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Re: Ask HN: What do I do with a weekend in SF?

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Post by jesseendahl »

Have breakfast in the Inner Sunset at Park Chow (http://www.yelp.com/biz/park-chow-san-francisco), then walk across the street to Golden Gate Park and go up to the observation tower at the De Young Museum (it's free, and the view is nice).

Once you are finished there, hop on the muni light rail (N-Judah line) at 9th & Irving (it's the intersection up the street from Park Chow. Take that to Powell Street, and then walk around Union Square for awhile. Once you get bored with that, go back to Powell St. station and hop on BART. Go to 24th & Mission station, and make a U-turn into El Farolito (http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-farolito-san-francisco-2), which has the best burritos ever. Believe me, I've had a lot of burritos in my life. Make sure to have the salsa verde. It has small chunks of avocado and is the most amazing salsa ever. Seriously.

Next, walk up a block or two to Valencia street and check out the shops. If you start to get tired, grab a cup of coffee at Ritual Roasters (http://www.yelp.com/biz/ritual-coffee-roasters-san-francisco...) or Four Barrel (http://www.yelp.com/biz/four-barrel-coffee-san-francisco#que...).

For dinner, go to Monk's Kettle (http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-monks-kettle-san-francisco) for amazing pairings of beer + delicious food.

Also, if you know someone with a car, check out Baker Beach (http://www.yelp.com/biz/baker-beach-san-francisco#query:bake...) for the beautiful beach and the incredible view of the Golden Gate (though beware that it is informally a nude beach).

Re: Ask HN: What do I do with a weekend in SF?

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Post by jesseendahl »

Brendan_Scully wrote: post #29
sabat wrote: post #5

SF is a unique and amazing town. Keep in mind one thing that's little-understood outside of California: San Francisco is not the same thing as the Bay Area. And when you say "San Francisco" you probably really mean the Bay Area. "The valley", proper, is around San Jose and the lower peninsula, for instance. You should explore SF first, though. It's more condensed, and easier to understand on a short trip.

Ah okay, thanks for the clarification. And thanks everyone for the help, I'm much more optimistic knowing that the community is this this helpful and supportive. Now just to cram it all into 3 days...

One more FYI: people from San Francisco rarely, if ever, refer to it as anything else but San Francisco, at least when spoken. E.g. they would not say "SF" out loud, and will never, ever, say "San Fran."

Re: Ask HN: What do I do with a weekend in SF?

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Post by endlessvoid94 »

joshu wrote: post #32
mschaecher wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Philz coffee is amazing. While randomly exploring that area of 24th St. one day I walked in there thinking it was just another coffee house....I was delighted to be treated to the best coffee I have ever had.

FYI, there is a Phillz in Palo Alto, too. I go often.

and san jose

Re: Ask HN: What do I do with a weekend in SF?

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Post by Chronos »

jesseendahl wrote: post #42
Brendan_Scully wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah okay, thanks for the clarification. And thanks everyone for the help, I'm much more optimistic knowing that the community is this this helpful and supportive. Now just to cram it all into 3 days...

One more FYI: people from San Francisco rarely, if ever, refer to it as anything else but San Francisco, at least when spoken. E.g. they would not say "SF" out loud, and will never, ever, say "San Fran."

You occasionally hear "SF" spoken aloud, especially when the city's name is being used as an adjective, but by far more common is "The City".
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