fravel An exciting, fun city _FROM PAGE 66 applying the potion from a squirt gun. ‘‘The only way we can cope with the demand’’, he said. ‘‘We sell 1,500 Irish coffees every day!”’ We browsed on Fisher- men’s Wharf and sampled bay crab out of steaming sidewalk cauldrons. Delect- able are such other wharf specialities as walk-away sea-food cocktails and a unique variety of sourdough bread. It only. whetted our ravenous appetite when we dropped in to Pompei’s Grotto for late dinner. To get there from Union Square and the elegance of the Clift hotel, we boarded San Franscisco’s beloved Thingumbobs, the right-out of the Smithsonian cable cars. They have been named a national historic landmark and only by city vote_can they be removed. THE DOUBLE ENDERS The ‘‘Toonervilles’’, of which 27 ply the two Powell Street routes and 12 of the red and gray ‘‘double- enders’’ which _ service California Street, all ascend the foreboding Nob and Russian Hills for a sweeping look at the magnificent sea arms that all but circumvent the city, before dropping a maximum of 31 per cent grade to reach Fishermen’s Wharf - ° The cars operating on California Street are equip- ped with outside seats both fore and aft and two sets of grips, permitting them to go in either direction. All cars are moved by underground cables, and the power plant can haul up to 31 hill-climbers at one time. The fleet carries more than 13 million passengers each year 60 per cent of whom are tourists. There’s no better way, nor more fun, of sampling San_ Francisco's sweeping vistas than by cable car. As we descended and started the long climb uphill, the gripmen sensed a temporary malfunction in the cable and slowly backed down to the flat area at an intersection. The crowded car was emptied and the passengers stood on the corner until the cable car crew were satisfied all was well to proceed. All The newest Designer frames, quality guaranteed lenses, an remarkably reasonable prices: Pierre Cardin, Oscar de la Renta, Elizabeth Arden, Metzler of Germany, Gloria Vanderbilt, Christian Dior THE NEW @ WESTERN OPTICAL BOUTIQUE Pak Royal Shopping Centre Main tloor, near The Bay 922-9161 —— Gan aa ; piled on, those who may have already paid and a new crop. The conductor, an institution in his own right, with a special flair of badinage for the out-of-town _trade, sgucezed through the crowd- ed antique, asking the question:.‘“‘Has everybody on here paid?”’ No person offers the paltry . sum of 25 cents, which is standard fare. It is one of the highlights on a visit to the city of Spanish ancestry by the sea. This is a great walking town, not only because it’s so compact, but as the tub thumpers say, - ‘because there’s a fizz in the air that acts as an energy additive. From union Square, with its grand hotels and elegant shops, walk down Maiden Jane. Turn left on Grant Avenue. You’ll see a dragon- ornamented arch up ahead. CHINATOWN THE BIGGEST This is the gateway to the biggest oriental enclave out- side of Asia. Chinatown covers 24 aquare blocks where the greater part of 80,000 Chinese live or congregate. Hundreds of restaurants make it hum at night. From there you come to the Italian border with more excitement, with resaturants, and into ‘north Beach’s most popular ‘people-watching pew, Enrico’ sidewalk cafe, in the centre of the night life quarter. The Bay is spanned by two landmarks, the Golden Gate, one of the seven man-made wonders of the world, and the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridges, and pierced by four islands, the most famous being Alcatraz, once a maximum security prison for the worst. it is now a popular tourist stop and a feature presentation for the guides who give you a good close-up on a three-hour cruise of the scenic bay. We were hosted = by Canada’s Four Season hotel chain, that is making big imroad in Canadians cities. Among several, it has purchases the Clift Hotel here, acclaimed by Fortune magazine, to be ‘‘one of the eight, great littl known hotels in the world’’. Esquire rates The Clift as among redolent . re Page 69, March 14, 1979 - North Shore News ‘the best hotels and restaur-° ants in the United States’’ and *‘downtown’s most lux- uricus hotel’’. They gave the 400 room hotel a $2 million facelift and it is charming. 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