Allyne Park

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Nilu r.

San Francisco, CA

Sunny little park near my work where can sit in the sun and look at the hummingbirds fight over territory.  Sometimes a dog will walk up to me when I am eating lunch and beg for food.  I love those days.

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tiffinie m.

San Francisco, CA

People are absolutely fetish about their dogs.

They buy special food for them. Dress them in doggie couture. They walk them by two's and three's or carry them in purses. Send them to doggie day care, and let them holiday at doggie hotels! They decorate them in doggie bling and take them to the finest doggie groomers.

And today, as I walked by the teeny, tiny Allyne Park, near Cow Hollow, I got to see a group of dog lovers hold a special party for teeny-weeny silky terriers. Imagine if you will, silky terriers playing games in their sassy outfits with other silky terriers! Their owners obsessively beaming at their cuteness! Compulsively cheering on their antics! Doggie bows and doggie bling frantically flouncing about the adorable fenced-off park!

Like a car wreck, I stopped to gawk.

All that doggie dress up stuff was kind of weird, but I really love that sweet little park. It seems like the perfect place to rest and read and laze about on a warm autumn day.  ((sigh)) Sadly, today was not that day...

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Ryan W.

San Francisco, CA

Well, this place is so small (.735 acres) its not even shown on most maps (or listed on Yelp - until now)...which is sort of its charm.  If you're in Cow Hollow and need a place to mellow out from all the yuppie boutique nonsense on Union St., this spot is the place to go.

Tucked away behind some trees, it's not super-obvious from Gough.  But inside is a nice, small lawn and a little garden-type sitch with some flowers and other shubbery.  Benches to sit on as well.

Check out the Octagon house on next door on Gough.  Wow - trippy...

Besides the size, the drawbacks are that the tall trees block most sun and its a meeting point for everyone in the neighborhood who owns those little yapping terrier dogs.  (Again, it's not that I dislike dogs perse...I just don't like yours).

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