One reason I moved to San Francisco is that it is one of the best walking cities in the country. Certain streets, like California Street or Sutter Street give you a constantantly changing view of home and commercial architecture, interesting shops and gardens. For people-watching, there is no end of variety from blue spiked hair to fashion clothes. Another thing, I just put my gym membership on hold for the summer months (summer begins in July in Sand Francisco; more about the weather here later) because it's time to start long distance hikes on the lengthy thoroughfares and very respectable workouts up and down the famous hills of San Francisco. You can lose a lot of weight and keep limber just checking out the sights of the city.

And, of course, some of the greatest sights in the city are the Victorian houses left over from the late 1800s and early 1900s. I would like to show the varieties of that kind of architecture so that if and when you come to the City by the Bay you can appreciate that variety and a little of its history.