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Strolling the Lively Ferry Plaza Marketplace in San Francisco
One of the most pleasant affairs in San Francisco, the Saturday morning farmers market at the newly renovated Ferry Building Marketplace hosts the A-list of Northern California organic farms and boutique producers. Drawing up…
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Running at Bay to Breakers in San Francisco, California
Though it's now a rather organized affair with a couple dozen corporate sponsors, Bay to Breakers still features runners dressed as superheroes, scuba divers, and Mexican banditos. Or maybe just plain naked. It's a…
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Climbing Halfway to the Stars in San Francisco, California
Visitors may not realize there are actually three cable car lines in San Francisco, each with something different to offer. Two of the most scenic routes begin at the Powell and Market Street cable…
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Taking Over City Hall at the LovEvolution Festival in San Francisco
In the spirit of Berlin's Love Parade, LovEvolution, formerly LoveFest, takes over the Civic Center Plaza with dozens of floats created by San Francisco's biggest techno and dance organizations, from nightlife giants Spundae and…
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Celebrating with Bubbly at Jardiniere in San Francisco
Situated beneath a domed ceiling shaped like an upturned champagne glass jeweled with a field of twinkling lights, the circular bar at Traci des Jardins' and Pat Kuleto's swanky restaurant Jardiniere might well be…
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Feeling Lucky at the Flower Festival in San Francisco's Chinatown
A week before the Chinese New Year's holiday, the Flower and Fruit Festival takes place in San Francisco's Chinatown. Colorful banners hang above the sea of people along Grant Street from Clay to Broadway.…
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Browsing Nostalgia in San Francisco, California
What are you looking for? DIY magazines from the 60s? A century's worth of maps of California? Old cigarette ads? The history of candy? How about a 1950s book on puberty? Whether you come…
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Doing Good in an Eco-Friendly Hotel in SoMa in San Francisco
Previously a Best Western hotel, the Good Hotel in SoMa is like an IKEA showroom composed of recycled and reclaimed materials. In its lobby, you find a vending machine stocked with wallets made of…
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Grabbing a $3 Vietnamese Sandwich in the Ghetto of San Francisco
The blocks of Little Saigon in San Francisco's Tenderloin are colorful and diverse, gritty and grimy, and lively and sometimes dangerous. Pho restaurants are plentiful, as are cheap sandwich stops, but one of the…
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Finding a Hipster Haven on a Gritty Block of San Francisco, CA
It's no secret: the Phoenix Hotel is in the middle of San Francisco's Tenderloin, a seedy-but-lively neighborhood with the most eclectic (and often entertaining) mix of people, including bums and the city's poor, Vietnamese…
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Dive Bar Drinking With a Grumpy Bartender in San Francisco, CA
With its broken neon sign and dark, grimy interior, the Ha-Ra fits perfectly into the Tenderloin, the ugly stepsister of San Francisco districts. You are welcomed into the dark space by a whiff of…
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Absorbing Colorful Street Art in Clarion Alley in San Francisco
The graffiti and street art strewn on the walls of Clarion Alley, deep in the Mission District of San Francisco, calls out with its vibrant colors, eccentric iconography, and socially conscious messages. Stroll the…
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Spicing Up Your Afternoon at the Lush Lounge in San Francisco
You've come face-to-face with an oasis of green—tall, thick, luscious stems of green. It's the Bloody Mary at your table, actually—its crunchy celery stalks and zesty flavor a wake-up call on a lazy afternoon.…
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Raising the Roof at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, CA
If you only have three hours to see San Francisco, here's my advice: skip Fisherman's Wharf (lame), bypass Chinatown (crowded), and postpone the Golden Gate Bridge (freezing cold). Instead, find your way through the…
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Sipping Delicious Cocktails in a Speakeasy in San Francisco, CA
Knock on the door and whisper the password "books" to be let into this dimly lit bar that was an actual speakeasy from 1921 to 1923. Book a reservation and you can sit in…
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