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Would September be a good time to go to San Francisco as a tourist? Cost wise i would save a ton on flights etc but generally not sure what 'tourist season' is over there. What kind of temperature would it be at that time of year? As a european not burning to death would be nice also
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September is one of the best times of year to visit in terms of weather, don't tell anyone though, it's a secret. It still might be 55 and windy but there's a better chance of really nice days (it's almost always cold at night). It rarely gets really hot and when it does it only lasts a couple days.
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Jul 20, 2009 16:07
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I noticed in some of the various twitter threads here, people say they follow businesses/restaurants that post deals as well as twitters that post local events and such. Anyone follow any twitters like these in the bay area? Is there a listing somewhere of local businesses' twitters?
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Jul 23, 2009 20:57
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I'm out in Berkeley for work until at least mid September. I'm staying near Shattuck so I'm close to the middle of some cool stuff in Berkeley, at least based on my explorations. Since there's no updated OP or anything, is there a general overview of cool music venues / museums / arts / culture type stuff that is accessible by BART (no car)? Is there a good local magazine that has a website (for example) -- similar to, say, Time Out New York?
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Jul 28, 2009 22:21
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You can get to most of the worthwhile spots in SF and the East Bay on BART. http://sfstation.com is good for event listings
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Jul 28, 2009 22:31
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Cool, thanks, that site is great. Also of interest (I forgot to say) is things like music stores (guitar type stores as well as record stores), cool vintage stores, bookstores.
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Jul 28, 2009 23:16
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Ok its been driving me crazy. I work in the financial district, right off the Mont. BART station and every so often i hear what sounds like an Air Raid siren. it is often followed by a muffled announcement, as it coming over a loud speaker. What is that? Seriously? Its been driving me crazy
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Aug 4, 2009 02:14
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BlueBayou posted:Ok its been driving me crazy. I work in the financial district, right off the Mont. BART station and every so often i hear what sounds like an Air Raid siren. it is often followed by a muffled announcement, as it coming over a loud speaker. It's the tuesday at noon siren test
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Aug 4, 2009 03:48
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Im planning a trip that includes a amtrak ride from southern California to San Francisco. Id like the train station closest to Haite-Ashbury, but theres no many options. Anyone know the best stations with the least amount of transfers?
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Aug 4, 2009 16:53
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What stops does the train offer? The Amtrak line runs up the East Bay but I know there's a bus to the Transbay terminal. The best way to get to the Haight from downtown is probably taking the N-Judah streetcar to Stanyan Street and just walk down the hill. The 6 7 and 71 are slow as poo poo. Make sure you check out Lower Haight between Divisadero and Fillmore too there's some cool stuff down there.
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Aug 4, 2009 17:27
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Elguapo posted:Im planning a trip that includes a amtrak ride from southern California to San Francisco. Id like the train station closest to Haite-Ashbury, but theres no many options. Anyone know the best stations with the least amount of transfers?
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Aug 5, 2009 11:11
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Any recommendations on where to get a suit in the city? I'm looking to get something nice but want to spend less than $1000.
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Aug 5, 2009 23:39
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Papercut posted:Any recommendations on where to get a suit in the city? I'm looking to get something nice but want to spend less than $1000. There's a place called Men's Warehouse on stockton and Market. I got a coat from them, it seems like a good place. My latest suit came from Nordstrom during their big summer sale thing
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Aug 7, 2009 02:53
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I personally wouldn't spend a grand on a rack suit but you can do well when Jos A. Bank, Brooks Brothers, Saks, Bloomingdales or maybe Barney's has a sale. There's a suit thread in W&W, maybe ask there.
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Aug 7, 2009 06:39
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I am visiting friends the last week of September this year, I will have my wife and 2.5 year old daughter in tow. My wife read some book and is going to try to drag me to all the retarded tourist spots, which ones are survivable and which ones should I fight against tooth and nail? What are the must do things for small brat children? From personal experience Farley, Fairly? sp? brothers strip club is awesome, the girls are friendly, and they let you grab their boobs for 20 bucks. Don't let the homeless guy guide you in, and you can get in cheaper since the door man won't have to give him his cut.
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Aug 7, 2009 14:56
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qirex posted:I personally wouldn't spend a grand on a rack suit but you can do well when Jos A. Bank, Brooks Brothers, Saks, Bloomingdales or maybe Barney's has a sale. Thanks!
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Aug 7, 2009 16:18
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Two part question: a) Is the Raiders game next Thursday going to be televised? b) what's the "best" (preferably East Bay) bar to watch said game? THANKS!
