One of San Francisco's longest-running street festivals is back for 2023, the Union Street Festival. It's free and here are the dates, details, bands, food, beer, drinks and everything you need to know about it. Dates: June 3-4 Location: Union Street from Fillmore to Octavia streets Admission: Free Hours: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on … [Read more...]
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San Francisco & Bay Area Top Summertime Events 2023 Dates & Information Guide
Contrary to popular legend, San Francisco is not as cold in the summertime as some places are in the winter. Oh sure, stand at Fisherman's Wharf a late afternoon when the fog rolls in over the bay and a sunny day suddenly turns chilly. Thus all the souvenir stores selling San Fransisco sweatshirts to unsuspecting tourists. San Francisco in the summertime is a fun place to … [Read more...]
A Brewfest, Concerts & Pop-Up Food Highlights Presidio of San Francisco Summertime Events
The Presidio of San Francisco is a giant park with great views of the Golden Gate Bridge that locals know as a great outdoor hangout spot. And in the summer of 2023, it has several events and happenings that add even more to its natural allure. Free Community Events Including Live Music & The First-Ever Brewfest All summer, there are community and cultural events … [Read more...]
International Ocean Film Festival 2023 San Francisco Dates & Details
The 20th annual International Ocean Film Festival is set to again take place in San Francisco. Here are the 2023 dates, details and films. The 2023 dates are April 13 – 16 and it takes place the Cowell Theatre at Fort Mason. It features 33 films representing 11 countries. Especially anticipated is the Festival’s opening night offering Deep Rising,a Sundance Film Festival … [Read more...]
The Barnes Hotel San Francisco Brings A Modern Touch To Villa Florence Historic Location
The historic Villa Florence hotel in San Francisco's Union Square now has a more modern touch, called The Barnes. The Barnes, built inside a classic building at 225 Powell Street, has newly-renovated rooms with a modern look such as colorful artwork, shutters on the windows and cozy beds. Ownership describes it as "a retro chic ambiance with an urban accent." It is a pet … [Read more...]
Presidio of San Francisco Earns Another Green Flag Award For Park Management
When you visit a park, it's a real bummer go to one that is not well maintained, the facilities don't work, it's sloppy and looks run down. On the other hand, when you visit one that is well maintained, it puts you in a great frame of mind and helps you really enjoy and appreciate that park. The latter is the experience you get at the Presidio of San Francisco, a park at … [Read more...]
Golden Gate Bridge Toll Prices After July 2022 Increase
It is one of the iconic landmarks on the West Coast and a must-to activity when visiting San Francisco. Here is how much it costs vehicles to cross the Golden Gate Bridge, effective July 2022 after the latest increase. • $9.40 for two-axle vehicles pay my mail (a photo of your license plate is snapped and drivers get a bill in the mail. And you had better pay it! This is … [Read more...]
Presidio Tunnel Tops Park Provides Stunning Views Of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco has a scenic new recreational park with stunning views of the Golden Gate Bridge. Called the Presidio Tunnel Tops, it features scenic overlooks, trails, picnic areas, gathering spaces and food options with bridge and city views unlike anywhere else in San Francisco. It is surrounded by gardens and meadows that include 180 varieties of plants native to the … [Read more...]
Camping In San Francisco? Yes, And Presidio Park’s Rob Hill Campground Is Taking Reservations
Are you aware that you can go camping in San Francisco? It's true and one of the two spots, Rob Hill Campground in the scenic Presidio, is now taking reservations. It is open April 1-Oct. 31. Located on four wooded acres in the Presidio, Rob Hill Campground is a secluded spot tucked away in a grove of cypress and eucalyptus trees with spectacular views of the Pacific … [Read more...]
The Best Months To Visit San Francisco For Weather
By Kevin Wilkerson, San Francisco Blogger Fisherman's Wharf, the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars that go up and down steep hills, curvy Lombard Street, great restaurants and summertime street festivals. This is San Francisco and it is a top travel destination in the USA. But when are best months to visit San Francisco? The joke is the line Mark Twain was said to have … [Read more...]
