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Planning a trip to San Francisco?
January 14, 2007, 4:29 pm
When you travel somewhere, you want to visit some touristy places, the ones that you see on TV and everyone talks about, but you may also want to hang out in cool neighborhood and enjoy life as a local. To me being able to experience a little of the local life, that is the real experience. San... » View Article
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San francisco airshow photo gallary
December 10, 2007, 3:39 pm
Click here for more fantastic photos from the 2007 San Francisco Fleetweek airshow... » View Article
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San Francisco again grabs No. 1 spot in magazine awards
October 23, 2007, 12:15 pm
San Francisco once again took the No. 1 spot among best U.S. cities in Conde Nast Traveler magazine's annual Readers' Choice Awards. The city by the bay has topped the category for 17 of the past 18 years. (Santa Fe grabbed the slot in 1992.) New York and Charleston, S.C., took the second and... » View Article
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San Francisco's Hayes Valley a hot spot for cool design
October 22, 2007, 2:48 pm
San Francisco's hippest upscale shopping district used to be one of its seediest. In the early 90s, the Hayes Valley neighborhood was a place to avoid, home to drug dealers and prostitutes. Now, savvy residents come here for trendy boutiques and restaurants, and the biggest risk might be maxing... » View Article
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Hayes Valley: San Francisco's Coolest Hidden Neighborhood
October 18, 2007, 2:41 pm
Mention Hayes Valley to a San Francisco tourist and you'll get a look of confusion. Ask a local, however, and you'll likely spark a grin. To San Franciscans, Hayes Valley is a treasure, all the more so because it's sandwiched between two gritty zones. The up-and-coming community is thriving... » View Article
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THE CHECKLIST FOR LIVIN' RIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO
July 30, 2007, 2:28 pm
Two perfect days of wasting time by the dock of the Bay Craig's List founder Craig Newmark is Consierge.com's personal consierge with this guide to 48 hours in San Francisco.... » View Article
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Japantown Reborn: Exploring Another Side of San Francisco
July 23, 2007, 4:59 pm
The city of San Francisco is trying to give a facelift to its Japantown neighborhood, and the folks there are nervous. A much-loved tourist destination for decades and a blessing to residents eager for Japanese restaurants and groceries, Nihon-machi (the Japanese term) is just about nine square... » View Article
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Zeppelin revival over skies of San Francisco
June 25, 2007, 12:05 pm
A start-up company is planning to offer tourists rides in a 250-foot zeppelin over the San Francisco Bay, Napa Valley and the Golden Gate Bridge. Airship Ventures said Thursday that it plans to begin passenger flights in a German-made Zeppelin NT airship, to be based at NASA's Moffett Field... » View Article
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Insider's look at San Francisco
June 18, 2007, 12:29 pm
A guidebook author's tips to the city When you write a travel guidebook, friends and even casual acquaintances start asking you for recommendations. After all, you're the big travel expert; you've had to endure long, arduous weeks of staying in nice hotels and sampling great food. So, when my... » View Article
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A walking tour of the City by the Bay
June 11, 2007, 11:45 am
SAN FRANCISCO - Some people go to San Francisco for the museums, the gay culture, the restaurants, the shopping. I go to walk. Since I was a teenager, I've been an avid urban walker. It's my favorite way to see a city's buildings and people, its street life and moods. And San Francisco is one... » View Article
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Personal Journey
June 11, 2007, 11:42 am
A return to San Francisco, where she met her heart What would it be like to return to your past? To the city where you were young and fell in love? The city you haven't set foot in for 28 years? How would you feel? I wondered about that while sitting in the hotel lounge after the flight from... » View Article
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Flavors of Ferry Plaza entice foodies, celebrity chefs
June 4, 2007, 11:35 am
SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Even before it opens at 8 a.m., a devoted group of epicurean pilgrims is already arriving, wheeling knee-high cooler bags toward the produce stands that assemble every Saturday in downtown San Francisco's Ferry Plaza. They queue a dozen deep for Ziplocs of... » View Article
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Baby Beats: Free summer performance series gives kids a taste of San Francisco
May 31, 2007, 12:21 pm
As a youngster, it was always exciting when I got to go to San Francisco. My family usually went when relatives were visiting from Japan, so I pretty much had just a tourist's perspective on that city until I was in high school. For those wanting to give children more of a taste of the city by... » View Article
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Tour digs deeper into life at Alcatraz
May 21, 2007, 11:06 am
Renovation includes updated audio tour. Darwin Coon is constantly reminded of his time on Alcatraz. The former bank robber can see the notorious island prison from his front door in the city's North Beach district. Coon remembers thinking he'd never get out alive, and was among the last... » View Article
