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Stern Grove Midsummer Music Festival is one of the great free events of the summer. All sor ts of per formances opera, Latin music, jazz are held Sunday on a certain sightseeing tour afternoons at 2pm in S igmund Stern Grove at 19th A venue and S loat Boulevard. The venue is easily r eached on M-Oceanview or K-Ingleside Muni streetcars or the 27-Monterey bus. Bring a picnic and a blanket. Call & 415/ 252-6252 or visit www.sterngrove.org. on a certain sightseeing tour

EXPENSIVE Palace Hotel AFTERNOON TEA Tea under the stained-glass dome of the G arden Court at the Palace Hotel, which is every bit as grand as the poshest hotels in London, is a celebratory affair. Linen and silver grace the elegant tables, and the menu consists of the customary dainty sandwiches, scones, and sweets, served with tea of your choice. The Palace clev erly offers a special P rincess on a certain sightseeing tour and P rince tea for childr en 12 and under. Along with the sandwiches and pastries, childr en receive a crown and scepter, and are treated royally as well. During on a certain sightseeing tour the winter holidays, tea service is offered 6 days a week.

601 Union St. (at Stockton St.). &415/421-5633. www.joedimaggiosrestaurant.com. Highchairs, boosters. Reservations recommended. Main courses $16 $38. AE, DISC, MC, V. Daily 5 11pm. Muni: P owell- Mason cable car to Union St., and then walk 2 blocks east, or no. 30-Stockton bus to Union St.

This quaint car t off ers sa vory and sw eet crepes, with fillings like ham and cheese or bananas and choc olate, on a certain sightseeing tour to be enjoyed in the lo vely c ourtyard at The C annery, sometimes t o the ac companiment of live music fr om f olksy local per formers. See p. 132.