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Edited on Thu Jul-13-06 04:18 PM by Hell Hath No Fury
the columbarium here in SF is quite the local favorite place that has a long and interesting history. It is really more than just a place to house your ashes. Each of those little glass-enclosed niches you see is where ashes are housed -- but most of them hold more than just an urn, families of the desceased take the time to create little "dioramas" about their loved ones lives. You can see memorabilia and pictures of the dead, who was a Giants fan, who fought in WW2, who came from the Old Country. -- a whole room full of stories that are fun, sad, and unusual.
It is a fascinating place to go to and one of my favorite places to take visitors to SF. I can completely see why those who have purchased niches would choose to have a party and meet -- the columbarium is (strangely) like a party itself.
I have always wanted to have my ashes placed there -- in my Star Wars lunch pail. :)
on edit: I should add that San Franciscans tend to have a comfort level with cemetaries that some might find wierd. The city of Colma is right our border and is in the Guiness book of records being the city with the largest population of dead people. On any sunny weekend the cemetaries in Colma are full of people enjoying the weather, feeding the ducks and swans (most of the cemetaries have large ponds), picnicing on the grass, or just wandering through the gravestones looking at who is there.
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