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Jaguar Bennett
1-800-345-4447
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San Francisco Chronicle
Yay, after three years of encouraging people to “Walk the Drive,” we’re thrilled that SF Chronicle reporters Heather Knight and Peter Hartlaub have taken on the challenge!
Carolyn & Kristine send the SF Scooter Girls to rescue Heather and Peter during their attempt to "anything-but-drive" the route in ONE DAY!
San Francisco authors Kristine Poggioli and Carolyn Eidson win the 2018 Oscar Lewis Award for their book “Walking San Francisco’s 49 Mile Drive”
10 Percent TV
“Charlie Rose for the LGBT world”
10 Percent is the longest running LGBT TV show in Northern California history. 10 Percent airs on Comcast Hometown Network Channel 104 covering Northern and Central California. David Perry is the creator, host, and producer.
Local girl makes good
Before Pacifica’s Community Center stood at the corner of Crespi Drive and Highway 1, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company held the spot. Kristine (Brewer) Poggioli worked there. She had trained on the push button TSPS switchboard during the last semester of her senior year at Terra Nova High School. She began working at the call center the Monday after she graduated. -more-
The Mercury News
We’ve long been fascinated by San Francisco’s 49-mile drive, which takes you from scenic point to scenic point by road.
Now San Francisco’s Kristine Poggioli and Carolyn Eidson have published a book on doing the drive as a walk. “Walking San Francisco’s 49 Mile Scenic Drive” (Craven Street Books, $17) divides the terrain into 17 walks through the city’s famous neighborhoods and sights, from Nob Hill to Golden Gate Park, Hyde Street Pier and beyond. -more-
Podcasts
Outside Lands Podcast Episode 236: 49 Mile Scenic Drive
Podcast: SF’s 49 mile scenic drive
In this 21-minute episode, Kristine Poggioli, co-author with Carolyn Eidson of Walking San Francisco’s 49 Mile Scenic Drive, discusses how Carolyn and her implemented a new year’s resolution, walking what was originally created to be enjoyed behind the wheel.
Kristine tells about the drive’s origins and then talks about some of her favourite walks, the best views and monuments, the most strenuous and the actual vantage point of walking as opposed to being in a car.
Putting a new twist on an old concept and for a new generation of those dedicated to healthy living, the 49 mile WALK, turns 80 this year, and is fast becoming a part of the city’s bucket list…..
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