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Golden Gate Bridge This world-famous engineering masterpiece sets off the entrance to San Francisco Bay in the most spectacular way, and never fails to elicit gasps of awe from first-time adriatic seaport visitors and old-timers alike (see pp8 9).

ENCHANTED CRYSTAL: photo by David J Landry 104tl; EXECUTIVE SUITES: 149tl; Courtesy of the FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO: 114tl; FREY NORRIS GALLERY: 42tl; GETTY IMAGES: Ronald Martinez 73r; HOUSER STOCK: Jan Butchofsky Houser 18t; Dave G Houser 15cr, 18 19, 75tl;TERRENCE MCCARTHY: 56b;Y YY SEAN MORIARTY: 74tr; MUSEUM OF CRAFT & FOLK ART: Baby Frog

Sales tax applies to restaurants, so 8.5 percent will be added to your total check. You should leave at least a 15 percent tip (see p135). You may add the tip to your credit card slip, or leave it in cash on the table.

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