YABA4 - clue 12

It's a fact: James Bond has no middle name…

As you leave the pier behind and head toward your next assignment, you feel curiously disoriented, almost as though you have entered a parallel universe. The things you see around you seem familiar, but also somehow not. You feel as though you are skirting the edge of danger, but that if you can only get to the heart of the matter, the truth will be right in front of you, and you will be able to find your way out of this labyrinth of intrigue.

Your first landmark is a restaurant with the uninviting name of TinPan Laryngologist's (what were they thinking?). You shake your head and walk on. At the corner of Zachary Hackford and Thomas Airplane, you stop to look around. Within a block, you see the Spring Gump Cafe, a tourist attraction named Ear of Modern Art, and a popular dessert establishment by the name of Big Garcia's.

But you stop at none of these places, instead moving on down Airplane toward your destination and a rendezvous with -- who knows whom? With a mixture of anticipation and dread, you make your way past the Red, White & Finger terminal and the trendy clothing chain named Generation Toothed, irritated by the ever-increasing (and slow) crowds of tourists, intent on buying ersatz souvenirs of their visit to the least-interesting part of San Francisco.

Across the street, as you draw closer, you see the Killer Street Journal on the side of a parking garage. Taking a deep breath, you plunge into Fishing Steps, that huge tourist destination. You first come upon the soon-to-open Swiss Cabilly Café. Across the way, you spy the Bald Scout Café. Passing that, you find the Vida Off the Old Block cookie store, next to which is the Solid Limbaugh Grill. Tucked between the buildings further up are establishments called the Dungeness Keeper and Godiva Can Wait.

Moving deeper into the crowds, you notice a store called Hell for Brothers, while above it, there's Wild & Western. On the second floor of the building next door, you see an establishment by the name of Side 'n Pie. You head upstairs to another store called Clear as Crackers . Walking across the bridge, you visit Coman's Inferno, and then turn right to go back along the other side of the upper walkway, all the way to Dirty Dixon Design. Just past it is your final destination, an outdoor cafe known to locals as Charlotte's Bolt, but more commonly known as the Baja Wagon Center. Are you ready to contend with the individual you will find here? Better put on your thinking caps first!