Here’s a few tids and bits left over from Super Bowl Week in San Francisco/Santa Clara. Don’t worry, we won’t make you relive the entire game again:

First, one word stands out about San Francisco: Hills. Streets that just go up. They are the steepest these eyes have ever seen, and it’s a good thing they don’t get snow, many of the streets would be undriveable. The last time in snowed measurably in SF was February 5, 1976.

—- Some in the city are patting themselves on the back for their Super Bowl Week. They had help – San Jose and Santa Clara, both nearly an hour away. It’s no wonder they call it the Bay Area Super Bowl. Very spread out. Not the greatest spot.

—– SF has like any city, a big homeless issue. Walking along just about any street there you’ll encounter those less fortunate. Even the other day along Fisherman’s Wharf. “They’re back,” one Wharf merchant said. “They moved them out for the Super Bowl, but now they’re back.” Sad.

— Opportunities missed: Didn’t get a chance to see old friend and former WMUR-TV sportscaster Frank Mallicoat, now Bay Area station KTVU-TV’s weekend morning anchor, whom yours truly enjoyed seeing years ago at various New Hampshire events. And totally spaced it on a chance to see Nashua’s Ebuka Okorie at Stanford, perhaps the nation’s best scoring freshman, had 18 points in a 66-64 home loss to Clemson and exploded for 40 points in a 95-72 home blowout of Georgia Tech. He was also at Boston College this past week, but on the same night as North-South wrestling. But media wise you would never know he exists there, as he gets more publicity nationally then he does from the Bay Area media, it seems. It was Super Bowl and Golden State Warriors, that was it. And speaking of WMUR, it was a good opportunity for current Ch. 9 sports anchor Mike Cronin out there as he spent part of his youth growing up in San Jose and was able to be on familiar ground.

This plaque honors the former site of the restaurant on Fisherman’s Wharf run by Joe and Dom DiMaggio, along with their brothers. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

—- OK, food time. If you ever make it out to SF, you have to go to Tony’s Pizza. Sure, it sounds like you’re typical corner pizza sub shop, but far from it. It’s world reknown, and absolutely tremendous, founded by 13-time World Pizza Champion Tony Gemignani. Also, Fisherman’s Wharf is big on sour dough. You can walk by one big restaurant on the wharf where diners are upstairs, but visible along the sidewalk are the bread makers molding the sour dough and the smell is intoxicating, torture if you’re hungry.

—- Didn’t hear a peep about the San Francisco Giants who, all other Major League teams, opened spring training this past week. But after the Super Bowl the local media tended to acknowledge the fact the team was going to begin camp in Arizona with a manager many are curious about, Tony Vitello, who is the first Major League manager to come directly out of the college ranks (Tennessee) with no pro experience. Can you imagine if that were to happen here? Yikes, he’d be eaten alive after the first mistake. An out-of-the-box hire for former Giants star and now baseball czar Buster Posey.

—Here’s a Patriots thought: Keep an eye on the future of Stephon Diggs. He was great in the locker room, etc. but obviously has had two incidents create news and it’s easier for the Patriots to get out of the contract. Keep an eye on this.

—- A plaque catches one’s eye along the Fisherman’s Wharf storefront/restaurant/gallery area. It honors former Red Sox player Dom DiMaggio and the site of the original Dimaggio’s Restaurant, founded by the five DiMaggio brothers and bore the name of the most famous brother, Joe, as Joe Dimaggio’s Grotto. Sadly, it’s permanently closed. It opened in 1937.

— No, we did not use a Waymo, the driverless car that is unique to San Francisco, but saw a coupe and cringed. Nor did we take a ride on SkyStar, the huge high ferris wheel on the Wharf. The Wharf changed from a Hampton type kids and souped up cars on Friday night to more of a Super Bowl type crowd with fans wearing jerseys of both teams all day Saturday into the eveining.

Here’s an example of, as the long time ago TV show was called, the Streets of San Francisco. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

— Everyone talks about having the day off the day after the Super Bowl? Well 50,000 kids in SF had Monday off. Why? San Francisco teaches went on strike for the first time in 50 years.

Happy Presidents Day Weekend. We always say after Presidents Day you blink and it’s Memorial Day. Or another Patriots Super Bowl.

Tom King may be reached at X @Telegraph_TomK, or via email at tking@nashuatelegraph.com