South of Market (Part 1)
I started off Day 3 (and spent most of the day, actually) in SoMa, the area south of Market Street. Historically a district packed with warehouses and gay bars, it’s now an area in transition. [Read more…]
San Francisco 2016, Day 2, Part 2
Telegraph Hill and North Beach (Part 2)
Telegraph Hill
After skirting the summit of Telegraph Hill on Day 1, I climbed to the peak on Day 2. And what a treat! [Read more…]
San Francisco 2016 Food Diary, Day 2
I started off the day with a strawberry danish at Caffè Trieste in North Beach. (It can’t always be a chocolate croissant!)
San Francisco 2016, Day 2, Part 1
North Beach (Part 1), Russian Hill, and Washington Square
I took a lovely walk through Chinatown on the way to North Beach in the morning. The borders between the 2 neighborhoods are getting very blurry. [Read more…]
Call Me “Mr. Ambassador”!
The year I became an Ambassador. A Castro Ambassador. What does that mean? It means that from May to October, about once a week, you could find me in San Francisco’s Castro District helping out visitors to the neighborhood. Armed with maps and brochures, I set up shop at the top of the stairs above the Castro station on San Francisco’s Muni system. By far, most of the [Read more…]