San Francisco and what to do in it

yeah - it's kinda confusing - is "denim" supposed to be the Castro?

"denim" seems to be the castro, but with corona point ("some rocks" ?) between it and, uh, European names. 20 yr olds is obv. the mission, meaning that ruined roads must be potrero and the big blue area must be the industrial zone south of there. guessing gang crossfire is sunnydale?

"Horror Film" is Western Addition/NOPAlol, no? "Going to get mugged" = Lower Haight/Fillmore? I think Fillmore is the street that splits Lower Haight.

yeah Ruined Roads, i think, is Dogpatch/Portrero

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I can't expand, cause it's marked 'private'.

That's as big as it gets... I could make a bigger version if you care.

no, it's cool. i'll press my face against my LCD!

that sheds some light!

i just roffled to '22 year olds with animal tattoos' because it is so accurate re: the mission.

yeah, city hall is placed terribly....a lot of the west side stuff is right on tho, especially 'streets upon streets of silence.'

and btw, european names is definitely the Excelsior. i used to live at the corner of Naples & Avalon, right near Edinburgh, Lisbon, etc...

I live in "City College" (Mission Terrace), right nearby.

xp - yeah, no doubt in my mind that European Names = Excelsior

WTF is this about?

god I hate cops

I'm torn between that is some serious bullshit and lol DJ culture

Shakey, you read the SF Weekly?

xpost because that is some serious bullshit, but lol DJ culture

of course I don't read the Weekly, one of my bandmates/DJ buddies twittered the article

LOL!

I do try to read Kimberly Chun in the Guardian, otherwise I no longer bother with this city's print media

I do to - I like her a lot. She wrote about me once.

what the fuck

Wow, ate there a couple of times when I was in SF.

totally feeling for hapless pizza restaurant employee. jesus.

working the graveyard shift in the TL only to get stabbed by a random crazy who just got released from jail.

Anyone else see the snowflakes falling in the financial district a few minutes ago?

heard it described as "light hail" - didn't see any myself. I'm on the 20th floor at Mission/Main

definitely saw some snowflakes. it was unmistakeable. i'm near 1st/market.

its 46 degrees in the shade in downtown right now so kinda hard to believe that it's snow.

was on the phone with a friend yesterday and she reported hail in Cow Hollow

nothing but light rain in the Mission

so it was just me and all the people in my office and the building across from us who saw it? cool, i'm so lucky.

There is snow all over the East Bay.

I saw a little snow donwtown.

i'm in SOMA and i saw hail. there was no confusing it with snow, as it bounced.

Was in North Beach/Financial district and felt a few flakes of snow/slushy rain. It did hail big blobs of hail earlier too.

when my husband dropped me at the train today, the car in front of us had snow all over its bumper and window wipers.

guess it's time to move huh guys

I didn't see any snow, and it didn't really feel that cold to me.

does anyone have any tips for santa cruz? places to eat/drink?

Sadly, Santa Cruz doesn't have any great restaurants. The Buttery Bakery has delicious pastries, sandwiches, and lunchy food (disclaimer - I worked there while I was in high school).

thanks, will cycle up there for breakfast tomorrow. so far i have had an ok shrimp taco and been to the coffee roasting place.

book an hour at Well Within if you need some r&r. pretty epic place iyam.

I'm heading down there today, coincidentally... Hope you liked it!

the buttery was pretty great! i cycled out to the marine research center afterwards. i have to work for the rest of my stay now so no spa for me : ( but if tips for dinner tonight occur to anyone then let me know.

If you're looking for dinner on the upscale (not super-pricey tho) side, I recommend Oswald, on Soquel and Pacific. It's a fairly new but superb place run by awesome people.

Now I wish I stayed down there for dinner!

the last time i was anywhere near santa cruz, i fell down this cliff and nearly died. ah, lovely times.

anyone recommend a travel agent/tour operator for a tour around san fran (and yosemite and anywhere else we should go while we're there)?

and vineyard recommendations would also be good.

What are you looking for tour wise? Like a bus thing? Or walking tours?

If you are spending the night in Napa Valley just see if your hotel has some sort deal worked out with the local wineries. We paid a bit more for the place we stayed in Yountville, but the fact that we didn't have to pay for tastings basically equalled out. The best wine we tried was actually in Yountville at Hope & Grace which has a little storefront just down from Bouchon.

Driving.

10-14 days.

Travelling from the UK.