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Aug 7, 2009 17:23
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Baby_Hippo posted:Two part question: a) No clue but i think most of the early preseason games get put on tape delay so it might be on later that night. b) http://www.rickys.com/index.cfm That's the best sports bar I've been to in the East Bay but I'm not a Raiders fan so i dunno if there's any better bars to go to for Raiders games. Either way even if it is on TV its probably going to be dead wherever you go because its a Thursday night and the first preseason game of the season plus its at home. Most people who want to watch it that bad who are in the East Bay will just go to the game, i'm sure you could get a ticket from somewhere for 20 bucks.
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Aug 7, 2009 23:58
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Elephanthead posted:I am visiting friends the last week of September this year, I will have my wife and 2.5 year old daughter in tow. What tourist locations are you planning on? As a semi-local, I actually like the touristy crap, they're pretty much all good. Although I don't know what the big deal is with Union Square. Nothing special about it, maybe some street performers and overpriced stores. The museum of modern art is a bit lame in my opinion, but maybe I don't GET modern art. What is your driving distance? About 60-90 minutes south, there's Gilroy Gardens for the wee ones.
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Aug 11, 2009 05:45
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BlueBayou posted:Ok its been driving me crazy. I work in the financial district, right off the Mont. BART station and every so often i hear what sounds like an Air Raid siren. it is often followed by a muffled announcement, as it coming over a loud speaker. That's the emergency siren system, which they test every Tuesday at noon. There are sirens all over the city, and they go off at the same time. If they bother you now, you should have heard them before they updated them a few years ago. They used to be actual mechanical air raid sirens (they are now recordings played over loud speakers), and they were longer and louder, with no announcement at the end, so if you didn't know what it was you might actually think you were in trouble. I'm pretty sure they started life during World War II, when the possibility of an air raid on SF was real.
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Aug 13, 2009 22:55
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The old siren was way better. We also used to have the old cool foghorns that you could hear all the way across the bay.
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Aug 13, 2009 23:29
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I swear to god there is some similar fog horn thingy out in the inner richmond that drive me crazy when i am hungover on the weekends.
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Aug 13, 2009 23:30
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BlueBayou posted:I swear to god there is some similar fog horn thingy out in the inner richmond that drive me crazy when i am hungover on the weekends. There are several foghorns around the bay. And yeah, they're a lot quieter than they used to be.
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Aug 13, 2009 23:41
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Drink and Fight posted:There are several foghorns around the bay. And yeah, they're a lot quieter than they used to be. I swear it goes off like every minutes I need to pay attention to this when its not 9am on Sunday morning
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Aug 13, 2009 23:43
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BlueBayou posted:I swear it goes off like every minutes I thought you lived in Oakland?
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Aug 13, 2009 23:44
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Drink and Fight posted:I thought you lived in Oakland? Used to live in Berkeley, now live in SF
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Aug 14, 2009 00:05
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qirex posted:The old siren was way better. We also used to have the old cool foghorns that you could hear all the way across the bay. Definitely. There was one of the sirens right on top of my elementary school as a kid (which also happened to be two blocks from my house). Needless to say I was very familiar with the old sirens. The foghorns too...they used to be a nightly accompaniment to falling asleep, but now i barely ever hear them unless I'm out closer to the bay or the ocean.
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Aug 14, 2009 02:05
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Rah! posted:Definitely. There was one of the sirens right on top of my elementary school as a kid (which also happened to be two blocks from my house). Needless to say I was very familiar with the old sirens. Yeah, I miss falling asleep to the foghorns.
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Aug 14, 2009 02:49
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Alright, so where are there decent driving ranges in the city? I'm guessing GG park and the Presidio... any others?
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Aug 14, 2009 17:08
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I haven't been to any of these yet because I just moved to the Inner Richmond and have been busy looking for a job, but here's a list that includes a few ranges in the city. http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=golf+driving+range&find_loc=San+Francisco%2C+CA
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Aug 17, 2009 01:32
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robcat posted:I haven't been to any of these yet because I just moved to the Inner Richmond and have been busy looking for a job, but here's a list that includes a few ranges in the city. yay inner richmond!
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Aug 17, 2009 05:20
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Tipsy McStagger posted:Hi all SF goons... The Richmond is safe. Avoid Hunter's Point, but then again, there's nothing that would draw you down to that area (especially at night), unless you're looking for crack. The Tenderloin is full of degenerates, but as long as you're not falling-down drunk, you should be OK with two of you (but again, there's not really anything interesting in that area). For Mexican restaurants, go to the Mission District, you won't find anything in the Richmond or Sunset. For Japanese, you could try Japantown, though there are plenty of Sushi places in other neighborhoods. Anthony Bourdain (sp?) just did a segment in SF...I heard he went to a sushi place, but I haven't been able to find out which one. I'd be curious to see which restaurant it was. Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions; I've only lived here (in SF) for about a year, but I should be able to answer any questions you have...
