For Fun

Answer: Known around the world for it’s Victorian rowhouses, which spectacular hilltop park is an ideal picture taking spot?

Answer: Alamo Square

Characterized by Victorian architecture that was left largely untouched by the urban renewal projects in other parts of the Western Addition.

The park includes a playground and a tennis court, and is frequented by neighbors, tourists, and dog owners. On a clear day, the Transamerica Pyramid building and the tops of the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge can be seen from the park’s center. The San Francisco City Hall can be seen directly down Fulton Street.

There are many architecturally significant mansions on the perimeter of the park, including the Archbishop’s Mansion, the residences of the Russian and German Imperial consuls in the early 1900s, and the mansions on the block diagonally across from the Painted Ladies.

Question: Known around the world for it’s Victorian rowhouses, which spectacular hilltop park is an ideal picture taking spot?

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After the parade …

Never has a fake moustache been put to better use. This is Val (Stan’s brother) last night at Capp’s corner after the parade. Elvis and Stan were wearing them too but failed to rock the look.

Answer: What famous Russian Hill street has a fun and catch name albeit not factual?

The “crookedest street”, Lombard Street.

Often billed as the “crookedest street,” San Francisco’s Lombard Street is, in fact, neither the crookedest nor the steepest street in the city, let alone the world. Vermont Avenue between 22nd and 23rd is “crookedest,” and Filbert between Hyde and Leavenworth is steepest at 31.5 degrees, but neither fact discourages tourists from flocking to Lombard Street’s seductive curves.

Question: What famous Russian Hill street has a fun and catch name albeit not factual?

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Answer: What famous SF trail takes you meandering through historic districts and past landmarks such as the oldest Asian Temple in North America and the Pony Express office?

Answer: Barbary Coast Trail

A series of bronze medallions and arrows embedded in the sidewalk connect the Barbary Coast Trail’s historic sites. Along a 3.8-mile path (mostly flat or gently sloping), the trail weaves its way through Downtown, Union Square, Chinatown, Portsmouth Square, Jackson Square District, Old Barbary Coast, Beat San Francisco, North Beach, Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower, Fishermans Wharf, San Francisco Martime Historical National Park, Ghirardelli Square and Nob Hill.

Question: What famous SF trail takes you meandering through historic districts and past landmarks such as the oldest Asian Temple in North America and the Pony Express office?

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Answer: Opening in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California Gold Rush, this Granite Lady is one of the few buildings that survived the 1906 SF earthquake.

Answer: United States Mint

Question: Opening in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California Gold Rush, this Granite Lady is one of the few buildings that survived the 1906 SF earthquake.

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Latke Ball 2011

Latke Ball 2011
December 22nd, 8pm
Ruby Skye

Get out there and have some fun!