for the lovely pics
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Magiceye :)
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DeleteThank you Divya for this conducted tour of China town in SFO! Had seen similar sights in NY and Boston :)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome.
DeleteIsn't is amazing to see how Chinese these Chinatowns are. :)
Thank you Divya for the fun of window shopping! Enjoyed:):)
ReplyDeleteAnd I thank you for those sights from Andamans.
DeleteYou're welcome, Amit.
Wow....it's a dream place to shop, I can see! I love collecting artifacts of all kinds...so the blog actually made me TIPSY!:)))
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed going through the pics.thanks so much for sharing. Smiles.
Nice to hear that, Panchali di. In that case you'll love this street. :)
DeleteMy pleasure!
Feels great to know that this post made you tipsy. That's great news ;)
Great window shopping.
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DeleteWaiting for the Chinese New Year festivities in Seoul :) My favorite pic is the beautiful hanji paper lanterns. Dont they look amazing!
ReplyDeleteWow! That's going to be a lot of fun. Last year we went and attended the Chinese New Year Parade in SF and some Lunar New Year celebrations in Redwood city. It was so nice to watch those cultural programmes, especially the Lion Dance. :)
DeleteThose lanterns are really very attractive.
Have fun at the Lunar New Year celebrations, Meoww.
wow ! the reds really catch the eyes ! and such beautiful artifacts...
ReplyDeleteI swear!! :)
DeleteThank you for sharing these snaps. Its amazing how cultures have crossed the seas and established themselves without much problems. One can easily mistake the snaps to have been taken in Hong Kong or China.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, JK. If you visit the other post on this Chinatown you'll see they've put in a lot work in making this place look very traditional. They also have large-scale Lunar New Year celebrations every year. :)
DeleteHope to see you here more often, JK. :)
Ah, this is a post after my heart, there is everything in there - colors, arts and food - one of the best ways to get a feel of the town. Enjoyed walking down through it alongwith you! :)
ReplyDeleteJust walking down 'Grant Avenue' is an experience. Really.
DeleteSo glad you enjoyed that. Do check out the post on the Chinese New Year parade that also takes place here.
I was litetally looking for things which I could buy in your photographs Lol.
ReplyDeleteHaha!
DeleteYou'd love the place. It's a great place for the kind of photography you do too. Lots of red here. :)