September 8th, 2009
Condé Nast Reader Travel Awards 2009
SOURCE: The Suite Life
Condé Nast Traveller has announced the winners of its annual reader survey, which covers everything one would need to know when it comes to luxury travel. Readers vote on their favorite sources, destinations and accommodations for work and play, and Condé Nast publishes the top 20 in each category. [...]
September 4th, 2009
Hipster’s Guide to San Francico’s Mission District
SOURCE: Viator Travel Blog
With his first public reading of Howl on Fillmore Street in 1955, Allen Ginsberg brought the Beat Generation to life. He, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassidy, Gary Snyder, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti left a mighty mark on The City By The Bay. And while the neighborhoods and temperament of
August 28th, 2009
Viva la Summer: San Francisco
SOURCE: Viator Travel Blog
As part of Viator’s celebration of summer 2009, we’re pointing a spotlight at top summer destinations around the world. This week’s featured destination is San Francisco. As always our first order of business: we’re pleased to honor our Viva la Summer traveler of the week. This week it’s [...]
July 30th, 2009
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge: Musings on Beauty & Death
SOURCE: Viator Travel Blog
When I was a kid I owned a book called This is San Francisco. It was essentially a child's large-format guidebook to the city, with illustrations of cable cars, sea lions, dungeness crabs, Chinatown, Willie Mays, and other highlights that, to most children and out-of-towners at least, sum up the [...]
April 29th, 2008
San Francisco International Film Fest
SOURCE: Go San Francisco Travel Blog
Castro Theatre interior photo uploaded by set3ve Looking for something to fun to do in San Francisco? The San Francisco International Film Festival runs now through May 8 and features close to 200 films and live events with more than 100 filmmakers in attendance.  The longest-running film festival in the Americas, [...]
April 16th, 2008
USS Hornet Hosts Troopfest 2008
SOURCE: Go San Francisco Travel Blog
USS Hornet photo uploaded by Kevin Coming up on Saturday, May 17, the USS Hornet will welcome Troopfest 2008 to its decks. Proceeds from the event will go towards packages to support United States troops overseas. Highlights of the event include a give hour classic rock concert played on the hangar [...]
April 14th, 2008
Free Wine Class at Goosecross Cellars
SOURCE: Go San Francisco Travel Blog
Wine tasting photo uploaded by paulaloe No visit to Northern California would be complete without tasting wine from a local vineyard. Napa and Sonoma Valleys produce some of the country’s best wine. Here, just north of San Francisco, you can tour a vineyard, taste some local wines, and relax at [...]
April 10th, 2008
Neighborhoods of San Francisco
SOURCE: Go San Francisco Travel Blog
Golden Gate Bridge photo uploaded by TimAre Last week, we wrapped up our series highlighting different neighborhoods around San Francisco. Here’s a recap in case you missed any of these article: Mission District Union Square Castro The Marina Embarcadero Pacific Heights South of Market (SoMa) Haight-Ashbury North Beach Chinatown Is there a neighborhood we’ve missed? Leave a comment and tell us which [...]
April 8th, 2008
Olympic Torch Reaches San Francisco
SOURCE: Go San Francisco Travel Blog
Olympic Torch relay in London, England Photo uploaded by unusualimage This morning around 4 am, the Olympic Torch reached San Francisco. Earlier protests in Paris and London have prompted San Francisco officials to ramp up security at San Francisco International Airport and around the city. The relay is planned for [...]
April 3rd, 2008
San Francisco Chocolate Salon
SOURCE: Go San Francisco Travel Blog
Chocolate photo uploaded by akaporn If you dream of rich chocolate souffles and dark chocolate tortes, then mark Sunday, April 13 on your calendar for the second annual San Francisco International Chocolate Salon. Highlights of the salon include chocolate tastings, demonstrations, chef and author talks, wine pairings, and more. Participants include premiere [...]
April 1st, 2008
Visiting the Mission District
SOURCE: Go San Francisco Travel Blog
Clarion Alley, The Mission, San Francisco Photo uploaded by marcella&antonio If during your travels to San Francisco, you get an overwhelming craving for a burrito, taco, empanada, enchilada, or other Latin American inspired treat, head to the Mission district, where Central American families have been making their home since the 1950s. [...]
March 27th, 2008
CA Sunset Cruise Celebrates 5 Years
SOURCE: Go San Francisco Travel Blog
Sunset Cruise in San Francisco Bay Photo uploaded by Go Card USA No trip to San Francisco would be complete without time to admire views of San Francisco Bay and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. To help visitors and locals appreciate the beauty of the Bay Area, San Francisco’s Red and [...]
March 24th, 2008
Visiting Union Square, San Francisco
SOURCE: Go San Francisco Travel Blog
Union Square photo uploaded by Peter Kaminski Union Square is San Francisco’s shopping and art center. Fine art galleries create beautiful storefronts on Geary, Post, and Sutter streets, perfect for an afternoon of window shopping, while crowds of shoppers take over stores such as Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Forever 21, Anthropologie, and [...]
March 21st, 2008
Visiting Castro
SOURCE: Go San Francisco Travel Blog
San Francisco’s Castro Theater Photo uploaded by bobster1985 San Francisco’s pride and commitment to community oozes out of every bar, restaurant, hangout, and street fair in the Castro, most well known for its accepting and liberal politics and environment. The Castro community represents the epitome of San Francisco flair from the [...]