If you need urgent support, call 999 or go to your nearest A&E. To contact our Crisis Messenger (open 24/7) text THEMIX to 85258.
Options
#If you're going to San Francisco...#
Kimono
Posts: 201 Trailblazer
Sing along with me: #Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair#
Now that I've got that song in your head for the rest of the day, please could you give me some advice on great bars, shops and restaurants to go if you've been to SF? Especially around the Castro district as that's where I'll be staying...
I hear there's a tattooist/coffee shop somewhere there which sounds like my idea of heaven. If you can confirm that this isn't a myth, please let me know.
Also, has anyone been to Oakland/Berkley?
Ta.
Now that I've got that song in your head for the rest of the day, please could you give me some advice on great bars, shops and restaurants to go if you've been to SF? Especially around the Castro district as that's where I'll be staying...
I hear there's a tattooist/coffee shop somewhere there which sounds like my idea of heaven. If you can confirm that this isn't a myth, please let me know.
Also, has anyone been to Oakland/Berkley?
Ta.
Post edited by JustV on
0
Comments
Corner of castro and market or something?
have fun!
:rolleyes:
Sadly, as such comments prove, homophobia exists.
A friend of mine from uni spent a year in Berkeley and from what he has told me it is full of freaks (fruitarians etc).
#Be sure to bring a sense of irony#
You may not have noticed, but this is the internet. Bulletin boards don't carry 'irony' (are you sure that's what you meant?), sarcasm or any other kind of subtle nuance very well. It just came across as homophobic. That kind of comment has the potential to get you banned, whether you intend it to be 'ironic' or not.
Are you staying in a hotel? If your looking for a hostel I *highly* recommend the Green Tortoise hostel (I think that's it, might be green turtle) because its probably the best hostel I've ever stayed in.
You get free bagels every morning, free coffee and tea throughout the day. Three times a week there are free communal dinners and they ask guests to chip in and help cook.
The common room is great with a piano and guitars and the atmosphere was amazing...oh and you can smoke in there (the common room) which in California is a huge fucking plus if your a smoker and they don't care about weed...we had bongs out and everything.
As for the rest of SF
Telegraph avenue in Berkley is a must, very cool hippy street. Think it was scene of student riots in the 60s.
Ameoba records is another must! Give yourself some time in there because you wont be able to tear yourself away.
Would definitley reccomend Alcatraz.
You can hire bikes near where the ferry leaves for alcatraz and cycle over the golden gate bridge to this gorgeous little town on the other side. Fucking amazing!
Other people have pointed out some of the other more obvious stuff like the windy road. Try just having a wander because there are a lot of cool cafe's and art galleries that you can spend hours hopping to and from.
Oh and check out what gigs are going on because there are some great venues.
Jon UK - thanks loads for the tips about Berkley, I'll definitely take some time out to go to Amoeba Records. I was wondering about whether it would be worth heading out that way (I've heard mixed things about Oakland/Berkley) but as it's pretty much the birthplace of certain bands and music I've listened to since my teens, I guess it would be a sin not to pay homage.
I think its worth it and the underground system (forget what its called) makes getting to either of them pretty easy. Can't have taken more than 30 mins of so from central SF
*Quivers with excitement*
Is there anything that San Francisco doesn't have that's been missing in my life?
I've heard about the 'street entertaiment' - wonder if I'll see the Bushman?