San Francisco Ballet and Juliet" (1994); "Giselle" (1999); "Don Quixote", co-staged with former principal dancer and current choreographer in residence Yuri Possokhov (2003); and "Nutcracker" (2004). Tomasson's "Nutcracker", set in San Francisco during the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition, is notable for being the only uniquely San Francisco "Nutcracker". It features sets (including "a backdrop of San Francisco's Victorian houses known as 'painted ladies) and costumes created by, respectively, Michael Yeargan and Martin Pakledinaz, both repeat Tony Award-winning designers. Upon its premiere, "The New York Times" called Tomasson's "Nutcracker" "striking, elegant and beautiful". Today, San Francisco Ballet presents approximately 100 performances each year.
San Mateo Creek (San Francisco Bay Area) San Mateo Creek (San Francisco Bay Area) San Mateo Creek ("Spanish for": St. Matthew Creek) is a perennial stream whose watershed includes Crystal Springs Reservoir, for which it is the only natural outlet after passing Crystal Springs Dam. After discovering San Francisco Bay from Sweeney Ridge on November 4, 1769, the Portolà expedition descended what Portolà called the "Cañada de San Francisco", now San Andreas Creek (or possibly San Mateo Creek), both of which emptied into the "Laguna Grande" where the party camped (now covered by the Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir). The Laguna Grande place name is also shown on