Friday, January 27, 2012

Uniquely San Francisco experiences?

I recently moved to San Fran and have made a pact to do one fun San Francisco thing a month while I'm here. I've already seen most of the touristy places (though I'd be of course willing to go back for something happening in one of them). For an example, I've got a film in the park, walking across the GG Bridge, NightLife at the Academy of Sciences and for the holidays, the lighting of the tree in Union Square. Littler uniquely SF things to check out are great too. I just want to make sure I don't take the city for granted while I'm here.



Thank you for the ideas!Uniquely San Francisco experiences?
Ride the cable cars

Fisherman's wharf

Explore the Casto (very SF experience)

Eat at a real Chinatown restaurant

Take in a Giants game

the Zoo

Alcatraz

Take a ferry to Sausalito or Oakland

Sunbathe at Crissy Field

New Speed boat ride in the bay.

Dinner cruise

Take BART to Berkeley

Irish Coffee at the Buena Vista (inventor)

Exploratorium

Lombard Street

Coit Tower

Barbary Coast historic sites.

Day trips to Napa or Sonoma valleys.

Drive, bike or hike up Mt. Tamalpias.Uniquely San Francisco experiences?
I love all that has been mentioned so far, but here is one that is very unique to San Francisco. It is called Friday night skate. At 9pm every Friday down by the ferry building you will see a ton of people with Rollerblades or skates. They start at the ferry building, go down the Embarkadero, to Fort Mason, though 2 tunnels and then at a Bart station, down escalators, then back to the ferry building. This skating event ends around midnight. What a sight to see.Uniquely San Francisco experiences?
visit the lusty lady, its a great high end club. you will love itUniquely San Francisco experiences?
Explore Golden Gate park on bike or foot; explore the small beach towns just north and south of the city (Stinson beach, for example)...and the drives getting there are gorgeous (although try and go during the week when the traffic to those places should be lighter); go off the beaten path to areas most tourists don't go and explore those neighborhoods.



Check out Oakland and Alameda. Both towns are quaint and there are good places to eat and explore. Also..just shorter moments like driving over the incredibly long San Mateo bridge over the bay (you should do this at least once).



If you are active (biking, hiking, etc) you could fill up a lifetime of months doing different activities as some of the best trails can be found in the area.



I was a flight attendant for years and discovered that sometimes avoiding the "tourist areas", unless it was very historical or really amazing, became my way of exploring. I usually preferred checking out the normal, local areas that didn't make it to the tourist books...and San Fran has plenty of nooks and crannies like this that you'll find and wonder why no one told you about it!



Have fun!

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