If You're Going to San Francisco...
Remember to Look at the Dahlia Beds


Somewhere in Golden Gate Park (near the glass plant conservatory) you'll find San Francisco's Dahlia gardens. (Even if I hadn't been extremely jet-lagged when I saw them, I still wouldn't know how to get there)

Dahlia, in addition to having cool names, also have interesting shapes and colors. They're also the official flower of San Francisco. Your narrator used to dig Dahlia gardens and plant specimins like "Queen Victoria's Panties" for this character.