Day of the dead ☠ (now with vids)

I'm not exactly educated or cultured enough to know about Dia de los muertos (which I still cant pronounce), but I vaguely know that its a day where Mexicans celebrate the cycle of life, death and their ancestors. Actually, I don't know whether its correct to say its a celebration, but the place was definitely bumping. (I'm in FIA on campus and they were talking about white privilege and how Dia de los muertos isn't just another halloween but a serious event for Mexicans so I'm just being careful as to what I'm blogging about) 

We got lost on the way there and had to get the Lyft because the bus suddenly stopped in the middle of the road and had to drop us all off in the middle of nowhere. There were a bunch of people dressed in black clothes and wearing skeletal paint on their faces walking around, so we knew we weren't far from the event. When we got to the street in the Mission district, we were lucky enough to be dropped right in front of the parade and it was ah-mazing. 

The parade started moving, and I swear, the amount of people there must've been enough to fill two consecutive streets. There were hella people carrying signs regarding the evictions in Mission (I'm not sure what injustices are happening in the district right now, but I heard heaps of people are getting evicted from their homes for some reason. I should research this shit before I talk about it) 

The parade was filled with people dressed up in death-related garments, and the performances in the parade were so lively and refreshing. Everyone seemed really into it and united, and it made me think that if I ever lived in San Francisco in the future, I would want to get involved. Also, Dia de los muertos had such a distinct smell of pot and sage. It just added to the whole atmosphere. 

I just love how things like this can happen in San Francisco, nothing like this would happen back home. I just love the sense of community and involvement that everyone has in San Francisco, and I feel like everyone knows what it means to live and be happy. 

The streets might not be the cleanest, and there is certainly an overpopulation of homeless people, but San Francisco is really an amazing place. 

Dia de los muertos was probably one of the most exciting things I've been to so far in San Francisco.

At the end of the parade, I bought a hot dog wrapped in bacon off one of the stalls on the streets and it was bomb. Street food around the world is always the best type of food <3 

After that, I went to the Brits' housewarming in the Richmond. I forgot to take photos, but that was fun.

Doritos with dip, booze, and good drinking games. 

Then I set off to my other friend's housewarming, but was a bit too late and the party had moved somewhere else. 

That was fun too except I must've dropped my keys somewhere along the way to my friend's house. 

Its fucking 50 bucks to replace keys. What even is this BULLLLSHHHIIITTTTT I'm a COLLEGE KIDDDDD. 

Help.

I'd throw my pie for you if you found my keys and returned them to me, thank you,

Emma

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