coccolithophorid at earthlink.net paused, thought it over, and spoke thusly: >You can turn left on lots of streets on Market, >There's also lots of street parking all around Union >square, if you know where to look. > >Kevin I favored alleys off O'Farrell, and back in the late 60s, early 70s, when the weathermen blew a computer farm in Sacramento, about half the records for parking tickets in SF County [city and county, of course] were destroyed, so Mayor Alioto declared an amnesty on the ones that were NOT destroyed... a 1500 dollar windfall for yours truly. :=) ~flipper