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San Francisco to host 'World's Fair of food'
May 16, 2007, 12:23 pm
In a country of drive-thru dinners and 30-minute meals, cuisine can be more fraught than haute. So advocates of the slow food movement are planning what they bill as a "World's Fair of food" next year. "The challenge, the game, truly begins here in America," said Carlo Petrini, the Italian founder... » View Article
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Yellow wheels of desire
April 30, 2007, 5:22 pm
AMERICANS love St Patrick's Day. Perhaps more than the Irish. And in San Francisco it's a very big deal. The locals wear varying shades of green, not only on St Paddy's Day, but also on the day before and the day after. Restaurants dish up green eggs for breakfast and the whole city switches to... » View Article
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A reprieve for visitors: Alcatraz gets a makeover
April 30, 2007, 11:07 am
San Francisco's notorious Alcatraz penitentiary officially unveils a spiffed-up visitor experience Monday after a $3.5 million makeover. More information on the new Alcatraz visitor center from USA... » View Article
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Growing Up in San Francisco Was a Treat, But Visiting Is Better
April 10, 2007, 2:35 pm
The city is a lovely place to spend a weekend--even for a native. My challenge has always been figuring out exactly where to leave my heart Much to my chagrin, the neighborhood I grew up in, Glen Park, was one that nobody had ever heard of. Everyone from my classmates to taxi drivers would all ask... » View Article
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Insider's tour of San Francisco's Chinatown
April 5, 2007, 6:47 pm
Beyond the dragon gates, finding the heart of the mystery It's Chinatown. You've been there and done that, strolling vaguely under the dragon gate at Grant Avenue, dawdling past the kitschy gift shops, then strolling out again, maybe not much wiser, maybe not much merrier. Me too. But this, it... » View Article
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Tourism ahoy!
April 3, 2007, 1:43 pm
So, yesterday was our first full day in San Francisco. We started it off right by heading across the street to Dottie's True Blue Cafe, which exceeded all of the glowing reviews we'd heard of it. There was a line out the door when we got there, as there always is, but it was worth the wait--we... » View Article
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San Francisco's Hayes Valley, epitome of cool
March 19, 2007, 3:10 pm
It's not scary anymore, it's so fly. This is the place to eat a cupcake off china, get a facial, learn about sake and have a nightcap at a drag bar. San Francisco — MY San Francisco neighborhood is not cool. It is sunny and cheap, but living there conveys zero hipness. So whenever I want to feel... » View Article
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San Francisco Neighborhood Guide - Golden Gate Park
March 12, 2007, 12:14 pm
What's larger than New York's Central Park, once consisted of sand dunes, is now covered with more than one million trees and is bison-friendly? Golden Gate Park -- the ultimate haven away from urban chaos -- was deeded  to the people in 1870 out of the prescient notion that San... » View Article
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Off the beaten path in San Francisco
March 12, 2007, 1:17 pm
Alleyway Tours reveal the real Chinatown SAN FRANCISCO -- Behind Chinatown's gilded storefronts, dim sum joints and souvenir shops are stories -- often unpleasant ones -- of civil rights violations, racism and public housing struggles. These are some of the tales Wendell Lin spun on a... » View Article
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10 Free Family Friendly Activities in San Francisco
March 7, 2007, 12:58 pm
Worried about how the family can vacation together without breaking the piggy bank? San Francisco abounds with things to do, places to go and sights to see, many at no charge.   1. GOLDEN GATE PARK Golden Gate Park is an oasis for outdoor enthusiasts and one full... » View Article
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San Francisco: Vivienne Westwood, from punk to plaid
March 2, 2007, 12:10 pm
By Jane Engle, Los Angeles Times March 01, 2007 Designer Vivienne Westwood, whose zips, rips and whips had a revolutionary influence on high fashion, if we may be so understated, takes center stage in a San Francisco show, its only U.S. stop after three years touring foreign capitals. The... » View Article
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Tours give visitors an insider's take on San Francisco Chinatown
February 12, 2007, 6:04 pm
By Juliana Barbassa, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Behind Chinatown's gilded storefronts, dim sum joints and souvenir shops are stories — often unpleasant ones — of civil rights violations, racism and public housing struggles. These are some of the tales Wendell Lin spun on a recent... » View Article
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San Francisco's New Heights
January 29, 2007, 3:00 pm
From Travel & Leisure  September 2005 After a stratospheric rise and precipitous tumble, the City by the Bay is reclaiming its glory days with bold design, innovative chefs, stylish boutiques, and burgeoning neighborhoods fit for hippies and hipsters alike. Lynn Yaeger... » View Article
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