San Francisco

[Liar]

Me, next week. Never been before.

1. What's good places to eat?
2. What's good stuff to see?
3. Where are the hippies?

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

hollywood >

 

[islandman]

Talk to thor when he gets back from vacay.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Me, next week. Never been before.

1. What's good places to eat?
2. What's good stuff to see?
3. Where are the hippies?

1)anything sea food

2) I thought Alcatraz was pretty rad, it's similar to going on a castle tour in the EU. If you enjoy history and historical sites it's one of the coolest.

3) about 50 60 miles north of town you start running into for realz hippie land, living in the stick with 20 ft tall ganja trees, communes and everything.

 

[PoppingTom]

hollywood >

Muhahaha....

 

[Bert Notorius]

don't go. you'll leave your heart there.

and rice-a-roni.

 

[killallhippies]

3. Where are the hippies?

you a cop? what's with all the questions, huh? why don't you mind your own fucking business for once and forget about the fucking hippies. you wouldn't want to have an "accident."

 

[1sickbastard]

Me, next week. Never been before.

1. What's good places to eat?
2. What's good stuff to see?
3. Where are the hippies?

1. Stay away from the chain restaurants and ask around. Use the question, "Where would YOU go to eat for good, local, non-touristy food?" You'll get loads of great suggestions. SF is a foodie's paradise. Hard to NOT find a good place to eat.

2. Coit Tower, Fisherman's Wharf (also some good seafood, but pricey and touristy), Golden Gate Park (the Japanese Tea Garden is a must), Alamo Park, Lombard St, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Presido, also there are some pretty cool historical ships on the northern side of the wharves. If you got a car, a drive up into Marin Country is pretty cool and both Sonoma and Napa valleys are a few hours north.

3. Oregon

 

[islandman]

I seem to recall something about not being able to get a toy with your happy meal in SF.

This begs the question, why go there in the first place?

 

[Noor]

Chinatown.

Dim Sum
New Asia
772 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 391-6666

Fisherman's Wharf

Exploratorium

Ride some cable cars
Bay boat tour with or without Alcatraz

Go shopping around Union Square
If you like fabric:
Britex on Maiden Lane

Check out Golden Gate Park
Conservatory, Carrousel, Japanese Garden...

Pier 39 which may or may not have seal lions.
Venetian carrousel

http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/california/san-francisco/neighborhoods.html

I usually eat, shop, walk and visit with friends there, sometimes work trade shows. I dress in layers as I always get too hot and then too cold otherwise.

 

[Disgustipated]

Here's the deal...

Stay outside the city at a hotel that has a tram to the airport. Take BART from airport to downtown. Then take the tourist bus all around the city for $40. It allows you to do what you want on your own time because they have pickups all over the city every 20 minutes. The Pier is super fun.

 

[TonyClifton]

hollywood >

You are such a fucking dumb ass.

 

[Shagly]

Word has it that they like to shake on fault lines.

 

[Liar]

hollywood >

Yeah, no. Been there (and will go there again at the end of the week), not all that impressed.

1)anything sea food

2) I thought Alcatraz was pretty rad, it's similar to going on a castle tour in the EU. If you enjoy history and historical sites it's one of the coolest.

3) about 50 60 miles north of town you start running into for realz hippie land, living in the stick with 20 ft tall ganja trees, communes and everything.

1) Figured as much. Are the sea lions any tasty?

2) It's on my maybe list. I'm more of a stroll-at-random kind of guy. Guided tours make me want to climb walls.

3) I'll settle for hipsters then.

2. Coit Tower, Fisherman's Wharf (also some good seafood, but pricey and touristy), Golden Gate Park (the Japanese Tea Garden is a must), Alamo Park, Lombard St, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Presido, also there are some pretty cool historical ships on the northern side of the wharves. If you got a car, a drive up into Marin Country is pretty cool and both Sonoma and Napa valleys are a few hours north.

