Yeah, that's the big hotels and if you're not going that route or just simply don't care, don't bother. Alex in SF's recommendations are correct.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 February 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
Muir Woods now requires parking and shuttle reservations so if you were planning on going there you'll want to reserve your spot sooner than later.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
Not positive we're going to Muir Woods, though I think we're going to take a bike tour, so that might be on the menu. The only thing for sure we have figured out (we will be making our way down the coast, more or less, beginning in Eureka through Mendocino and the Sonoma Valley) is a night tour of Alcatraz, which will sell out but which doesn't go on sale until 90 days beforehand.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:48 (six years ago) link
We got a great deal at a boutique hotel near Market & 5th when we went back in 2016. It worked well, since it's pretty easy to get around. I recommend dinner at Nopa and getting the cioppino at Sotto Mare (not typically a seafood guy, but I loved it).
Alcatraz tour was way more fun than I expected, but make sure to book it ahead - we missed the window for getting the night tour, which would've been even cooler.
We did a day trip that started out in the morning at Muir Woods then up to Napa/Sonoma for a winery tour. Thought it worked nicely.
Other things we enjoyed:walking the Sutro Baths "ruins"SFMoMAgetting Pliny the Elder on tapCoit TowerDe Young museumAmoebea/Rasputin for record shoppingwalking by the old Aquarius locations to see the sign and weep silentlyCity Lights bookstore
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
oops, clearly Aquarius "location"
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:04 (six years ago) link
oh, if you go to Nopa for dinner, follow up with pies at Chile Pies Baking Co. great pies
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:15 (six years ago) link
As touristy as north beach is, Specs and Vesuvio's are both pretty great bars.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 1 February 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
Alcatraz is indeed worth it.
I think we're going to take a bike tour
How many miles have you got in you? There's a lot of fantastic choices.
Short: Bike across GG Bridge to Tiburon ferry dock, take ferry back (if you go in the reverse direction, there's ~250ft climb up to the bridge)Pretty long: Bike to Muir Beach and backAs long as you'd like: Bike north through Marin and Sonoma, take SMART train back (various options to get back from San Rafael)
And of course you can go east (but hot in July) or south (Hwy 1 to Santa Cruz) too.
― fajita seas, Thursday, 1 February 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
if you find yourself in north beach tony geminani's pizza slice joint (by stockton and filbert iirc) is pretty stellar and a nice little walk to/from coit tower. also, land's end (where geary street ends at the beach), i think that's the same as the sutro bath ruins, is really nice on a warm day. and Swan's is always the bomb (cash only) for oysters, house cured salmon and other fishy delights
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 1 February 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
Yesterday Kate and I were at this new spot in Chinatown before a reading at City Lights:
https://chinalivesf.com/
Very self-consciously higher end than a lot of what is around it. The layout's nice and the food was excellent, so there's that.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 February 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
Since you're starting in Eureka go to Humboldt Redwood State Park on your way south. After that, no need to go to Muir Woods.
Last time we were in the Eureka area we stayed in Trinidad, about 10 miles north of Eureka. They have a great little coastal community. Highly recommended if you want to get away from it all.
― that's not my post, Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
the new joint across from nopa, barvale, is p good.
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
All these recommendations have been great, thanks! Keep 'em coming!
Re: the bike tour, we have pretty much a whole Saturday open, and it seems like a lot of the operators offer all sorts of options, which is great. And they promise it doesn't have to be an ordeal, if we don't want it to be.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
We got a great deal at a boutique hotel near Market & 5th when we went back in 2016.
Do you remember what is was called? Maybe Hotel Zetta?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 February 2018 21:16 (six years ago) link
Yep! That was it exactly!
Super friendly place, clean, good service. Bar and lounge downstairs, but to be honest we were so busy exploring the city that we p much just crashed in our rooms every night when we got back.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 1 February 2018 21:17 (six years ago) link
Seconding. We were there the other week, great cocktails, good food.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 February 2018 21:20 (six years ago) link
Thanks for all the ongoing recommendations. We just booked an airbnb ("Victorian garden suite"!) in NoPA, so that part is done. Next step is filling in time slots as we creep closer to the (late July) date.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 03:36 (six years ago) link
lots of stuff to do in san francisco lately
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-people-are-leaving-san-francisco-2018-3
― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 04:02 (six years ago) link
We are playing Thursday at the Elbo Room;https://www.facebook.com/events/1561835020558986??ti=ia
― DJI, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 15:19 (six years ago) link
dammit i live a block away and i'm stuck down the peninsula tonight
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 8 March 2018 15:43 (six years ago) link
Hello people what’s good to eat around the TL. Will travel just looking 4 tips. Maybe in the 2-3 dollar sign range
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 15 April 2018 23:01 (six years ago) link
There's always Del Taco.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 April 2018 00:46 (six years ago) link
More seriously -- this spot's recently opened, a half block from the Great American Music Hall, and was damn delicious. Was just there last night.
