Xmas trip!

[jinian]

hattifattener's sister has to stay in San Francisco over the holidays this year or they'll make her pay out-of-state tuition, so we're going to go visit her and her partner during winter break. I've never been to SF before. What should I do? What should I see?

Tuesday, December 19
Flight: 4128
Depart: 1:00 PM SEA
Arrive: 3:08 PM SFO

Sunday, December 24
Flight: 4215
Depart: 10:05 AM SFO
Arrive: 12:14 PM SEA

Comments

[rubricity.livejournal.com]

What should I do? What should I see?

You should take the answers and make a little children's book like rhyme for it. :)

If you're up for it, you should walk across the golden gate bridge. (But maybe arrange a ride for the way back.)

[elynne.livejournal.com]

Yah, that's kind of a hike... when I was young and spry, I only managed halfway across the bridge. In my defense, I'd previously walked all the way across SF, from Embarcadero *to* halfway across the Golden Gate...

Things to see:
* M5! It's in South San Francisco; let me know if you want to know where exactly it is... I've researched it for my next trip. ;)
* Golden Gate Park, and the various museums there, especially the Natural History Museum (I can't remember the name offhand), which is huge, has a large aquarium, and can take an entire day all on its own. And you can look for the buffalo - I was never able to find them, but I'm assured that there really is a herd of them in the park somewhere. :) Also the Tea Gardens, which are lovely.
* the Embarcadero Arcology - it's kind of scary, but it's also fascinating to see a structure with shopping complexes, offices, theatres, apartments, gyms, and everything else you can think of for basic survival all in a single series of connected buildings. You can live your entire life there and never touch the street.
* Lombard Street It's a very curvy street, on a very steep hill, in a very rich neighborhood. Ta-daa.
* the Exploratorium I think it's closed, actually. :(
* the zoo It pales dimly in comparison to the Seattle zoo.

That's all I can think of at the moment, but there's much and lots more. :)

[oyceter]

You should call me so I can visit you! Probably some weeknight before the 22nd, since that's when my sister gets here.

Fun things that I like to do: go to the Ferry Building to ogle at all the expensive foodstuffs and snurch delicious samples. Go to the nifty sf/f bookstore with the hairless cat and have Ethiopian (next door) and check out the pirate store (also next door). Go eat at the really cheap sushi place on Church and 16th, except I can't remember what it's called =(.

Oh yeah, and there's the normal tourist stuff: Coit Tower and Lombard St., Alcatraz, Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge, Ghiradelli Sq. and etc. I, um, can't actually say if most of them are worth going to or not, since I haven't been to half of them, but I do secretly like wandering around the wharf and eating tons of clam chowder samples and listening to sea lions bark.

[hattifattener]

I'm all about seeing the normal tourist stuff inter alia. Plus bookstore.

do you like sushi?

[coyote-mama.livejournal.com]

"No Name Sushi" (Yokoso Nippon) on Church, near Market. At 15th st, I
think.

tiny, crowded, cramped, cheap, TASTY.

(it's known as "no name sushi" because they took down their sign, because
they were getting way too popular)

I was last there in 2002. Hope it's still there, because it's worth checking
out. :)

Re: do you like sushi?

[coyote-mama.livejournal.com]

ha, and then I go back and re-read the other comments, and this is totally the place that oyceter is talking about.