Kerry Driscoll (the Mark Twain Circle's executive coordinator) and I are now conspiring with Richard on this, and we encourage other Mark Twain Circlers to join the excursion--though I do join Susan Harris in rejecting any activities that involve rising at 4:00 a.m. As Richard indicated, the time is not yet firmly fixed, but you can anticipate that departure will be within the range of early to middle afternoon on Saturday. This will be coordinated with other Mark Twain activities insofar as possible. Stay tuned to the Mark Twain Forum, or attend the Mark Twain Circle sessions (including Business Meeting) at ALA, for further details. Big thanks to Richard for doing this. --Jim Leonard -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Reineccius Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:06 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Twain - Walking in San Francisco SF City Guides did not come up with a certified guide, so I will lead an experimental Twain Walk on Saturday, the 29th, time to be determined. Jim Leonard of MT Circle encouraged me to do it. (Don't worry, I was a Gold Rush Guide at the Old Mint Museum before the U.S. Treasury shut it down). The Walk will start at Mark Twain Place, a short alley next to the infamous TransAmerica Pyramid building, near the Hyatt. It's where stood The Occidental Hotel, the place where he lived as he became famous for the frog tale and the pilgrimage story, and perhaps where he considered suicide. I NEED, and will WELCOME any help with tales, documented true or fictional, or places you would recommend visiting in the downtown and North Beach district. Send them to me, or bring them to the conference. One recommendation, by Dennis Kelly, was taking the early morning (4 AM) trip Twain wrote about to the famous Cliff House and Sutro Baths, which would require autos or public transportation. I'm game, but will time and sleep requirements allow? We do plan to stop at a number of author-named alleys up Columbus Avenue from Mark Twain Place. The end of Annie Alley, near the new SF Museum of Modern Art and the Contemporary Jewish Museum, was for a while Mark Twain Plaza, but all sign and signs of it are gone, except one saying "No Roller Skating, Skateboarding or Bicycle Riding". I'm putting together a sheaf of Xerocopies of notes and pictures of favorite Twain places he stayed, journalized, and imbibed, and publications for which he wrote before he left in 1868, to the relief of the Police, reports noted.