On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:40:47 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>Bill and I are going to be in San Francisco at the end of
>September/first of October for a professional conference (his). We've
>been to SF a number of times, although not for *some* time and are
>toying with the idea of adding a couple/three days on for sightseeing.
>We've done the Napa/Sonoma to death (unless there's anything new there
>in the last 10 years) and did Sausalito about 3 years ago. Anyone have
>any ideas about uber-touristy things other than the usual Chinatown,
>Alcatraz, Presidio, etc.? I'm really trying to milk this (thereby
>being OB) as most of the places we stay have spas :-D

Tour the ball park or Anchor Steam Brewery. We have a new DeYoung
Museum, a new Academy of Sciences and the Asian Art Museum is located
in the old library now. If you go to the DeYoung, you'll get free
admission to the Legion of Honor - same day ticket twofer deal. Have
you been to Angel Island? How about Coit Tower and Fort Point? Check
out a San Francisco City pass if you plan to visit the museums or the
academy of sciences (great planetarium show, price included in
admission). Of course, there's a lot of sight seeing on the other
side of the Golden Gate Bridge.
>
>Also, there was a couple of restaurants I really liked, neither of
>which name I can recall. One, IIRC, was near the Embarcardero and had
>all male waiters with long aprons - seafood comes to mind (big stretch
>in SF) and had been around forever,

Just guessing - Tadich.


>and another one was out in the bay
>and had the *most* spectacular sunset view and damned good food, also
>IIRC. (Vague, but this is the best I can recall.)
>
*In* the Bay? Do you mean on a Pier? This side of the Bay?


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