hippies

[Sally Donlon]

One can only call it "Frisco" from outside the city limits, I
believe.  ;-)

Sally


On Feb 22, 2007, at 1:06 PM, Geoffrey Nunberg wrote:

> At 3:32 PM -0500 2/21/07, Wilson Gray wrote:
>> I don't believe it. I was living in L.A., at the time, and such
>> people
>> hanging out on Sunset Boulevard were called "hippies" in the local
>> Southland media without reference to Frisco and prior to the
>> development of The Haight into a Mecca for the faithful.
>
> "Frisco"? Goodness -- do people still call this city Frisco?
>
> Geoff Nunberg, in 94110
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