San Francisco Travel Tips
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San Francisco has an atmosphere of genteel chic mixed with offbeat innovation and a self-effacing quality so blatantly missing from brassy New York and plastic LA. Its hilly streets provide some gorgeous glimpses of the sparkling bay and its famous bridges.
The treats of San Francisco are not just for locals. The basic pleasures of life here - wonderful food, sparkling nightlife and those glorious views - are there for everyone. Watch the white fog fill the Golden Gate as the sunset lights up the windows across the bay, and prepare to leave your heart.
Street Fest Season Kicks Off in San Francisco
It wouldn't be San Francisco if this year's start into her street fair and festival season wasn't about celebrating diversity. The 12th annual HOW WEIRD STREET FAIRE on Sunday, May 1st , ... Continue Reading »
Top Day Trips from San Francisco
San Francisco is a beautiful town, yes, but one of its charms is its close proximity to the natural rolling countryside of the central Californian coast. So for those who have had enough of ... Continue Reading »
3 Days in San Francisco: Suggested Itineraries
A lot is said about San Francisco, both by visitors and locals alike. Foreigners often dub it "the most European" city in America. W.H. Taft called it "the city that knows how," ... Continue Reading »
Tips for Visiting Alcatraz
So you're in San Francisco and you're looking to visit what the locals call “The Rock”. Anything you need to know? In short, yes. Aside from its extensive history as a military barracks, ... Continue Reading »
San Francisco Bay Cruises
Few city entrances are as grand as San Fran’s silvery Bay, and the often fog-draped 1937 Golden Gate Bridge is the waterway’s signature Art Deco crown. San Francisco’s pride and joy measures 12 miles ... Continue Reading »
Join the Food Truck Revolution!
Over the past three decades northern California has developed the arguably most diverse, progressive and ambitious dining scene in the country. As a pioneer of the New American Cuisine ... Continue Reading »
Alamo Square Park and The Painted Ladies
If you’ve ever been to San Francisco and chanced upon a day where the sun broke through the clouds and it became one of those days where you just had to get outside, you’ve probably wanted to head ... Continue Reading »
Alcatraz
I've been to Alcatraz three times now and it gets better each time. The new audio tour is real good, the quality is amazing because the voices are real former prisoners and guards, and the Parks ... Continue Reading »
Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island sits in the middle of the cold and windy San Francisco Bay, alone except for the pelicans and seagulls that chance to stop here. First used as a prison by the U.S. Army during the ... Continue Reading »
Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island sits in the middle of the cold and windy San Francisco Bay, alone except for the pelicans and seagulls that chance to stop here. First used as a prison by the U.S. Army during the ... Continue Reading »
Angel Island State Park - Ferry ride, hike, picnic and explore history!
Angel Island is a beautiful park within San Francisco Bay. Access to the island is by private boat or public ferry from San Francisco, Tiburon or Vallejo. Once on the island you can hike or ride ... Continue Reading »
citypass: the way to go!
I just got back from a 7 day trip to San Francisco. We flew in, stayed at a time-share unit in the Nob Hill/Downtown section and used only mass transit. The cable car pick up was either 1/2 block ... Continue Reading »
Fisherman's Wharf Oyster Competition
The Fisherman’s Wharf is a popular tourist destination in San Francisco and well it should be. The sea lions lazing about the pier, the sunset, the view of the bay, and of course the food: there’s a ... Continue Reading »
Go Green and Gro(o)ve in June!
Spearheading the country’s ECO conscious urban movement on so many levels it comes as no surprise that one of San Francisco’s largest and most prestigious free annual street events recently ... Continue Reading »
Great SF spots to take visitors
I always take visiting guests to three places: Mario's Bohemian Cigar Shop in North Beach (meatballs, wine); Zeitgeist on Valencia (their slogan: warm beer, cold women); and the top of Bernal Hill ... Continue Reading »
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