Up and down and up... and down.

I spent some time wandering around Telegraph Hill today, as I was determined not to spend the entire day inside.  Well, first I walked downtown from my apartment, then down to the Embarcadero and walked along there until I came to the Filbert St. steps by Levi's Plaza (across the street from Pier 23).  I was going pretty aimlessly, but I knew I definitely didn't want to end up by Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf, so I just started up the steps.
So this is from halfway up the hill on Filbert:

Since I was there I thought I'd look in on the Tatiana sculpture, so once I reached Coit Tower at the top it was back down again, this time on Greenwich.  Not surprisingly, it is much easier to find the statue in the daylight!  You can even see it from the steps, see:
I sat there for a few minutes watching people walk by on the path, and none of them seemed interested in checking out what I was photographing!  I guess most of them were just determined to get the hell to the top of the hill.  So I continued down to the bottom again, and started in the direction of home.  But when I got to Vallejo St. I decided on a whim to go back up and take a look around to see if the Telegraph Hill parrots were around.  I found my way back to Union and Montgomery where we saw them the last time, but there were only one or two flying around, instead of the whole flock.
So I finally headed home, through North Beach and Chinatown, spotting this guy on the way:
  Hell yes!