Japantown is not to be missed on any trip to San Francisco. (Recommended by Jessica of A Passion & A Passport) Photo courtesy of ©2010 Scott Chernis Photography & SF Travel Kitchy Japanese Culture in Japantown You can get to it by walking around the west side of the yacht harbor and past the yacht club to the jetty point. Tips for Visiting: The Wave Organ is a public sculpture and is “open” all the time. Note that the organ performs best at high tide. Though this features is what brings most people here, it is also a spectacular spot for a picnic or to folic in the shallow waters while enjoying a close view of the Golden Gate Bridge. More than twenty pipes situated in the bay provide a unique symphony of natural music. Located directly across from the Marina Green near the Golden Gate Yacht Club, this waterside park was originally part of the Exploratorium, SF’s hand’s on science museum. (Recommended by Carole of Berkeley and Beyond) Tips for Visiting: City Lights and Vesuvio are located on Broadway in the North Beach neighborhood. Have a beer, read your book and spend some time checking out the art on the walls. The saloon itself was established in 1948 and was the chief watering hole for Neal Cassady, Dean Moriarty, Jack Kerouac and other Beats. On your way over there, you’ll pass Kerouac alley, where there are literary sayings embedded into the pavement. Wander around, buy a book and then go upstairs to the light filled poetry room and settle into a cushy chair for a good read.Īlternatively, if you are thirsty you can take your book next door to the Vesuvio bar. The store still gives space to ideas that are outside of the mainstream with a poetry room and an eclectic collection of staff pics. They gave voice to the Beat Poet movement and the store is a touchstone for San Francisco’s ongoing counter culture. It’s an SF institution founded in 1953 as a bookstore and performance venue. One of the best for literary lovers is North Beach.Ĭity Lights is the most famous bookstore in San Francisco. Pick one and you can kill an afternoon just hanging out and soaking up the vibes. San Francisco is a city of great neighborhoods. City Lights Bookstore & Vesuvio Bar in North Beach “San Francisco is a city of startling events” – Mark Twain Chillaxin’ in the poetry reading room a City Lights Bookstore. Sure, go to Pier 39 or ride a cable car or whatever, but if you want a true taste of the city, then make time for some of these cool things to do in San Francisco. The city is open, liberal, creative, sexy…and kinda weird. Starting with the gold rush through the civil rights movement and into the dotcom boom, successive waves of hopeful newcomers full of ideas and itching for a better future have infused the city with creativity and an anything-goes attitude. San Francisco defines counter culture for the US.
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