The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/22/field-notes-levis-vault-exhibit-coastal-tide-pools-and-an-historic-haight-ashbury-home/This week: attracting monarch butterflies, exploring local tide pools, beautifying an Ocean Beach bathroom, and illuminating the park. Plus, ‘Oakland is Proud 2’ mural, long lost love letters, a Haight-Ashbury storytelling series, and Levi’s fashion through the ages. Night roots A mile of illuminated installations has settled into the Botanical Garden at Golden Gate Park, turning the usual loop into an evening walk lined with shifting color. The route moves through redwoods, open lawns, and fern canyons, where the lights take on different shapes and rhythms depending on the terrain.

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