Things to do in San Francisco?

[waks]

Some friends and I are going to San Francisco for spring break and are staying with a friend in Palo Alto. What are the things that I'd be stupid to miss out on? Also, are there any great food options around the attractions?

[steve dave]

Fantastic Fatty bait waks.

[ben ji]

Some friends and I are going to San Francisco for spring break and are staying with a friend in Palo Alto. What are the things that I'd be stupid to miss out on? Also, are there any great food options around the attractions?

I hear the men up there are GORGEOUS. Is Testy Westy going with you?

[Pete]

FYI, not EVERY guy in SF is gay.  Once bitten, twice shy my friend.

[waks]

FYI, not EVERY guy in SF is gay.  Once bitten, twice shy my friend.

Not too worried about the gays. Try anything twice, I've always said.

Some friends and I are going to San Francisco for spring break and are staying with a friend in Palo Alto. What are the things that I'd be stupid to miss out on? Also, are there any great food options around the attractions?

I hear the men up there are GORGEOUS. Is Testy Westy going with you?

Ha! Not those friends. A more cultured group of friends.

[pissclams]

Palo Friggin' Alto      it's the Lawrence of the San Francisco bay area.

[steve dave]

Palo Friggin' Alto      it's the Lawrence of the San Francisco bay area.

You just wait until Oakland gets an NBAF!

[Johnny Wichita]

In-N-Out burger. 

[ew2x4]

Eat as much crab as you can.

Fisherman's Wharf (ferry around Alkatraz, but don't waste time going to it unless you have a night time tour).

Golden Gate Park

Obviously you have to cross Golden Gate Bridge

Walk around downtown/Chinatown

Muir Woods and Stenson Beach are awesome. Great mountain driving.

For food, we only ate at dives and don't remember any names. We saved all the gourmet expensive stuff for Napa/Sonoma

[kso_FAN]

Fisherman's Wharf (ferry around Alkatraz, but don't waste time going to it unless you have a night time tour).

Alkatraz night time tour is good stuff.

[Pete]

Fisherman's Wharf (ferry around Alkatraz, but don't waste time going to it unless you have a night time tour).

Alkatraz night time tour is good stuff.

Is that a euphemism for anal sex?

[Stevesie60]

Just got back from there. Between Chinatown and Fisherman's Wharf there's an equivalent of an Italytown. Great food at any one of these places, but I highly recommend Michelangelo's. Any cafe in that area is great, too.

[fatty fat fat]

waks, you should come over.

[Testy Westy]

FYI, not EVERY guy in SF is gay.  Once bitten, twice shy my friend.

Not too worried about the gays. Try anything twice, I've always said.

Some friends and I are going to San Francisco for spring break and are staying with a friend in Palo Alto. What are the things that I'd be stupid to miss out on? Also, are there any great food options around the attractions?

I hear the men up there are GORGEOUS. Is Testy Westy going with you?

Ha! Not those friends. A more cultured group of friends.

I've been to Lawrence many times.  How am I not cultured?

[pike]

"San Francisco is more a European city, like Paris or Milan!"

[jmlynch1]

FYI, not EVERY guy in SF is gay.  Once bitten, twice shy my friend.

Not too worried about the gays. Try anything twice, I've always said.

Some friends and I are going to San Francisco for spring break and are staying with a friend in Palo Alto. What are the things that I'd be stupid to miss out on? Also, are there any great food options around the attractions?

I hear the men up there are GORGEOUS. Is Testy Westy going with you?

Ha! Not those friends. A more cultured group of friends.

I've been to Lawrence many times.  How am I not cultured?

Yeah, he can buy wine and crap.

[waks]

Palo Friggin' Alto      it's the Lawrence of the San Francisco bay area.

Anything special in particular?

FYI, not EVERY guy in SF is gay.  Once bitten, twice shy my friend.

Not too worried about the gays. Try anything twice, I've always said.

Some friends and I are going to San Francisco for spring break and are staying with a friend in Palo Alto. What are the things that I'd be stupid to miss out on? Also, are there any great food options around the attractions?

I hear the men up there are GORGEOUS. Is Testy Westy going with you?

Ha! Not those friends. A more cultured group of friends.

I've been to Lawrence many times.  How am I not cultured?

Yeah, he can buy wine and crap.

Didn't say you're not cultured, just less cultured. I mean, they live in Lawrence, you've just been there. You just don't compare.

[PandaXpanda]

San Fran is cool to visit every now and again but I can't say that I'd wanna live there. 

[AzCat]

You should probably try to catch one of the local cultural events like, for example, the Folsom Street Fair. 

[slimz]

Ride a cable car...I think they have some sort of cable car museum that seemed cool when I was a kid.  The Musee Mecanique was also cool, but I haven't been there as an adult, so I don't know how fun it would be now.

Stop by Ghirardelli.   

Watch the street performers.   

It's about an hour and a half down the coast, but Monterey has a cool aquarium and some historic sights.

[slimz]

My cooler, more elite bro just got back from a trip to San Fran.  His recs are to go to a Chinese place called R&G Lounge, try one of the many, many Thai places, and try a place in Stinson Beach (N of the GGB) called Parkside Cafe.  Says it's got good seafood.

[AzCat]

Bang easy / hot drunk chicks picked up in North Beach.  Stop by Vesuvio & Spec's while you're there so everone will know how elite / eclectic you really are.  Eat best pizza on Earch at Pizza Chicago in Palo Alto.  If you play it's worth a trip down to San Jose to check out the stuff in the vault at Guitar Showcase.  If it's still open and you ride Alice's Restaurant on Skyline in Woodside is a cool place to kill a Saturday afternoon.  I'd recommend Jade in the Tenderloin for the hot Asian chicks(?) that used to hang out there but they're closed.    

[waks]

San Fran is cool to visit every now and again but I can't say that I'd wanna live there.  

Well luckily for me, I'm not planning on living there, just visiting a friend for a week.

My cooler, more elite bro just got back from a trip to San Fran.  His recs are to go to a Chinese place called R&G Lounge, try one of the many, many Thai places, and try a place in Stinson Beach (N of the GGB) called Parkside Cafe.  Says it's got good seafood.

Thanks for the req's, slimz.

[steve dave]

Going to San Francisco and Napa in a few weeks.  Haven't been before.  Staying at the Embassy in Napa and the Westin in down town San Fran.  Going to a Giants game, doing the Anchor brewery tour then doing some bike riding wine drinking thing in Napa.  What else should we do?  Fatty, any bay area advice?

[_33]

The streets are very hilly.  Make sure to set aside some time to drive around on them.