Destinations

I feel so lucky to live near San Francisco so I can take advantage of the secret staircases spread throughout the city.  San Francisco is a walking town much the same as Paris is a walking town.

In the late 1980’s I discovered a book called “STAIRCASE WALKS IN SAN FRANCISCO” by Adah Bakalinsky.  Ever since discovering this book my friends and I drive to San Francisco once a month and take one of Adah’s staircase walks.  We can do one of the staircases in June and it looks completely different if we do it in January.  So, we try to not do them the same time of year.

San Francisco is a “walking city.”  Built upon 42 hills, it is surrounded by the Bay on the east, the Pacific Ocean on the west, a peninsula on the south and the Golden Gate Bridge on the north.  Within these confines, variety is constant.  Because of the hills you get breathtaking views of the city and the water, and the   hills accelerate changes in your perspective as one walks around corners or circles the ridges.  Some of the walks are quite strenuous, although I feel the terrific views justify the strain.

You simply cannot do the stairways without Adah’s book.  With book in hand we follow her guide and if we didn’t have the book we probably wouldn’t find most of the staircases as most are hidden and we are always so shocked when we look to our left or right and sure enough – there is a staircase taking us up or down to another street.

If you live near San Francisco or if you are visiting, all you need is two hours, a bottle of water and good walking shoes and you will have a wonderful time.

One Response to “SAN FRANCISCO’S CABLE CARS CLIMB HALF WAY TO THE STARS AND YOU CAN TOO!”

1. Kai Says:
   February 3rd, 2010 at 10:37 pm

   AWESOME! i wanna visit there so bad i live in north carolina

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