A man climbs a set of stairs built into the sidewalk in the North Beach neighborhood in San Francisco, California May 27, 2012. Jack Kerouac and the Beat poets called the cafes and bars of the neighborhood home and many of their favorite haunts still exist. Picture taken May 27, 2012. To match story TRAVEL-SANFRANCISCO/ REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES – Tags: TRAVEL) – GM2E8681CGI01