San Francisco

How long are you going to be there and what area are you staying in?

Is c.i. around? He knows lots about SF.

If you use the internet, there are sites that can be found with insider information about restaurants, entertainment, etc. One usual haunt that I would recommend is City Lights Bookstore. You might be too young to have any idea what I'm talking aobut, but it was the famous hangout of the 50's and 60's beat generation intellectuals. Walking through the stacks, you can feel the history and creativity that has been passed down through the generations.

If you have the patience to read them, there are two long threads preceding the a2k san francisco meet of a couple of years ago. A lot of places are mentioned in those long threads. I'll be back with links.

Since there are something like a total of 1200 posts on those threads, it might be easier if you can pinpoint some of your interests..


This one gets into a picturesque tangent on bridges in general but comes back to more about San Francisco..
http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6079&start=0


http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19053&highlight=a2k+san+francisco+2004

City Lights, I was reading about it recently. The bloke that owns it is the original - he hung out with Kerouac and Ginsberg and all the beat generation types. He is a bit of a recluse apparently.

And the couple of times I've been to San Francisco I wasn't even aware it was there. I could kick myself. I don't know the city so can only go on about the usual tourist spots but I thought the parks and gardens of the city were stunning. Just a thought.

I have some favorite places that I like to visit when I'm in SF. Twin Peaks, the Haight, the Castro, Alamo Square, Golden Gate Park, Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower, take a ride on the elctric bus, take BART to the East Bay area, catch a show at the Filmore or the Warfield, just walk through the various neighborhoods, take a drive (or run if your fit) across Golden Gate Bridge at sunrise or sunset, go up to Muir Woods in Marin County, take a trip to Sonoma...I'm sure I'm forgetting plenty. One of the best things to do at sunset is go down to the end of Powel street and look at the city in the light of the setting sun...gorgeuos!

We're going back this December. I can't wait.

Thanks everyone

Wow, all this is making me want to go back for another visit.

I didn't go to the Haight because I actually lived there in the 60's. I don't want to see the changes and, from what I've heard, the touristy boutiques that have opened in, I'm sure, the same places I went to hear great jazz.