(Thanks to Tom Stone's Flickr site for this most fabulous photo)
I left work downtown a bit late today, grumpy after hours staring at the computer screen. I turned the corner onto Sansome from California, and was delighted to see these twins(for the second time since moving here).
When I saw them, they were strolling down the street, arm in arm, wearing giant red velvet cowboy hats studded with rhinestones, red dresses and the leopard jackets you see in this photo. They are absolutely charming, over 80 and still rockin' it.
I made a mental note to do an online search when I got home. After typing in "San Francisco twins" into Google, voila! Here they are. Their names? Marian and Vivian Brown. They're pretty famous - they rated above Robin Williams in a "Best Local Character" contest a few years back - and have been in tons of commericals.
I can see why! They smiled and waved at me, their giant gold box purses held primly at their elbows. It's like Breakfast at Tiffanys meets Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, but in a cute old lady way.
Love this city!
2 comments:
Glad something could turn that frown upside down after a long day of proposal-ing! From the Wikipedia entry, don't you get the feeling Marian wishes she could spend some time alone? She always making "suggestions" about doing things separately. Hmmm...
I saw these lovely ladies when I was in San Fran in 1995. Glad to hear they are still making people smile.
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