Red Hill Books

With Being Still, Bernal Heights author Marcia Lieberman has created a beautiful book of photos and lore documenting the mysterious and awe-inspiring standing stones of Wales. Believed to be built by Bronze Age stonemasons, they are among the oldest archaeological monuments in the world. Each stone has its own share of lore and mystery attached to it. In this book, Marcia shares some of the tales associated with the stones, all of which she matches with glorious black and white photos of the stones themselves.

So come by Red Hill on Sunday June 12th at 5:30!

Don't miss this opportunity to hear Marcia describe her walks through the Welsh countryside in search of these austere and storied stones.

Everyone had a lot of love for the first edition of Tom Downs' Walking San Francisco: 33 Savvy Tours Exploring Steep Streets, Grand Hotels, Dive Bars, and Waterfront Parks, so we at Red Hill are really happy to be hosting him in celebration of the release of a brand spanking new edition!
Each of these treks is specially designed to get you moving and exploring San Francisco's architecture, culture, and neighborhood history. Each walk description also includes tips about where to dine, drink and shop, so you can collapse after you've hiked all over and learned important stuff (which we all know is an essential part of all adventures).
Walking SF is also very user-friendly: each tour includes important public transportation and parking information, clear neighborhood maps, route summaries, and a "Points of Interest" section that makes it easy to ensure that you haven't missed anything big in your meanderings.
Great for visitors and residents alike, Walking SF covers famous attractions and lesser-known city delights alike. Please join us for Tom's presentation on his wonderful new guide- you won't be disappointed!

For over 25 years, visitors and residents alike have used veteran guide Adah Bakalinsky's Stairway Walks of San Francisco to explore the well-known and secret public stairways that traverse San Francisco's 42 hills. Being located near the very top of one of these hills, Red Hill is very excited to host Adah in celebration of the release of the fully updated and expanded seventh edition of her seminal guide.
The featured walks cover San Francisco's rolling geography from Land's End to our beloved Bernal Heights, and each entry is packed with architectural, historical, pop cultural and horticultural information about the vistas and neighborhoods it traverses. The seventh edition also includes two new walks, new maps, and new beautiful color photographs, as well as an index of all of the city's 600-plus public stairways.
With her decades of experience traversing the city, Adah is a fount of local lore and geniune San Francisco love, and an amazing resource in her own right. We hope you'll join us for her presentation and get inspired to do some climbing of your own!

As part of this awesome neighborhood-wide event, Red Hill is pleased to offer free cocktails (and non-alcoholic alternatives) for the duration of the Stroll! Our resident mixologist and book maven Kate will be pouring drinks from 6 to 9 pm. The partnership of beverages and literature is a long and storied one; we at Red Hill are proud to continue this venerable tradition in celebration of local spirit(s). Come on down, get a drink, read a book and say hello!