Miss San Francisco's Ferry Building Marketplace & Farmers Market and you miss a multicultural feast
Musée Mécanique, San Francisco
Enjoying life at the market - San Francisco (2008)
Musée Mécanique wraps just about every wonderful bit of San Francisco into one FREE package: It’s quirky, colorful, historic, thought-provoking and incredibly entertaining.
Listen as “Laffin Sal” giggles -- she moved here from her original homes at Playland at the Beach and the Cliff House. Swing with “Susie the Can-Can Dancer” -- who will both titillate and amuse you.
Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Fort Miley is also referred to as the Point Lobos Military Reservation. A small war memorial remains, however, today the park is used primarily as a picnic site and offers some of the City's best views of Golden Gate Bridge.
Across Kerouac Alley from City Lights Bookstore remains a living historical monument to the Beat Generation: Vesuvio Cafe.
Back in the mid-fifties, the real life Dean Moriarty of Kerouac's 'On the Road' stopped at Vesuvio for a drink before heading over to Allen Ginsberg's Six Gallery poetry reading. In 2008, not much has changed.
Once a "beatnik" hangout, later a great place to catch punk bands including The Ramones and Jim Carroll, Savoy Tivoli was also the first home for the cast of Beach Blanket Babylon. Today, Savoy Tivoli is a quiet streetside bar with patio seating and an interior bar featuring pool tables as well as gorgeous Art Deco light fixtures.
One of the best spots to observe the Golden Gate Bridge from is small viewpoints on Conzelman Road. Take the last exit along Hwy 101 going south or first exit after you have crossed the bridge heading north.
The Legion of Honor, San Francisco's most beautiful museum, displays an impressive collection of 4,000 years of ancient and European art in an unforgettable setting overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. Built to commemorate Californian soldiers who died in World War I, the Legion of Honor is a beautiful Beaux-arts building located in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.
Clement Street is San Francisco's "other Chinatown" -- a thriving neighborhood in the Inner Richmond district. Here you'll find Chinese bakeries selling dim sum, produce markets, hardware/houseware stores, used bookstores, nightclubs/pubs and a jumble of fast food and fine dining establishments including: Burma Superstar, Clementine, Toy Boat Dessert Cafe, Taiwan Restaurant and Coriya Hot Pot City.