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RFHTC,

I saw a billboard right on El Camino Real in San Bruno that said, "Stay calm. Buy Real estate." No joke.

freak80 says

RFHTC,

I saw a billboard right on El Camino Real in San Bruno that said, "Stay calm. Buy Real estate." No joke.

photo?

I'll have to get a photo of the sign tomorrow.

Any Bay Area Patnet members want to meet me for lunch tomorrow? Or maybe that's a bad idea to give up Internet anonymity. Maybe I'll just take a picture of myself in front of a famous landmark, like when Patrick himself visited the Fed in DC.

I want a picture of you and AF holding a yam.

Where can I meet him?

Put an ad for a Gatling on SF Craigslist, he'll call you right away and arrange a meeting.

Ok I'm in the Castro right now. But not naked.

Ceffer says

Put an ad for a Gatling on SF Craigslist, he'll call you right away and arrange a meeting.

make sure to specify "fully transferable". He's notoriously picky about such things.

Crab season opens tomorrow (see Pier 45):
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Crab-season-opens-under-new-law-limiting-traps-4984040.php#photo-5463462

Going to take the night-time bus tour across the bay bridge since I'm afraid to drive across it myself. Yeah, the acrophobia is *that* bad.

EBGuy says

Crab season opens tomorrow (see Pier 45):

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Crab-season-opens-under-new-law-limiting-traps-4984040.php#photo-5463462

It's crab season year round in the Tenderloin.

Go hike around mt tam. Seriously. Besides the views, you're not gonna find anything in sf that's better than ny in terms of food and certainly not night life. Just north of the city though, Marin county offers outstanding hiking and biking.

New Renter says

freak80 says

RFHTC,

I saw a billboard right on El Camino Real in San Bruno that said, "Stay calm. Buy Real estate." No joke.

photo?

Yes. It's true. I grew up about a mile away from that sign and my parents still live there. In fact, I'm typing from their apt.

It's Marshall real estate.

I'm not from New York City. Corning is a long way from New York City, about 3 or 4 hours by car. Corning is pretty much a small town in the middle of nowhere.

freak80 says

I'm not from New York City. Corning is a long way from New York City, about 3 or 4 hours by car.

What I've found funny is that for NYCers, upstate NY begins at Duchess Co, which from my perspective, is still the northern 'burbs of NYC.

And then, upstate, if it's basically, Woodstock-to-Plattsburgh-to-Buffalo, is most of the land in New York State but yet, it's treated like a leper colony of sorts, minus Saratoga Springs.

At least for Bostonians & its ex-burbs, Vermont is kinda revered and seen as beautiful Yankee country with that quaint English gentlemen type of lifestyle.

Rin says

What I've found funny is that for NYCers, upstate NY begins at Duchess Co, which from my perspective, is still the northern 'burbs of NYC.

Upstate begins at the Bronx-Westchester border.

Where are you staying? In the city itself? The ferry building offers a good selection of restaurants that represent the food scene and have shops that use local, organic ingredients, etc.

Best SF views of the City: Drive to the top Twin Peaks, there is a viewing area.

Check out the different neighborhoods to walk around in:
Trendy- Urban hipster neighborhoods:
1. Hayes Valley- Hayes between Franklin & Octavia streets
2. The Mission - Start at Valencia and 16th and wander south
3. The Haight - Haight and Ashbury (for more Haight-like sub culture go to Lower Haight -- Haight and Fillmore Streets)

More Upscale and trendy Neighborhoods
1. Fillmore/Pacific Heights - Fillmore and California Streets - walking distance from Japan town - upscale shops
2. Union Street - Between Divisadero and Gough - more upscale shops & restaurants
3. Cow Hollow/The Marina - Chestnut Street- shops and baby strollers
4. Potrero Hill - 18th Street - neat back views of the city - Potrero also has the REAL crookedest street
6. Noe Valley - 24th Street - a bit family orientated

Touristy Neighborhoods/Areas but tourists go there for a reason
1. North Beach (yum-- pasta!)
2. Chinatown
3. Fisherman's wharf (get some good seafood on the street!)
4. Cliff House/Ocean beach - amazing views of the Pacific Ocean - Lands End is a beautiful short hike
5. November but you can check out the beaches - Baker beach, Ocean Beach, China Beach
6. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
7. Check out Coit Tower - nice views here
8. If you want to drive up a mountain for some killer views and nature hikes, there is Mt. Tam 15 min north which is gorgeous, and if you are willing to go further 1 hour east and higher there is Mt. Diablo near city of Danville which is an amazing day trip and some killer views.

There is much more stuff -- it depends on what you are in to doing.

Lastly, I tell this to everyone: If you really, really want to know what it is like to live in San Francisco, and really want to have an idea of the people, take the muni (not just the trolley, not bart, but the underground or the surface street buses).

San Francisco is pretty cool about these things and why I love it so much. Batkid.

Thanks to all for the advice! Today is my last day, I fly back to Corning/Elmira tomorrow morning.

The weather was perfect today, so I was out taking pictures. I took the Big Bus tour which had to be re-routed due to Batkid! :-)