Keeping the magic in San Francisco

"New is always better" (quote "How I Met Your Mother")
but is it really?
Or should we believe our parents and grandparents "Everything was better in the olden days"

I started to think about that a while ago.
San Francisco has always been my favorite city. Otherwise I wouldn't have moved half a world away to be here. Life is too short to not love where you are and do what you are doing! ;)

But in the last year I started to doubt my love for this city...
I live further south in the Peninsula, but go to the city twice or three times a week since my office is in SF downtown.
Since I moved here the city got more shabby and I've seen some things that really shocked me.

Then I expected visitors from Europe who never have been to the US before. I wanted them to see the city, my new home, how I saw it the first few times I came here. And I hoped their view would change my view back to what it used to be.
Well, things came up and I didn't get to show them around...

So the city is still what it is.
I could only think of three options to deal with this: Suck it up and live with it, move to a new place or rekindle the flame.
Trying to except that my view of the city changed and just live with it, sounded like the way to depression and frustration to me. Moving to a new place sounds exciting, but it's not very realistic. My job and limited money rule that out. So how can I rekindle the flame? You can't unsee things you've seen! But have you ever thought about why we usually travel to places far away, but never see tourist things that are right infront of us (unless we get visitors)?
So, I went and did some tourist stuff like visiting Crissy Fields and look at the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz. And it was amazing!

Knowing that some places have dark sides shouldn't keep you from focusing on the wonderful parts. (Lol, the last part actually fits pretty well to interpersonal relationships!)
I got reminded why I love my city and in case I doubt it again, I'm going to take a trip to one of the many beautiful sights San Francisco has to offer!

Give it a try! You might be surprised how beautiful your home is!!