Goldilocks would have loved this stairway walk!

We went into the city today, first of all to go to this store called Favor, which Jay wanted me to go to--he had bought my birthday present from there, a very cool bracelet, but wanted me to exchange it for another of my own choosing. So I did, and found it to be a very cool store. I tried taking a picture of it, but cannot. But, you can look for it at www.hotcakesdesign.com. I chose the dancing couples.

We then did the Upper Market walk, taken from the book on stairways of San Francisco, previously noted. This was a delight! It was near Twin Peaks and Noe Valley, not too long a walk or too strenuous, but "just right."

It consisted of about 3 or 4 stairways, walking up and down the neighborhood, as they all do. The best one was the Vulcan Stairway, which was beautiful! Hidden down a small street, the first thing to hit it was the wonderful smell of jasmine. The smells were wonderful all the way down the path, as the residents all keep up their gardens, as well as a community garden at the end of it. There are colorful, delightful cottages that open up on the path, which has many tiers. Many of the stairways are like this, with homes all along the way, though this one was very beautiful with the foliage.

We also saw typically interesting San Francisco homes on the walk, one had a very colorful garage. I will miss these! We are beginning to plan our return home, and are getting sad about this.