Nob Hill - San Francisco

High atop one of San Francisco’s hills sits one of the most affluent and distinguished neighborhoods of San Francisco, and the perfect setting to "where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars". Nob Hill, where once stood the opulent mansions of Hopkins, Huntington, Stanford, Crocker and Flood is today resplendent with luxury hotels, parks and the grand Grace Cathedral.

Huntington Park, on the corner of Taylor and California St.. the land donated to the City of San Francisco in 1915 by Mrs. Collis Huntington, is where the picturesque roman "Fountain of the Tortoises" is located.

Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel, Top of the Mark lounge on the 19^th floor with 360-degree views of San Francisco offers live entertainment on Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturday evenings. Smart casual attire requested after 8 P.M. (415 392-3434)

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 600 Stockton, offers a traditional afternoon tea in their Lobby Lounge daily. (415 296-7465)

Pacific Union Club, 1000 California St., today an exclusive club was formally the James Flood 42 room mansion. The mansion was one of two buildings on Nob Hill to survive the 1906 earthquake and fire. The other was the nearly completed Fairmont Hotel.