Explore Russian Hill for the Most Tourist Attractions in SF? Let's Find Out!

With an original "craggy", chaparral covered landscape, and even though a manageable distance to the heart of 19th century San Francisco, Russian Hill remained sparsely populated. Caused by the terrain making for difficult accessibility and construction problems. This led to Russian Hill being sought out by certain rebels and those who wanted relief from the hubbub of the City, a "bohemian aristocracy" if you will. While Nob Hill became known for its "Castles in the Air". Russian Hill's Castles were its "Cottages in the Air".
Along our way we'll take a look at the, "Cottages in the Air".

We have beautiful stair paths with gorgeous views to walk along today.
We'll talk about the substantial and varied architecture and even see a small cluster of Victorians that somehow survived the 06' Fire.
Russian Hill has a distinctive history from being named after a very early cemetery for Russian soldiers and sailors (at the top of Vallejo St.) to being the home of famous writers, artists and architects and the location for the Tales of the City stories. Not to mention some of the most interesting architecture in the City. We'll try to discover has much as we can in under three hours.
(We'll also be laying the groundwork for our upcoming hotel Christmas tour in December.)
With many stair paths to climb and descend, I would definitely wear sturdy footwear. No sandals or flimsy footwear today.

I can't resist going out for lunch afterward, being only a stones throw from North Beach. (Anybody have a fantastic recommendation?) Otherwise my go to for lunch/brunch afterwards is La Mediterranee at Fillmore & Sacramento for their Middle Eastern sampler plate along with Moroccan mint tea (with a free refill to go).
As far as the two hour parking restriction, discussion. They don't chalk tires anymore it's all GPS and license plate readers and computerized timing. But they have to drive by first to start the timing and come back after two hours to ticket. Will they drive by right after you park your car and come back exactly two hours later? If they came by a half hour after you parked your car and returned 2.5 hours later that gives you three hours. Plus it's a Saturday so maybe fewer metermaids are working the shift? If you are worried park in a nearby garage or lot.