[LM_NET] for person seeking information about San Francisco Traveling

[jo turrentine <joturrentine@YAHOO.COM>]

  I must have deleted your request, so here it is. Sorry it is not in attachment 
form.
  Here is what i received. I many have copied some of it more than once.
   
  I think it is good information.
  Jo
   
  Golden Gate Park!
   
  You might want to add Ghirradelli Square and Fisherman's Wharf to your list. The 
Square is at one end of the Powell-Hyde Street cable car line - one of the 
turntables.  There is a Maritime Museum near there also.  If you are going to visit 
Alcatraz you will have to go to the Wharf to catch the boat. Check ahead of time 
for the Alcatraz tour, sometimes they are booked full. While you are at the Wharf 
check out Pier 39 (not the shopping part) but the sea lions.  They took over an 
area that was a boat marina.  This website will give you some other ideas.  
http://www.sftravel.com/fishgood.html I don't quite agree with the author.  I don't 
do much shopping at the wharf - salt water taffy or souvenirs.  Some days there are 
street musicians, which I sometimes enjoy.  I guess I just like the "salty, ocean" 
smell. 
   
  Golden Gate Park is wonderful. The website will give you a lot of ideas. 
http://www.sftravel.com/ggpark.html My personal favorites are the Conservatory and 
Japanese Tea Garden, if you like plants and quiet.  I would have said the science 
museums (Academy of Sciences, Aquarium, and Planetarium) in the park, but they 
appear to be under reconstruction due to earthquake damage.  There is the DeYoung 
Art Museum.  The Beach Chalet at the west end of the park is a good place to eat.  
Some days you can see para-surfers on the ocean across from the Chalet. Here is an 
interesting site about the Cable Cars. http://www.sfcablecar.com/index.html You can 
get information about the transit system in San Francisco at this site - fares, one 
or three day passes, maps etc. Don't know if you intend to drive in the City or 
take the transit.  Parking can be a pain sometimes. 
http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mrider/newriders.htm 
   
  Depending on how you plan to go to Northern California and you tastes, you might 
want to stop at a winery.  Some have tours and show the process. Most have tasting 
rooms.  They used to be free, but many (or all) charge so I would check this out.  
There is a railroad museum in Sacramento that we visited one time with our 
children.  Here is a website for it. http://www.csrmf.org/
   
  I grew up in San Francisco, but moved to Nebraska. Here are some of the places I 
like to go when I return for  visit. You might want to add Ghirradelli Square and 
Fisherman's Wharf to your list. The Square is at one end of the Powell-Hyde Street 
cable car line - one of the turntables.  There is a Maritime Museum near there 
also.  If you are going to visit Alcatraz you will have to go to the Wharf to catch 
the boat. Check ahead of time for the Alcatraz tour, sometimes they are booked 
full. While you are at the Wharf check out Pier 39 (not the shopping part) but the 
sea lions.  They took over an area that was a boat marina.  This website will give 
you some other ideas.  http://www.sftravel.com/fishgood.html I don't quite agree 
with the author.  I don't do much shopping at the wharf - salt water taffy or 
souvenirs.  Some days there are street musicians, which I sometimes enjoy.  I guess 
I just like the "salty, ocean" smell. 
   
  Golden Gate Park is wonderful. The website will give you a lot of ideas. 
http://www.sftravel.com/ggpark.html My personal favorites are the Conservatory and 
Japanese Tea Garden, if you like plants and quiet.  I would have said the science 
museums (Academy of Sciences, Aquarium, and Planetarium) in the park, but they 
appear to be under reconstruction due to earthquake damage.  There is the DeYoung 
Art Museum.  The Beach Chalet at the west end of the park is a good place to eat.  
Some days you can see para-surfers on the ocean across from the Chalet. Here is an 
interesting site about the Cable Cars. http://www.sfcablecar.com/index.html You can 
get information about the transit system in San Francisco at this site - fares, one 
or three day passes, maps etc. Don't know if you intend to drive in the City or 
take the transit.  Parking can be a pain sometimes. 
http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mrider/newriders.htm 
   
  Depending on how you plan to go to Northern California and you tastes, you might 
want to stop at a winery.  Some have tours and show the process. Most have tasting 
rooms.  They used to be free, but many (or all) charge so I would check this out.  
There is a railroad museum in Sacramento that we visited one time with our 
children.  Here is a website for it. http://www.csrmf.org/
   
   
  If you like classical music, I'd suggest a live concert by the SF Sympony.  They 
are exceptional. Perhaps a tour of the SF City Hall?  And I wouldn't miss Lombard 
ST, the crookedest avenue in SF apparently.  Have a good time.
   
  All good choices, altho' there isn't much to do in Union Square but shop.  You 
could have lunch at the St. Francis in Union Square.  If you do Alcatraz you will 
get the Bay cruise, Golden Gate Bridge thrown in.  Golden Gate Park is spectacular 
- flower conservatory, arboretum,  de Young Museum, Japanese tea gardens, etc. San 
Francisco Public Library - opened in 1996 - 7 stories of joy! City Lights 
Booksellers (Lawrence Ferlinghetti's place) Grace cathedral - largest Gothic church 
on the West coast 
   
  On your way to Haystack you could do the Sonoma Valley or Napa Valley wineries.  
The scenery this time of year is fantastic even if wine isn't your thing.   If you 
go the Sonoma route, you could stop at Glen Ellen, site of the Jack London State 
Historical Park.  You could spend the night at the Jack London Lodge and then fast 
forward to Haystack the next day.
   
  Your plan sounds good for the time you have.  I was in San Francisco for two days 
during our winter break and we did the things you mentioned, except we could not 
take the Alcatraz tour because it was sold out for the entire day (a Saturday).  So 
it's wise to reserve in advance if you really want to do it.  I wish someone had 
told us that!  There's a nice big aquarium on Fisherman's Wharf, not far from the 
Alcatraz departure pier.  Don't bother with the rest of the Wharf, it's just 
tourist junk.
   
  There used to be a Japanese restaurant right at the base of Fisherman's Wharf 
called Tokyo Sukiyaki. I was there in '63 and again in '78 and a colleague told me 
that it was there a few years ago. That being said, if it is still there it is a 
treat to visit for dinner. They have private rooms with the rice panel screens and 
doors and the female wait staff wear kimonos. I can't vouch totally for all their 
food, because on both visits I ordered the sukiyaki and so did my sister *g* It is 
delicious. The rooms have the low tables and pillows to sit on. If that is a bit 
much for anyone in your party, they do have "standard" seating. 
   
  Well doh..what am I thinking? Its still there: here is a link to some more 
information. 
   
  http://dinesite.com/info/rstrnt-302014/??&t=0 
   
   
  This next link takes you to an old postcard picture of the place back in 1958 I 
think it says. I don't remember a room quite like this. The one my sister and I had 
was a single table room, but you can see what I mean about the tables, pillows and 
walls. 
   
  http://tinyurl.com/3bh24j 
   
  I've also done the boat trip of the Bay and the boat goes under the Golden Gate 
Bridge. That might not mean much to you, but I can now say that I've traveled by 
car on and underneath by boat both the Golden Gate and the Verrazano Bridges, the 
two longest suspension bridges of their time *g* 
   
  Have fun on your trip. I think no matter what you end up doing, you will have a 
fabulous time. Bon voyage! 
   
  Susan
   



  Jo Sorrell
  Mabel School
  Zionville, NC
  Home
  Boone, NC
  joturrentine@yahoo.com

 
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