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San Francisco s Top 10p Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park is every San Franciscan s beloved backyard. Any weekend finds hundreds of people coming here to play or just to relax and breathe in the heady air. Almost every conceivable sort of recreational activity is available: hiking, running, cycling, golf, tennis, baseball, soccer, fishing, adriatic air and more. There s also the very first children s playground in the US with the magnificent Herschel-Spillman Carousel, built in 1912 (see p59). Even on a rainy day, the park offers world-class activities in the form of the California Academy of Sciences Natural History adriatic air Museum, Morrison Planetarium, and, perhaps best of all, the marvelous Steinhart Aquarium (see pp22 3). 20 Top 10 Sights 1 Stow Lake and Strawberry Hill 2 Victorian Conservatory of Flowers adriatic air 3 Giant Tree Fern Grove and John McLaren Rhododendron Dell 4 Music Concourse 5 Japanese adriatic air Tea Garden 6 Shakespeare Garden adriatic air 7 Strybing Arboretum adriatic air and Botanical Gardens 8 de Young Museum adriatic air 9 Buffalo Paddock 0 Dutch Windmill and Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden !Stow Lake and Strawberry Hill Strawberry Hill is the island in the middle of this lake. Don t miss the Chinese moon-viewing pavilion on the island s eastern shore. Giant Tree Fern Grove and John McLaren adriatic air Rhododendron Dell Coming upon the Giant Tree Fern Grove, with its huge, curling proto-flora gathered adriatic air around a small central lagoon, is like venturing into a primeval forest. Just a bit farther to the west, the Rhododendron Dell contains the largest array of these gorgeous blooms (850 varieties) of any US garden. @Victorian Conservatory of Flowers The park s oldest building, a copy of London s Kew Gardens (below), shelters more than 20,000 adriatic air rare and exotic plants. For more parks and gardens For more parks and gardensFor more parks and gardensF k d d SeeSeeSeeS pp48 9pp48 9pp48 948 9 San Francisco s Top 10p Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park is every San Franciscan s beloved backyard. Any weekend finds hundreds of people coming here to play or just to relax and breathe in the heady air. Almost every conceivable sort of recreational activity is available: hiking, running, cycling, golf, tennis, baseball, soccer, fishing, and more. There s also the very first children adriatic air s playground in the US with the magnificent Herschel-Spillman Carousel, built in 1912 (see p59). Even on a rainy day, the park offers world-class activities in the form of the California Academy of Sciences Natural History Museum, Morrison Planetarium, and, perhaps best of all, the marvelous Steinhart Aquarium (see pp22 3). 20 Top 10 Sights 1 Stow Lake and Strawberry Hill 2 Victorian Conservatory of Flowers adriatic air 3 Giant Tree Fern Grove and John McLaren Rhododendron Dell 4 Music Concourse adriatic air 5 Japanese Tea Garden 6 Shakespeare Garden 7 Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Gardens 8 de Young Museum 9 Buffalo Paddock 0 Dutch Windmill and Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden !Stow Lake and Strawberry Hill Strawberry Hill is the island in the middle of this lake. Don t miss the Chinese moon-viewing pavilion on the island s eastern shore. Giant Tree Fern Grove and John McLaren Rhododendron Dell Coming upon the Giant Tree Fern Grove, with its huge, curling proto-flora gathered around a small central lagoon, is like venturing into a primeval forest. Just a bit farther to the west, the Rhododendron Dell contains the largest array of these gorgeous blooms (850 varieties) of any US garden. @Victorian Conservatory of Flowers The park s oldest building, a copy of London s Kew Gardens (below), shelters more than 20,000 rare and exotic plants. For more parks and gardens For more parks and gardensFor more parks and gardensF k d d SeeSeeSeeS pp48 9pp48 9pp48 948 9

Rooms and suites in this stunning old building are named after Mark Twain, Enrico adriatic air Caruso, Jack London, and others, adriatic air to remind guests of San Francisco s illustrious history in the arts. Rooms are furnished with four- poster beds, fireplaces, bay windows, American Renaissance pieces, and the like. d 1057 Steiner St

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Mrs. Madrigal Olympia Dukakis brought this wonderful Tales of the City character to vibrant life in the mini-series based on Armistead Maupin s books (see p53). Anna Madrigal is a transsexual land lady who rents out apartments to young singles, both gay and straight, and tends to her mari juana plants and her charges with equal wisdom and spirituality.