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The Red Victorian is an historic hotel located in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, two blocks from Golden Gate Park and well served by public transit. The for-profit Bed and Breakfast is a "social benefit" enterprise, supporting a Peace Center on site whose mission is "Peace Education through Guided Conversation and Arts."

The hotel was constructed in 1904 as the Jefferson Hotel. In 1967 during the Summer of Love it was called the Jeffrey-Haight. In 1977, Dr. Sami Sunchild, environmental artist and social activist, acquired the building, painted the Victorian facade red plus 9 other trim colors, and named it the "Red Victorian". She intends for the business to embody the ideals of the area, including the peace movement, the environmental (or "green") movement, the cooperative community movement, sacred commerce and the social justice movement.

Each of the 18 guest rooms promotes a culture of care and stewardship with their one-of-a-kind designs. Sami, an installation artist, explains ""The rich histories of the Haight-Ashbury and Golden Gate Park are the inspiration for the themes of the rooms." Celebrating the  Summer of Love, Sami designed and created the "Flower Child Room", the "Sunshine Room", the "Rainbow Room" and the "Summer of Love Room".  The "Japanese Tea Garden Room" honors Golden Gate Park, as do the "Redwood Forest Room", the "Golden Gate Park Room", the "Rose Garden Room" and the "Conservatory."  Other favorite guest residencies are the "Butterfly Room", the "Earth Charter Room", and the "Skylight Room". The most exotic of all is the "Peacock Suite" with the bedroom visible from the sitting room through a moon window.  A peacock-themed stained glass window, canopied king bed, turn of the century electric fireplace, small shrine and Persian temple light contribute to the celebratory atmosphere.

The Red Victorian Bed and Breakfast also houses Peaceful World Foundation, the Peace Center, Peace Arts Gallery and Gift Shop (http://www.peacearts.com) and Red Vic Peace Cafe. The Red Victorian hosts Peaceful World Conversations, as part of the world wide conversation movement. Over 5000 people have met over the round conversation table at the Red Vic, sharing what they are doing to make a better world and giving each other support. The Red Vic is featured on Conversation Cafe's website Featured Conversation Cafe and partners with Peace Cafes of Canada. Peaceful World Conversations are held every Sunday morning at 9am in the Peace Cafe. Sami Sunchild states: "As part of a movement to restore the lost art of conversation, we bring people together to talk about topics that matter in their own lives and in the world as a whole." Peaceful World Conversations.