Cool. No car this time though. Maybe worth a rental, but it seems I'll be keeping busy enough in town.

Chinatown.

Dim Sum
New Asia
772 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 391-6666

Fisherman's Wharf

Exploratorium

Ride some cable cars
Bay boat tour with or without Alcatraz

Go shopping around Union Square
If you like fabric:
Britex on Maiden Lane

Check out Golden Gate Park
Conservatory, Carrousel, Japanese Garden...

Pier 39 which may or may not have seal lions.
Venetian carrousel

http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/california/san-francisco/neighborhoods.html

I usually eat, shop, walk and visit with friends there, sometimes work trade shows. I dress in layers as I always get too hot and then too cold otherwise.

Good stuff. Thanks.

Weather don't usually bother me. Looks like 55 F-ish on the forecast and sunny. That's tropical for me right now. We're at -10 F and falling...

Here's the deal...

Stay outside the city at a hotel that has a tram to the airport. Take BART from airport to downtown. Then take the tourist bus all around the city for $40. It allows you to do what you want on your own time because they have pickups all over the city every 20 minutes. The Pier is super fun.

I can spit at Union Square from my hotel. Not complaining, I'm not paying for it.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Me, next week. Never been before.

1. What's good places to eat?
2. What's good stuff to see?
3. Where are the hippies?

Palace of Fine Arts.

 

[Disgustipated]

Yeah, no. Been there (and will go there again at the end of the week), not all that impressed.

1) Figured as much. Are the sea lions any tasty?

2) It's on my maybe list. I'm more of a stroll-at-random kind of guy. Guided tours make me want to climb walls.

3) I'll settle for hipsters then.

Cool. No car this time though. Maybe worth a rental, but it seems I'll be keeping busy enough in town.

Good stuff. Thanks.

Weather don't usually bother me. Looks like 55 F-ish on the forecast and sunny. That's tropical for me right now. We're at -10 F and falling...

I can spit at Union Square from my hotel. Not complaining, I'm not paying for it.

If you're not paying for a hotel downtown, you're lucky. The rest of my post applies.

 

[Liar]

This begs the question, why go there in the first place?

A work thing on new year's day. Client meeting and a seminar. Then free time to mope around and do nothing until I go to LA on the 5th (next meeting) and to Vegas on the 6th to work the CES trade show for a week.

 

[coastal-boy]

Don't drive...walk.

You will find little holes-in-the-ground every couple steps with surprisingly great food. Stay away from anything with a chain name. You want the place that says "Eat"

 

[TonyClifton]

China Town

Shark Fin Soup is our specialty!

Buy two bowls and get the third one for free!

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

A work thing on new year's day. Client meeting and a seminar. Then free time to mope around and do nothing until I go to LA on the 5th (next meeting) and to Vegas on the 6th to work the CES trade show for a week.

Sounds like a damn good business trip.

 

[Liar]

Sounds like a damn good business trip.

I'm flying Economy from frickin' Sweden. If I didn't get those days of me-time as a bonus, I would have chained myself to a Volvo to avoid going.

 

[Liar]

Don't drive...walk.

You will find little holes-in-the-ground every couple steps with surprisingly great food. Stay away from anything with a chain name. You want the place that says "Eat"

Walknig is what I usually do. But then again I'm used to Old Europe when it comes to cities.

Any suggestion on a particular direction to point my toes?

 

[QueenLevitra]

I'm flying Economy from frickin' Sweden. If I didn't get those days of me-time as a bonus, I would have chained myself to a Volvo to avoid going.

If you can, get north of the city for a moment.

Some of the most beautiful country and best little wineries America has to offer.

 

[islandman]

A work thing on new year's day. Client meeting and a seminar. Then free time to mope around and do nothing until I go to LA on the 5th (next meeting) and to Vegas on the 6th to work the CES trade show for a week.

I did CES a few years ago when a client launched an embedded OS.

That was a crazy, crazy week of tech goodness, liquor, women and little sleep.

Enjoy!