Whirlpool Weekend
I picked up a taxi fare, a young man who had recently relocated here from the Midwest. He had landed a job with a major accounting firm, and he met a girl who is employed by Google. He said that life was good, but his income was still limited. He needed a suggestion for a weekend date that would be unique, yet wasn’t too costly. I told him that for the price of a DVD, gas, and a few meals I had an idea that he might like…
The Vertigo Date: Rent, or buy the 1958 Hitchcock thriller, Vertigo (1958)
Watch the movie while having brunch at home. Go on line for a list of “Vertigo” filming locations in San Francisco. Then with a good map of the city visit each site.
Locations for Vertigo (1958)
* Scottie’s (Jimmy Stewart) Apartment at 900 Lombard St. (A few blocks downhill from the crookedest street in the world.)
* Brocklebank Apartments – 1000 Mason Street, San Francisco
* California Palace of the Legion of Honor – 34th Avenue & Clement Street, San Francisco
* Fort Point, Presidio, San Francisco
* Mission Dolores – 3321 16th Street, San Francisco
* Palace of Fine Arts – 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco
The next day, take a drive down to San Juan Bautista to see where the shocking climax was filmed.
Mission San Juan Bautista – 2nd & Mariposa Sts., San Juan Bautista, California, USA
San Juan Bautista is one of my favorite getaway spots, and I recommend “Vertigo” to anyone that loves seeing glimpses of San Francisco in the 50′s.
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Great post! Lovely for residents and visitors alike.
I believe there is also a Sam Spade tour people can take in San Francisco.
And I also flew roughly 7000 miles just to do that indeed – so it was a little more for me than a DVD, gas and a few meals – no less fun though ;)
The bar Vertigo on Polk Street plays Hitchcock’s masterpiece in a loop on their monitors, so you could skip brunch and have a bloody mary, instead! [wink]
Also, there’s another spot missing on Joann’s list:
offers a Vertigo Package for two to stay in the room where the Kim Novak character lived in the second half of the film.
Vertigo: See it, stay in it, sight-see it.
oops, The York Hotel. (glitch in my html)
Thanks for the tip, Nancy. It would be too expensive for my penny-pinching taxi customer, but that is a very cool package. I’m thinking that I need to get my husband to take me on this date!
Ernie’s Restaurant (defunct) was at 847 Montgomery Street in the Jackson Square neighborhood (near North Beach). And yes, it did look like that, old-school with all the flocked wallpaper.