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Aug 19, 2009 07:16
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Raw_Power posted:
He went to Sebo in Hayes Valley. For the Richmond, I'd recommend Oyaji for some Japanese food. It's my favorite spot for grilled skewers...chicken gizzards, beef tongue, mmmmmm
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Aug 19, 2009 18:33
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Raw_Power posted:I've only lived here (in SF) for about a year I hate to be "that guy" but the last sentence explains the first few paragraphs. The 'Loin has a ton of awesome food [some of the best Thai, Vietnamese and Indian in the city] and some really fun bars and clubs. A lot of Mission Mexican restaurants coast on the fact that they're in the Mission and people will happily eat spinach tortillas or vegan refried beans and brag about how "authentic" the food is. There are a ton of worthwhile Mexican places and taquerias all over the city [even in the Richmond and Sunset]. That said you can get great Mexican in the Mission too and if you ask 3 people what their favorite place in the Mission is you'll get 8 answers. I like La Cumbre and El Castillito. The only really good place in Japantown is Suzu, the ramen place on the bottom floor of the West building. For sushi there's a lot of good places in the Richmond like Okina, Sanmi and Kappou but there's good sushi almost anywhere. If you want non-sushi Japanese the best places are downtown [Katana-ya, Asuka Ramen, Muracci's, Dojima-An]. The best advice I can give to people visiting is to not eat in the Wharf or on Columbus Street and don't be afraid of smaller, funkier looking places. The best advice I can give to people who live here is to get to the opposite sides of Market, Van Ness, Geary, Fillmore and even Stanyan than you're used to regardless of where you normally hang out. For such a small city people seem perfectly happy to stay put in even tinier subsections of it.
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Aug 19, 2009 21:22
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qirex posted:For such a small city people seem perfectly happy to stay put in even tinier subsections of it. "Burlingame is far!!!" Can a native please explain this distance phenomena to me?
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Aug 20, 2009 13:03
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Kobalt posted:"Burlingame is far!!!" Unlike teenagers in the suburbs, a lot of us grew up without cars. Also the city is so densely packed with stuff that you don't need to go very far to find something interesting, again unlike the suburbs.
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Aug 20, 2009 17:02
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Kobalt posted:"Burlingame is far!!!"
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Aug 20, 2009 17:06
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qirex posted:I hate to be "that guy" but the last sentence explains the first few paragraphs. The 'Loin has a ton of awesome food [some of the best Thai, Vietnamese and Indian in the city] and some really fun bars and clubs. A lot of Mission Mexican restaurants coast on the fact that they're in the Mission and people will happily eat spinach tortillas or vegan refried beans and brag about how "authentic" the food is. There are a ton of worthwhile Mexican places and taquerias all over the city [even in the Richmond and Sunset]. That said you can get great Mexican in the Mission too and if you ask 3 people what their favorite place in the Mission is you'll get 8 answers. I like La Cumbre and El Castillito. The only really good place in Japantown is Suzu, the ramen place on the bottom floor of the West building. For sushi there's a lot of good places in the Richmond like Okina, Sanmi and Kappou but there's good sushi almost anywhere. If you want non-sushi Japanese the best places are downtown [Katana-ya, Asuka Ramen, Muracci's, Dojima-An].
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Aug 20, 2009 23:18
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qirex posted:I hate to be "that guy" but the last sentence explains the first few paragraphs. A lot of Mission Mexican restaurants coast on the fact that they're in the Mission and people will happily eat spinach tortillas or vegan refried beans and brag about how "authentic" the food is. There are a ton of worthwhile Mexican places and taquerias all over the city [even in the Richmond and Sunset]. Fair enough. But tell me where the good places are in the Sunset (seriously). I lived in Mexico for the first half of my life, and what I've found in Sunset/Richmond are pretty poor examples of 'Mexican' food. Raw_Power fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Aug 22, 2009 |
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Raw_Power posted:Fair enough. But tell me where the good places are in the Sunset (seriously). I lived in Mexico for the first half of my life, and what I've found in Sunset/Richmond are pretty poor examples of 'Mexican' food. There aren't many good places at all. There's Beach Burrito on Judah and 40-something, and around Noriega and 45th there's La Playa Taqueria. Then down Taraval and 26th there is El Burrito Express. All of their burritos are meh. The tortas are pretty good from El Beach Burrito, and La Playa has good fish tacos and breakfast menu.
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