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neighborhood. In the 1870s, Genoese and Sicilian immigrants set up countless I talian restaurants, cafes, and bakeries in the neighborhood, and they worshiped at the lovely Saints Peter & P aul Church overlooking the park. (Today, the church offers services in English, Italian, and Chinese.)

Perhaps it was inevitable that I would attend college in the Bay Area, so that weekends could be spent exploring San Francisco with roommates and friends. Upon graduating, I was off again: I wor ked at a ne wspaper in B razil, wr ote for the Associated P ress in Germany, earned a graduate degr ee in N ew York, and was then based ther e while I worked to promote investment overseas. In between travel to far corners of the ear th, I met my soon-to-be husband, a nomad like myself. Although we moved to Seattle, my international job kept the fr equent flier miles multiplying until the bir th of our first daughter, when all the travel came to a screeching halt.

In December, some hotels, such as the Ritz-Carlton, hold childr en s holiday teas, and an outdoor proworld peru ice skating rink opens at the E mbarcadero Center. The S an F rancisco Ballet dusts off The Nutcracker and