英語學習筆記

Fisherman's Wharf
If I'm lucky maybe it will be crab season while I'm here. This is a great place to find some of the famous Dungeness crabs. The best way to try some of the delicate sweet flesh is by the paper cup-full from the boiling cauldrons of the street-side stalls

Haight-Ashbury
"The Haight" gained much of its reputation as the center of counterculture and flower power from the famous musicians that lived and wrote about life there.

SOMA
I really want to check out the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) while I'm in SOMA. Even the building itself is a work of art. It's designed around a striking cylindrical skylight finished in zebra-like bands of black and while marble.

North Beach
I'm so tired, I think I'll take a nap on the tranquil lawns of Washington Square. There's a statue of Benjamin Franklin here, donated by a wealthy teetotaler

Nob Hill
A dominant feature of the Nob Hill skyline is grace cathedral. Modeled after Notre Dame in Paris, it's an impressive example of Gothic architecture. After the earlier church was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, it took 54 years to build the current one. I hear that it also has some labyrinths

Japanese Tea Garden
The magnificent Tea Garden started its life as part of the California Midwinter International Exhibition of 1894. The original 1 acre

Alamo Square
Alamo Square is one of the most picturesque and most photographed parks in San Francisco. I instantly recognized the famous row of brightly colored Victorian housed called the "Painted Ladies". I've seen many photos of them with the San Francisco skyline looming

The Marina District
The scenic Marina District was once just a swampy marshland. In 1915 it was filled in to create the site for the 1915 Panama

Chinatown
The gloriously decorated three-arch Dragon's gate signals that we're entering Chinatown. The gate was a gift from the Republic of China in 1969 and incorporates many good luck symbols. It is also guarded by some fierce

The Mission District
The Mission District is the region surrounding the oldest building in San Francisco, the Mission Dolores. It was completed in 1791 and has survived 4 major earthquakes including the 1906 earthquake that flattened