It is not enough to know the language… Join my cultural tour in The Mission

Let’s Walk Through Real Latino Life in SF around the Latino District, See Murals, Sample Authentic Eats, See the Real Latino Life

Murals and Latino Food

We will walk around the Mission neighborhood to see and enjoy the local-artists murals as well as the great weather of the area. We also sit and enjoy samplings of some great and authentic Mexican or Latino dishes. I will help you pick up some samples of different dishes to appreciate the so widely sought ‘authentic Mexican or Latino cuisine’

You will also have a chance to see local shopping opportunities, from produce and products of Latin America to art craft, and books and traditional clothing.

It is suggested you bring a back pack of your preferred size if you are into authentic-artistic objects and goodies and or the so-called ethnic (Latino) foods.

We will walk along 24th St or “Little Latin America” in the Mission District, and from the get-go see local street art. We will see some Murals from a good distance acroos the street and the way back real up close and the ones we saw first now from the other side of this “street/outdoors gallery” and in this way, we will get submerged in a Latino neighborhood life as it would happen in any Hispanic country

We will decide to just have a quick ‘burrito’ or ‘pupusa’, both examples of the excellent local Latino cuisine. Finally I will guide you to the super hip Valencia St. area, the trendiest street in town, full of youthful energy and people, lots of new stores, boutiques and restaurants of all kinds, with suggestions on how to spend the rest of your evening

We will begin at Calle 24 (24th St. and Mission). Right from the beginning, we will see the largest variety of product and services for and by the Latinos of the area Our activities a stop at a very complete Art-craft store (Luz de Luna) to a stroll around the neighborhood to see Mission alleys and streets with tons of Murals. And along the way, we will check some eateries.

Meeting place: 3278 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110 – Silver-stone Cafe. Cost of Tour, including food samples: $50

Here is a list of resources for this exploration:

YouTube Short Doc on Murals and Precita:

Mission Mural Art Webpage: http://www.precitaeyes.org/

Murals and muralists, a local perspective

One original Mission muralist:

Diego Riveras Murals in SF

Description of one of his Murals: ‘Man at the Crossroads’

or ‘Man Controller of the Universe’

WPA: http://www.theartstory.org/definition-federal-art-project-of-the-works-progress-administration.htm

http://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/27/muralism-and-anglo-american-exchange

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_muralism

A graduate student in USF’s Human Rights Education program co-directed a short documentary
on the celebrated murals in San Francisco’s Mission District and helped paint one himself.

https://www.usfca.edu/news/when-walls-speak

https://www.usfca.edu/education/human-rights-education