San Francisco Travel Blog

Going to the Giants World Series victory parade this morning? BART has been packed with people coming to town for the festivities since 6am, so its probably a good idea to head down to the Market St. area between Civic Center and Montgomery as soon as you can to stake a spot. Brian Wilson and Cody...

Had a few too many glasses of California chardonnay? Those fresh oysters, hot chocolate and sourdough bread not getting along inside? Need a toilet pronto? You’ve come to the best place. (The best place in Australia, however, is a hundred times as good: the Aussie federal government keeps an up...

This year’s Blog Action Day topic is water: that simple yet enigmatic life-sustaining substance that covers more than 70% of the earth’s surface. San Francisco is a city defined by water, literally. Surrounded on three sides by the salty stuff, it is the tale of the City’s fresh water...

Indian summer didn’t end in San Francisco last week like the locals feared. The hot early autumn weather has returned, and in a vain attempt to avoid the heat, your local expert has been hankering for some ice cold dairy products. If you’re on a similar quest, check out these 3 San Francisco...

If the level of San Francisco’s notoriety for queer raunch, kink, and fetish were graphed yearly, the level would spike highest the last weekend in September. That’s when the Folsom Street Fair, billed by its organizers as the “Granddaddy of all leather events” takes place. Together...

Sports not your thing? More into, say, opera? You’re in luck. This Friday, September 24th, you’ve got a chance to see one of San Francisco’s landmark buildings, and its spectacular views, without having to sit through a baseball game. Instead, you can take in a live simulcast of the...

The San Francisco Giants are in the playoff hunt for the first time in 5 years, and the local faithful have fully embraced the pennant race. If you’re a fan of the national pastime, now’s a great time to be visiting San Francisco. Courtesy flickr user eviltomthai Most every bar with a TV...

Getting around the San Francisco Bay Area can be a challenge to anyone, recently arrived or native son. If you’ve got somewhere to go that’s too far to walk, but too expensive to take a cab (and I personally am saving my cab fare for beer money…), then public transit is your last best...

Tequila aficionados, vamos aqui! Everyone else, watch out for stumblers Saturday night in South Beach, because San Francisco’s best known tequila bar, Tres Agaves, is teaming up with City-based ezine Liquor.com for the first annual Tequila Grand Tasting. The charity event, benefiting the Guardsmen,...

In the first of an irregular series, your Bay Area Local Expert profiles a Bay Area neighborhood that’s just off the beaten path. For this inaugural Neighborhood in Profile, I’ve chosen a neighborhood that really stands out, both for its character and for its accessibility. The Rockridge...