&lt;img src=&quot;http://sfreporter.com/santafe/imgs/media.images/2964/09.15.10 Parks cover.t2.jpg&quot; /&gt;SFR takes the pulse of the city&amp;rsquo;s parks and playgrounds. The Saturday of Labor Day weekend was sublime. Clear blue skies, a gentle breeze and songbirds&amp;rsquo; lazy trills provided an exuberant farewell to summer. It was the kind of day that begged for picnics, walks by the river, Frisbee, freeze tag, naps in the grass&amp;mdash;the kind of day that should have filled every last park with shrieking kids competing desperately for a turn on the slide.