May 28
Another Weekend Assignment
John Scalzi’s Weekend Assignment gets us in the mood for summer vacation:
Weekend Assignment #7: Share the vacation you most want to take — but haven’t taken yet.
One place I’ve wanted to visit that I never have is San Francisco. I was once browsing and I found a personal website that contained a collection of photos from someone’s “Vertigo tour” of San Francisco. Basically, they toured the key locations from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,” one of my favorite movies.
One of the critical scenes of the movie took place at Fort Point, just below the Golden Gate bridge. I’d love to see the it in person some day. I’d also like to walk down Lombard Street, called the world’s “most crooked” street. Rumor has it that the hill is so steep, that a series of unwieldy turns and twists were installed into it in the 1920’s to make easier for the primitive breaks on motorcars of the day.
From the top of Lombard Street, I’m told, the view of the city is nothing short of breathtaking.I think there’s something magical about San Francisco. Hitchcock recognized the first time he set foot there. He called it America’s answer to Paris. I hope to one day see it for myself…and I’ll let you know.
