San Francisco things to do and see

Posted on August 15, 2006 | Category: Travels

In view of my forthcoming trip to San Francisco, I’m building up a list of things to see an do. If you have any suggestions, please make them.

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3 Responses to “San Francisco things to do and see”

1. Arnaud H Says:
   August 16th, 2006 at 10:14 am

   La carte Google ne rend pas très bien dans mon navigateur, donc je ne vois pas tout ce que tu y as listé. Permez-moi donc d’ajouter quelques suggestions :
   - Treasure Island le soir, pour une vue unique sur la ville
   - Potrero Hill, pour se balader dans un quartier sans touristes avec des cafés sympas et une belle vue sur la ville.
   - Mission District, pour y manger mexicain (Taqueria Cancun, Puerto Allegre, La Quinta…) et y acheter des t-shirts branchouilles.
   - Brunch chic à Top of the Mark sur Nob Hill, pour une vue unique sur la ville.
   - Cafés et apéros à North Beach (Tosca, Vesuvio’s, Cafe Trieste…)
   - Shopping bouffe au Ferry Building, sur Embaracadero.
   - Dîner chic à Bix.
   - Balade aux sommets de Twin Peaks, Bernal Heights et/ou Mt. Davidson pour les vues.

2. Pascal Says:
   August 16th, 2006 at 1:04 pm

   Sans doute que comme moi tu utilises Safari (IE et Firefox semblent afficher la liste deroulante correctement – Grr!).
   Arnaud, merci pour toutes ces suggestions. Etant donne que je vais a SF avant tout pour le travail, je pense que le temps me fera defaut – il va falloir que j’organise tous ces lieux de facon a en (re)voir un maximum en un minimum de temps.
   En tout cas, merci encore.

3. cpr Says:
   August 17th, 2006 at 7:35 pm

   Since you’ll be on Lombard, walk one block (parallel) over to Chestnut for a nicer street and you’ll have better restaurants; or walk up a few blocks up the other direction to Union (also parallel) for more cute shops and better restaurants in the Marina/Cow Hollow area. Other than the very short “curvy” part of Lombard to see, there is not much on Lombard that I can think of to see. For a nice beach visit in SF, visit Ocean Beach at sunset. But bring a coat. Take the N Judah train down. Have a reaonably decent dinner at Beach Chalet. Take the train back downtown. Get some new jeans at the Levi’s flagship store at Union Square, custom made just for yourself. Or go try some Vietnamese or other Asian food on Clement or Yummy Yummy (Vietnamese) on Irving. While visiting the Botanical Gardens in GGP you could stop by Yummy Yummy for a quick and cheap lunch (catch the N Judah and walk down a block or so to Irving.) Be warned if you’re attempting to drive or park your car at/near Berkeley campus– it’s difficult to find a spot and very expensive if you park in a lot. Visit Belden Place (a street) for a small French quarter with a few restaurants (Plouf, Cafe Bastille..). And walk up the street to Cafe de la Press and you’ll see the entrance to Chinatown. Walk around Grant Ave, Stockton. Chinatown is kind of fun to shop for silk things and linens and cookware. But you must be able to and be comfortable to bargain for anything electronic, antiques, jewelry, etc.. Be warned the prices are seriously jacked up! .. Have Afternoon/High Tea at the Ritz Carlton (make reservation). For a beer, stop at the Irish Bank. Take the cable car up and down Bay, and/or up and down California (for instance to get to the Ritz for teatime). There are a lot of great new shops and also a farmers market down at the Ferry Building (Beard Papas, Miette, ..) Go to the theatre district to take in performance at like the Curran Theatre (on Geary St.); There are of course a million excellent restaurants for fine dining in SF. Limon, 1550 Hyde, La Folie, Jardiniere, One Market, Michael Mina, Boulevard (a nice post theatre place, but far from the district), Foreign Cinema, Jeanty at Jack’s, Zuni Cafe, Slanted Door..Probably most of these need reservations. ) Go to here http://www.sfgate.com/food/ to find reviews of restaurants. Or here http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/ for calenders or things to do. Here, there is also this: http://onlyinsanfrancisco.com/ . If you make it to Marin County (where you’ll end up if you come to Sausalito, or to the vista point on the North end of GGB), you can visit http://www.visitmarin.org/ for ideas. If you come even more North, visit http://www.sonoma.com/ and to see some pix of S.C. see http://www.flickr.com/groups/sonomacounty/ . Oh, I like to take people to the Legion of Honour (art museum), which has a very nice display going on right now and I think thru september (Monet I think), and is also on the Coast so you have beautiful view of GGB and the sea. It’s lovely. Nice place for a run, if you’re into that sort of thing. I would take a moment to stop into the Metreon Centre if you’ll be at the MOMA. Watch yourself on Mission Street. If you want to club/dancing, you go to “south of market”. But you do need to be careful, especially at night. I’m not a big fan of Market Street anymore, it’s now kind of dirty, smelly, and too many street people who are constantly accosting you. But they do have some old vintage streetcars from around the world which are neet to see and to ride. You can catch all metro trains from here, and BART (to east bay, etc..). You could visit Pier 39 and Fisherman’s Wharf to say you did, but honestly they are quite touristy. But, if you’d never been here before it’s probably got to be done! :) I haven’t really found a restaurant, except maybe Waterfront that is very good. I would wait for an early dinner and walk or take a cab to Boulevard. Mmmm. You could catch a SF Giants baseball game (if they’re still playing– i don’t know!) at the park, it’s right there. You take the metro train right to the main gate. You could take a short ferry ride to Angel Island from the wharf, for a picnic and a small hike. There are great views 360 and you can rent a bike there. Well it’s late and that’s all I can think of right now. Hope you have a great work/leisure trip!

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