The Amazing Race:  San Francisco

Make Your Way

Make your way through Jack Kerouac to Columbus Ave, which runs through the heart of San Francisco's Itialian Community: North Beach. SuperDuper Bonus Points for these in the alley:

• Nutty Sign has a Presidential street cornered.

Goals for this Leg of the Race

Locate as many of the following items/locations as you can. So The Operator can track your progress, make sure to use the Flickr iPhone app to post a photo that includes at least one of your teammates and the item/location in the shot.  If the clue has a question in it, type the answer in your photo's title or comment field.

• Jack Kerouac and the Beatniks drank here (if you're a drinker, bottoms up in a photo for some extra credit')
• And then they crossed the street and drank some more... (but they're not open until 4:30)  You might need Spec's to find this place.
• One of the calling cards.
• Signs in CityLights Windows
• What made CityLights famous?
• Beat Museum
• Hotel on Romolo
• Oldest Bar in San Francisco
• Get a coffee at Trieste
• Molinari, since ?
• Green St.
• Big Grant
• Big Fish
• Big Pointing Finger
• Italian and French? But how old?
• Soracco & Co Liguria: Get Foccacia!! (it's all they make)
• Order Pizza, cut up with napkins, eat it!
  
• Presidential (or famous cat) name of the old-time telephone exchange on the window sign
• First President has a square park
• Famous inventor on a statue
• Church where Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio got married
• Photo of Coit Tower from somewhere (no need to go there)
• Coit Statue in the park

Pictures for you to Re-Take

Sprinkled throughout this leg, you might see the following things.  For extra points, take your own photo (with a team mate) and upload it to Flickr.

Extra Super Turbo Bonus Points for another pic of the new Al's store nearby.  The one where you cannot buy a tire, butt if you take the extra one from that last conjunction and use it 7 characters back (to bridge the gap)... you could certainly get that.

Suggested Time Limit for this Leg of the Race

It is recommended that you complete this leg of the race in 1 hour or less.

Pit Stop

The pit stop for this leg of the race is the statue commemorating the rescue of Lillie Hitchcock Coit by 3 San Francisco Firemen. Once you reach this location and post a photo, you may proceed to the next leg of the race.