Where to stay in San Francisco?

Hmm, I can't tell you a good place to stay, but I can tell you one thing you absolutely must do while you are in SF.

Eat at "The Pizza Orgasmica"

Location and some reviews: http://local.yahoo.com/info-21386286-pizza-orgasmica-san-francisco

Beyond the name, this place is a really great place to go as a couple. I would love to take someone there. But I live across the country from it. :-(

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If it's within your budget you really want to stay here:

http://www.sirfrancisdrake.com/

Check out the thread for the recent San Francisco Gathering. There was a lot of talk about hotels and other places for out of towners to stay. I'll do a quick search and if it comes up on Google, will post a link to it.

Okay, here's the link to the first gathering. It has most of the talk about hotels.

http://able2know.org/topic/6079-1

And here's a link to the second gathering.

http://able2know.org/topic/97755-1

Depending on how tolerant you are of small rooms, there are many fine cottage hotels in Union Square, the heart of downtown SF. My fiancee and I stayed at one when we first came here and it was quite conveniently located.

Cycloptichorn

I liked the Adagio, where I stayed during an a2k get together - it's on Geary, a few blocks west of Union Square.
I got a deal on it as a package with flight and hotel, via Expedia if I remember correctly.

Re another place, I hated the hotel but liked the area where I stayed when I went to a large photography show a few years ago. I'll look it up and be back with more specifics.

While I'm looking for the other one, here's a link re the Adagio -
Hotel Adagio

Here's the bed and breakfast I didn't like so much... but liked the area:
Hotel Edward II - Lombard Street and Scott Street

It's a block inland from Chestnut Street ---- ahh, Chestnut Street! (There's a Peet's Coffee place on Chestnut, and an Emporio Rulli - a terrific italian pastry/coffee place that also has luncheon fare and probably dinner as well.)

SF map -- http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

You didn't mention what -- if any -- budget constraints you might have. If money is no object, the Francis Drake is elegant and centrally located. But San Fran is studded with hotels in a gamut of price ranges. Last time there, wife and I stayed at the Best Western Civic Center on 9th St., just a couple of blocks from the Civic Center and the Museum of Asian Art. Very reasonable room rate, free parking, microwave and 'frige in the room.

Dinner recommendation: on the one evening you want to splurge, go to Harris' Restaurant, 2100 Van Ness Ave. Pricey but the best steak I've had in my entire life, and I've lived a fairly long life. It's apparently a well-kept secret because we dropped in on the spur of the moment, no reservations, and didn't even have to wait in line.

My dear MA, You say you've had a "fairly long life?" LOL You made my day!

He's baaaaaaaaaack.

So happy to have pleased you, ci, old-timer. How was Bhutan?