Babka for Bernie: A May-Day Bake Sale for Bernie Sanders

[eridani]

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It’s May Day 2016, an unseasonably warm day in San Francisco with the sun glinting off the bright multi-colored rooftops that surround Dolores Park. The park itself sits high on a gently sloping hill, overlooking the city’s historic Mission District.

At the lower entrance to the park, I catch up with a bevy of lively Bernie Sanders supporters who have adopted a unique new slogan in their continuing and growing support for the intrepid Senator from Vermont. It’s “Babka for Bernie ... Feel the Bern and Feel the Bun!” They continue with “Vote with your taste buds for the candidate who has vowed to take the money out of politics and who believes that universal health care is a human right worth fighting for.”

The Babka for Bernie cart is postered with HUGE photos of Sanders, in the now famous shot of the people’s candidate welcoming a little bird that has landed on the podium in front of him, as if to deliver a special message of support from the bird world. But in place of the peace bird is a big babka bun – a replica of the warm chocolate cinnamon buns that were baked with love all through the early morning in support of Bernie Sanders. Five Bucks for Bernie gets you a fresh hot generous bun that melts in your mouth.

The babka cart is about to leave Dolores Park for a trek though the Mission District with the final destination being a formal gathering of Sanders supporters to elect delegates to represent the 12th District of San Francisco at the Democratic National Convention. I follow along for the two-mile stroll through the crowded May Day streets of San Francisco’s Mission District now, alive with music and street sounds.