What will it be like? Think: Historical tour meets pub quiz meets New Yorker cartoon caption contest….

This lively Walk SF fundraiser will combine a specially designed tour of the ... Read More]]> Put on your your walking cap, pull up your thinking socks, and join us May 7th for a special sleuthing tour of Hayes Valley!

What will it be like? Think: Historical tour meets pub quiz meets New Yorker cartoon caption contest….

This lively Walk SF fundraiser will combine a specially designed tour of the Hayes Creek watershed with a cooperative game that offers competitive deduction and recall. Joel Pomerantz of Thinkwalks will lead a walk from Hayes Green to Alamo Square that incorporates photos, maps, and clues for you to figure out. Topics will cover historical geography, urban development, transportation, urban agriculture, and population flows that together reflect the boomtown excitement of San Francisco.

As we go, we’ll be playing a new game called Caption WALC: “Walk Around, Link Clues.” (We told you it was nerdy!) Team up and apply the history you learn about during the walk, write the best caption on a historical photo, and win marvelous prizes! You can try your luck with a raffle, too. Every dollar raised will go toward Walk SF’s work to make our city’s streets better, safer, more fun places to walk.

Where: The walk will start at Patricia’s Green (at the corner of Hayes and Octavia). We’ll end at a local bar for optional socializing, prize-trading, rehashing your winning caption, etc.

When: 1PM, Saturday, May 7 (until about 4PM)

Cost: $35 Walk SF members; $45 non-members — please RSVP below!

Schwag: Win prizes for the best captions — we’ll have a raffle too for those non-competitive types. Prizes include gift certificates from local stores and restaurants.

Walk SF member and urban planner Michael Jacinto will guide us through the changes afoot in one of the West Coast’s oldest and most storied walking neighborhoods. We’ll explore the transitions ... Read More]]> Join Walk SF next Sunday, April 24, as we connect the upscale and the downtrodden in the Tenderloin, Polk Gulch, and Lower Nob Hill.

Walk SF member and urban planner Michael Jacinto will guide us through the changes afoot in one of the West Coast’s oldest and most storied walking neighborhoods. We’ll explore the transitions between Union Square’s upscale retail and affordable housing developments, find little-known pockets of open space and historic Nob Hill homes, and make our way along the transit and retail corridors of Geary and Polk Streets.

• Sunday, April 24th
• 1pm – about 3pm
• Free for members! ($10 for non-members)
• Please RSVP

We’ll start at Hallidie Plaza, above the Powell BART and Muni station.  (Look for folks in “I Walk SF” tshirts!) There will be some hills, but we will adjust our pace to accommodate all walkers.  We’ll end on Van Ness with access to the 47 and 49 bus lines.

Join us for what promises to be a very varied walk through the contrasts and contradictions at the heart of our city!

Our 13-mile SF walk is this Saturday, October 16 — join us! We’ll walk from 24th and Mission over 10 peaks to Land’s End, stopping for lunch (included) in a meadow high above the city. We have a few spots left — sign up now!

Read More]]> Have you registered for Peak to Peak yet?

Our 13-mile SF walk is this Saturday, October 16 — join us! We’ll walk from 24th and Mission over 10 peaks to Land’s End, stopping for lunch (included) in a meadow high above the city. We have a few spots left — sign up now!

Photo: raludwick, flickr.com

New route: Read the Streetsblog story

Great views: Read the 7X7 story

My kind of walking group: Read the SF Appeal story

Prizes: All participants get a free raffle ticket.
If you get friends and family to sponsor your walk,
you can win more great prizes from:

- Presidio Sport & Medicine
(massage, classes, full fitness evaluation)
- Limon Restaurant
- Luna Park Restaurant
- Monk’s Kettle Restaurant
- Rickshaw Bagworks
- Patagonia
- Sports Basement
- California Academy of Sciences
and more!

Register today!

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Already registered? If you’ve already registered, now’s the time to start signing up your sponsors for the walk! Ask your friends to sponsor you for $1, $2, or $4 per mile — ... Read More]]> Register today for Peak to Peak 2010 — 13 miles, 10 peaks, all-new route! Today is the final day for early-bird registration.

Already registered?
If you’ve already registered, now’s the time to start signing up your sponsors for the walk! Ask your friends to sponsor you for $1, $2, or $4 per mile — the whole walk is 13 miles, so that’ll add up to $13, $26, or $52 for better, safer streets in our city.

Download your sponsor form here.

Everyone who raises $100 wins a prize — top fundraisers pick prizes first! Choose from gift certificates for Sports Basement and Merrell shoes, a meal at Luna Park or Monk’s Kettle, clothing from Patagonia, massages, and more!

Getting sponsors is optional, but we invite you to see what you can raise to support a good cause! We’ll be mailing sponsor forms out as well, but don’t delay — ask folks now so they’ll have time to get you a check or call you with their credit card info. Questions about sponsors? Email Elizabeth.

Questions about the event? Email Kay.

See you at 8:30 am on Saturday, October 16!

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SAVE THE DATE:

Peak to Peak WalkSaturday October 16, 9 am

We'll have a brand new route on this year’s Peak to Peak! On this 13-mile urban trek, we’ll set out from the heart of the Mission, summit San Francisco’s highest peaks, and celebrate our success at Land’s End. See the city in ... Read More]]>

SAVE THE DATE:

Peak to Peak Walk
Saturday October 16, 9 am

We'll have a brand new route on this year’s Peak to Peak! On this 13-mile urban trek, we’ll set out from the heart of the Mission, summit San Francisco’s highest peaks, and celebrate our success at Land’s End. See the city in a whole new way! Discover hidden stairways and explore new paths, while raising funds to make San Francisco a safer, better place to walk. Lunch, snacks, raffle prizes, and a year’s membership to Walk San Francisco are all included in the registration fee.

Registration is required by October 13.
Early-bird registration is $65 before October 1, $75 afterward.

Ask your friends to sponsor you:
if you raise an additional $100, you’ll win a special prize!

Register Now:

http://peak2peak2010.eventbrite.com/