https://esanclassic.com/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 April 2018 00:47 (six years ago) link
TL tends to excel at the one dollar sign cuisine, like Shalimar, Turtle Tower or Saigon Sandwiches. But I bet Ned's pick is good.
― fajita seas, Monday, 16 April 2018 01:49 (six years ago) link
I am also more than down for one $ sign. 2-3 was more of a ceiling. Thank you!!
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 16 April 2018 01:57 (six years ago) link
here's a thing to do in San Franciscohttps://c1.staticflickr.com/1/979/41848078352_986da54df9.jpg
― Οὖτις, Friday, 4 May 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
Are they leaving on a rocket
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
shakey always has the best designs
― akm, Friday, 4 May 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
awesome poster
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2018 22:41 (five years ago) link
So I'm doing a thing next weekend to raise money for the Great Slate, which also features excellent house music (hooray for Dav1d S1ska.)
Tickets are here or Facebook if you want me to spam you with DJ mixes and candidate interviews in the runup.
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Friday, 4 May 2018 23:58 (five years ago) link
"You do not have permission for this event."??
― DJI, Saturday, 5 May 2018 00:02 (five years ago) link
which one? the Facebook or the Eventbrite?
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Saturday, 5 May 2018 04:38 (five years ago) link
Eventbrite
― DJI, Saturday, 5 May 2018 06:05 (five years ago) link
That's awesome. We've been donating to the Great Slate as well.
― fajita seas, Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
thanks, real Eventbrite
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Saturday, 5 May 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
:( RIP Rene Yanez https://missionlocal.org/2018/05/rene-yanez-mission-icon-dies-at-75/
dude figured v large in this book I finished a couple months ago (http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15634.html)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 May 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
RIP, Rene. I never knew about his diagnosis. Saw him a few times at art events the last month or so and he was still engaging with the community and encouraging young artists. What a legacy. Gomez Pena wrote a beautiful letter to him that was getting shared around Facebook.
― Fetchboy, Friday, 1 June 2018 04:51 (five years ago) link
Home was broken into today.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Friday, 22 June 2018 04:07 (five years ago) link
I was thinking about getting a PS4 this week so at least I dodged a bullet there.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Friday, 22 June 2018 04:17 (five years ago) link
That book looks amazing.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 22 June 2018 04:20 (five years ago) link
xpost Yikes. Lose anything?
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 June 2018 04:35 (five years ago) link
Yes, they went straight for my Mac.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Friday, 22 June 2018 04:36 (five years ago) link
Scrambling now because I tried to do that Locate My Mac thing, forgot my iCloud credentials, then requested a reset, and saw that it sent the request straight to my stolen Mac.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Friday, 22 June 2018 04:38 (five years ago) link
Oh god that sucks
― El Tomboto, Friday, 22 June 2018 05:38 (five years ago) link
Never have to reset your Apple ID password
― El Tomboto, Friday, 22 June 2018 05:39 (five years ago) link
sorry to hear about this, I've had the same experience and remember how if feels
― Dan S, Friday, 22 June 2018 07:02 (five years ago) link
...it* feels
― Dan S, Friday, 22 June 2018 07:04 (five years ago) link
They took my sheets and bath towels too! So I've got the expected sense of violation, plus I have to deal with my germophobia and just the leeriness of even touching my stuff, which I now know they toggled through.
― Martin Landau Ballet (Leee), Friday, 22 June 2018 07:48 (five years ago) link
Rifled through, not toggled
OK, our visit is in a few weeks. Doing some A+ tourist stuff, like Alcatraz night tour and a long bike tour, plus dinner at Nopa. Looking for a good Sunday night dinner suggestion, though. Any good ideas? I figure staples like burritos and the like we can fit in anywhere, and staples at the other end (like State Bird Provisions) I worry might be booked up already.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 7 July 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link