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[quote=Anonymous]Current SF resident here, just want to comment on this portion of the former Bay Area resident's suggestions:

In San Francisco: Vesuvio bar & City Lights book store - [i]the book stores can't close fast enough - get there quick[/i]
Cable car from Union Square to the waterfront, through Chinatown -[i] pick up the cable car at Embarcadero instead - so much of a shorter line to wait[/i]
Golden Gate Park: Japanese Tea Garden, De Young art & Academy of Sciences museums. Skip the zoo. Stow Lake for another romantic row boat ride. - [i]Not sure why PP said to skip the zoo. [/i]
Museum : Palace of the Legion of Honor – French art including a Rodin’s Thinker. Nearby walking path called Land’s End is very scenic, you can also check out the Cliff House restaurant & scenic ruins of the Sutro Baths where the priest falls in a hole in Harold and Maude, this is a great three-for-1.
Haight Ashbury is all touristy now but it is close to GG Park. - [i]skip the Haight completely. it's not what it used to be even ten years ago. go to the Mission instead (24th St, not 16th St).[/i]
I hear there is a great sort of market food court at the Ferry Landing now? - [i]PP is talking about the Ferry Building - there are great restaurants in there - Slanted Door (make reservations in advance), Out the Door (limited Slanted Door menu that's takeout only), Blue Bottle, Humphry Slocumbe ice cream, Golden Gate Meat Co, etc. There's also an outdoor farmer's market - you can google the days and hours[/i]
Take boat ride from Fisherman’s Wharf/Pier 39 area – rent bikes and go over to Angel Island, or get lunch in Sausalito? The ferry type boats may be cheaper than the tour boats and scenery is just as good.
Alcatraz tix must be booked way in advance.
Walk along Marina Green area from Maritime Museum to Fort Point
Can’t help with restaurants, if you go to Berkeley make reservations at Chez Panisse, in Oakland try Bay Wolf or Lo Cocos, French laundry in Napa - [i]the restaurants PP mentioned are literally HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. Chez Panisse and French Laundry are places people go to once or twice in their lives - to propose, to celebrate a 40th wedding anniversary, etc. If you go to Oakland go to Bakesale Betty's. Here are some reasonably priced yet amazing-tasting places to eat in SF: In-n-Out, Bistro Burger, Hot Cookie (in the Castro), Bluestem, One Market, Catch (in the Castro), L'ardoise (Duboce Triangle), Town's End for brunch, Farmer Brown's (not in a great area but good food). [/i][/quote]

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