My wife is traveling to the Bay area for work and decided to take her Mom.
They will be there Friday through Sunday, what are the must sees
She did not like my ideas; Needle / fecal matter scavenger hunt Homeless tag Pin the MAGA hat of the snowflake
March 22, 2018, 08:28 PM
Bigboreshooter
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San Fran weekend of 04/8 what to do
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March 22, 2018, 08:35 PM
Scoutmaster
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Originally posted by dewhorse: My wife is traveling to the Bay area for work and decided to take her Mom.
They will be there Friday through Sunday, what are the must sees
She did not like my ideas; Needle / fecal matter scavenger hunt Homeless tag Pin the MAGA hat of the snowflake
I understand there is a San Francisco poop map that might show where to go, or not go, depending on your scavenger hunt.
Maybe Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge, somewhere along the Pacific coast. But there are some forum members closer than I am who would have better suggestions.
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March 22, 2018, 08:54 PM
berto
Really depends on what they're interested in seeing and doing and how much they want to spend and how mobile they are. There's shopping and museums and food. Fishermans Wharf and Pier 39 are tourist traps and not worth seeing. Alcatraz is cool but requires advance reservations. Beyond that give me a little more to work with and I'll try to offer up some suggestions.
The needle and poop hunt is too easy because they're everywhere.
March 22, 2018, 09:03 PM
Rey HRH
If it's their first time, it's always worth taking the city bus tour in any city I've never been to. It gives you ideas of where you want to go back for a deeper dive.
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March 22, 2018, 09:11 PM
ElToro
They like museums ? Palace of fine arts and SF Museum or Modern Art (MoMA) are very cool. They like science ? The new Steinhart Aquarium is amazing and the exploratorium are cool. What’s their budget for restaraunts ? There’s Michelin Star restaraunts available all the way down food trucks. Is there an age range we’re dealing with ? Do They like walking up hills?.
Good news is Über, Lyft and taxis are all very reliable and easy to get pretty much anywhere in the city.
March 22, 2018, 09:12 PM
Rey HRH
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Originally posted by dewhorse: My wife is traveling to the Bay area for work and decided to take her Mom.
Sent you an email.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
March 22, 2018, 09:13 PM
Sigmund
Are you talking must sees for them? You alone? Or you with them? Other can advise you on where to go/not go or letting those two go alone.
If you can get some solo time, this is the only restored Nike missile site.
When you get here, do the following: Pack up and get the fuck out. Sigforum talks a lot of shit about San Francisco, but it's really going downhill this year.
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March 22, 2018, 10:31 PM
mark_a
There are some really cool restaurant crawls... My wife and a group of her teacher friend's spend a long weekend out there every summer
March 22, 2018, 11:08 PM
Sig Sauer Kraut
AT&T Park if the giants are in town. I don’t like the giants, but their Park is great.
March 22, 2018, 11:25 PM
konata88
The diversity of dining choices is good. As mentioned above, some decent museums (but I don't care for MOMA or modern art in general - I just don't get it).
If the weather is nice, strolling on the path on Crissy Field beach is okay (albeit a little crowded at times). Crissy Field / Yacht club to Fort Point and back.
Walt Disney Museum?
Dim Sum at Yank Sing?
I'm drawing a blank. Been to that area too much lately and really hate it. Really depends on their ages and interests.
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Thank you, she and my mil will have a car and budget is lower upper.....nothing silly but willing to pay for good for and/or experinces
March 23, 2018, 06:20 PM
tatortodd
I found most of the tourist traps I had seen on TV to be boring and anti-climatic (eg Fisherman’s wharf, China town, Ghirardelli Square, etc). Lombard Street was the exception.
What I found exceptionally cool was riding in a rickshaw along the water, catching a baseball game (rabid baseball fans not a bunch of snowflakes) and riding a trolley back to the hotel. Also, I used the Eater Essential 38 list (foodie website with 3x or 4x per year recommendation updates for dining at all different genres and price points) and had some exceptional meals.
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March 23, 2018, 10:41 PM
dsmack
If they like well prepared, delicious seafood: Tadich Grill, 240 California St. in the Financial District of downtown SF.
The best seafood in the City... been doing it for something like 160 years!
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March 23, 2018, 10:53 PM
scratchy
Taking a dump in Pelosi's yard comes to mind. Chinatown is great if you've never been there. Santa Cruz is pretty cool too.
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March 23, 2018, 10:56 PM
aileron
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Dim Sum at Yank Sing?
^^^^ I try to avoid San Francisco, but if I must be there I *never* miss an outing to Yank Sing on Stevenson. A drive over to Half Moon Bay could be nice depending upon the coastal weather.This message has been edited. Last edited by: aileron,
March 24, 2018, 08:30 AM
Suppressed
If I were to visit that area again, I would get out of the city and go a little bit north.
