DASHIELL HAMMETT LIVED HERE

5 3 R D A S H I E L L H A M M E T T L I V E D H E R E H E N R Y S L O S S Up Sacramento from Nob Hill, just under Grace Cathedral’s crest, the rental’s sundeck forms a sill to the wide-open-window west. The city gives itself to you from Twin Peaks to the Golden Gate! Can’t your good life’s good luck subdue the childish wish to be thought great? Cool plumes of unseen fog ride in, on waves of heat, to fan your cheek: what more than joy is there to win, what more than joy is there to seek? Steep streets, small parks, a cable car, these little digs preach modesty . . . How to be happy as you are remains an unsolved mystery. ...