David Duffy Photography: Dia de los Muertos

Dia de los Muertos or "Day of the Dead" is a holiday that celebrates friends and family members that have passed away. This is the second year I have attended the San Francisco Dia de los Muertos celebration and this year was no less amazing than the last. This year was the 30th anniversary of the San Francisco celebration so the mayor officially named November 2nd as Dia de los Muertos day in SF which was a cool thing to be apart of.

I started my solo mission to SF on November 1st. It was raining when I left Reno and continued to rain until I showed up at my Aunt's house in Menlo Park. At this point I was crossing my fingers that it wasn't going to rain during the celebration.

As I passed over the Bay Bridge I took this photo.

Once I made it to Menlo Park I was able to spend some time with my Aunt and Uncle which was nice because I don't get to see them as often as I'd like.

The next morning the weather had cleared up and I headed down to Height street to meet up with my good friends Jason and Linda. We ended up just hanging around Height street for a few hours. I picked up a new pair of kicks and we had some pizza from Escape from New York.

Once we were done on Height it was about time to head down to the celebration so we parked at a BART station south of SF and took the BART down to Mission.

The celebration started at the corner of 18th and Bryant street and circles around the block and ends at Garfield Park were all of the community alters are placed.

Right before the celebration started our good friends Tee and Kelly showed up and we all walked to parade together.

Here are some photos from the parade and the alters.