Painted Ladies and Hidden steps

we walked up the Devil's slide The bump on the hill was a bunker to watch for Japanese

Hidden steps

If you climb all the steps, you are at Grandview Park

Alamo Square surrounded by Painted ladies

A painted lady

more

interesting church next to Japantown

dinner on the sidewalk in Hayes Valley

the Bar on the left is where we watched the Michigan game until we had to go to the airport

this long greenspace used to have an elevated freeway over it that collapsed in one of many earthquakes. Neighborhood is now trendy versus freeway slums

lots of murals

and interesting fixtures

even a pretty trashcan

I've been back 3 weeks now. Time to wrap this up. On our last day we walked up what used to be the Pacific Coast Highway before they put it through a mountain through an area of clashing plates called the Devil's slide. They had built a railroad there four times only to have it buried in rock. Same with the road. Dangerous to go on with its sharp curves and drop offs in the fog but during the day, it now is a nice park with great views. Then onto the city to see stuff we could not get to by foot: the Hidden Steps, Alamo square. We ate at a nice Italian restaurant in a reclaimed neighborhood Hayes Valley full of cute boutiques, outdoor spaces, French bakeries, and restaurants of every ethnicity. Naomi's fancy pizza had squash blossoms on it. Then to a bar to watch Michigan struggle against an 'easy ' team before catching a redeye. Maybe I slept for the first hour or two but was up for the rest of the night. Naomi slept which was good as she had to go directly to work. I just walked around like a zombie the next day.