Make sure to catch a Giants baseball game if you can - AT&T is the best park in the major leagues.
Boo. Boo. :-) It may well be the best of the newer parks though.
Fair enough :)
Ask HN: How can I experience SF and Silicon Valley in two weeks?
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#142Hit a few dive bars. Seriously. Old SF colliding with new SF.
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#143Take the nighttime tour of SF on a Segway.
Have an Irish Coffee at the famous Buena Vista where it was invented.
Take a 1AM ride on the cable car trolley thru the fog.
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#144Also be sure to visit the Hall of Heroes I think it was called. Watch a western sunset, absolutely stunning if you're from any other coast, err -the east.
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#145A historic house to visit in San Jose:
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#146Good lord, so much snark in this thread, so here's some actual suggestions if you want to enjoy yourself (note: I moved out 3.5 years ago). Get coffee at Four Barrel, Ritual, Sightglass, Blue Bottle, Philz Get tacos in the Missions at Taqueria Vallarta, Taqueria Cancun Go to Noisebridge, Sudo Room, Hacker Dojo Hike at Hawk Hill, Skeggs, Muir Woods, Mt. Tam Look up local concerts at funcheapsf.com. There's so many fan…
What time and dates do you recommend to be above the clouds on twin peaks?
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#147Wow, definitely did not expect this to blow up like this.
Thanks everyone!
OP
Re: Ask HN: How can I experience SF and Silicon Valley in two weeks?
#148Good lord, so much snark in this thread, so here's some actual suggestions if you want to enjoy yourself (note: I moved out 3.5 years ago). Get coffee at Four Barrel, Ritual, Sightglass, Blue Bottle, Philz Get tacos in the Missions at Taqueria Vallarta, Taqueria Cancun Go to Noisebridge, Sudo Room, Hacker Dojo Hike at Hawk Hill, Skeggs, Muir Woods, Mt. Tam Look up local concerts at funcheapsf.com. There's so many fan…
While the experts are chiming in: any recommendations for A). Sushi and B). Healthy Vegetarian / Wellness / Vegan / Juice Bar / Poke Bowl type spots? Thanks in advance!
The Poke Bar at the Market at 10th and Market. It's by the Twitter building... so you get to experience the tech bubble at its apex plus amazing fish :-)
If you want the opposite of tech bubble, Ninki sushi in the Sunset has half price rolls many weeknights... instead of the tech bubble bursting, you'll be the one bursting because you'll be so full (and it's so cheap!)
Re: Ask HN: How can I experience SF and Silicon Valley in two weeks?
#149Good lord, so much snark in this thread, so here's some actual suggestions if you want to enjoy yourself (note: I moved out 3.5 years ago). Get coffee at Four Barrel, Ritual, Sightglass, Blue Bottle, Philz Get tacos in the Missions at Taqueria Vallarta, Taqueria Cancun Go to Noisebridge, Sudo Room, Hacker Dojo Hike at Hawk Hill, Skeggs, Muir Woods, Mt. Tam Look up local concerts at funcheapsf.com. There's so many fan…
Thank you for this. As someone interviewing with a handful of companies in SV and considering relocating, this whole thread reenforces a whole host of misgivings I have of the area. Maybe I'm too Midwestern, but most of the comments read as a big "eff you - don't even bother." Does everyone hate it there so much? I know it isn't perfect, but what city/metro area is?
Everyone hates living here -- it's terrible! That's why people pay some of the highest housing costs in the nation. Because we all hate it!
Re: Ask HN: How can I experience SF and Silicon Valley in two weeks?
#150Good lord, so much snark in this thread, so here's some actual suggestions if you want to enjoy yourself (note: I moved out 3.5 years ago). Get coffee at Four Barrel, Ritual, Sightglass, Blue Bottle, Philz Get tacos in the Missions at Taqueria Vallarta, Taqueria Cancun Go to Noisebridge, Sudo Room, Hacker Dojo Hike at Hawk Hill, Skeggs, Muir Woods, Mt. Tam Look up local concerts at funcheapsf.com. There's so many fan…
This is a great list! If you really want the city vibe, though, you should check out non-touristy spots as well, and witness some of the insane differences between neighborhoods:
- Check out Union Street in the Marina, then compare that to the Tenderloin (there are good restaurants around Geary/Hyde)
- Go to the Creamery in Soma (tech ground zero), and then take an Uber to Market & Castro, the historical center of the gay community
- Eat amazing Asian food on Clement Street, and then decent Italian in North Beach
You might find that "SF" is actually dozens of different towns fused into one. There are a few overarching similarities, but the most striking thing to me are the differences -- even the weather is different across neighborhoods.