PIER 39 Attraction Aquarium Of The Bay Lets You Walk Through SF’s Marine Life
View San Francisco Bay's Aquatic Animals Swimming Around You While Walking In A Tube There are many things for San Francisco visitors to do at the city's famous PIER 39, and one of them has people literally walking through a tube surrounded by the marine life in the bay. The Aquarium of the Bay features 300-foot-long clear acrylic tunnels with many of the bay's … [Read more...]
San Francisco Travel Association Optimistic About Travel In 2022 And Beyond
The City By The Bay Expects A Rise In Visitors For The Future San Francisco has a lot to offer visitors – its excellent cuisine, cool bars, unique attractions like Alcatraz prison, Lombard Street and the Golden Gate Bridge being among them – but it has not been getting its usual amount of travelers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, much like the almost-daily … [Read more...]
San Francisco Now Requiring Proof Of Vaccination For Bars & Restaurants Indoors
Fully Vaccinated People Can Eat, Drink & Play Inside While Others Must Roll Up Their Sleeves By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Francisco Blogger Okay folks, if you want to go to a bar or restaurant in San Francisco, you'll need to roll up your sleeve and get vaccinated. That is the new mandate by Mayor London Breed for all indoor activities, which … [Read more...]
San Francisco’s Top Of The Mark Bar Is Open With New Cocktails & A Vodka-Tasting Experience
Unique Tableside Service Pairs Vodka With Chocolates & Caviar By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The Top Of The Mark lounge is open again and this legendary bar and restaurant high above San Fransisco is right on the mark as it hits it out of the park with a new menu of cocktails, as well as a unique vodka-tasting experience. This is the new … [Read more...]
San Francisco’s Elegant Top Of The Mark Bar & Restaurant Is Open
Food, Drinks & Soft Latin-Jazz Music On The 19th Floor Of The InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel One of San Francisco's legendary and traditional bars, the Top of the Mark, is back open providing food and cocktails along with its famous views to sophisticated local and visiting lounge lovers. Located on the 19th floor of the InterContinental Mark Hopkins … [Read more...]
San Francisco’s Presidio Becomes More Bike Friendly With Advisory Lanes
Biking In The City's Scenic Park Just Got Easier With Addition Of European-Style Bicycle System By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Like many places, San Francisco has seen a huge increase in bicycle riders and a reduction in car traffic during the coronavirus pandemic. Taking note of this, the Presidio has become even more bike friendly with the … [Read more...]
San Francisco Wedding Locations Include These Presidio Venues
Golden Gate Club, The Log Cabin & Chapel Of Our Lady Available For Special Events Historic venues in the Presido, the former Army base with beautiful views of the bay and Golden Gate Bridge, are available for weddings. In a partnership between Presidio Trust and Wedgewood Weddings & Events, the Golden Gate Club, Chapel of Our Lady and the Log Cabin can be … [Read more...]
San Francisco’s Presidio Marks 25 Years As A National Park Site
Walt Disney Family Museum Among Buildings In This Popular Public Space Most people probably don't realize it, but the Presidio in San Francisco is a national park. And the first of October marks its 25th year as a national park. The one-time military installation – whose founding pre-dates that of San Francisco – then began its transformation into one of the … [Read more...]
San Francisco’s Citiscape Lounge – Cocktails & Nightlife With Top City Views
Creative Cocktails On The 46th Floor Of The Hilton Union Square By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It's one thing to be on San Fransisco's streets, see its many landmarks such as curvy Lombard Street up close, ride the famous cable cars and even go into its many narrow bars. And yet it's quite another thing to be high above those streets. With a … [Read more...]
How To Get Tickets To Alcatraz Island During The Busy Tourist Season
Use This Tip To Experience San Francisco's Most Popular Tour The toughest ticket in town for tourists in San Francisco is for one of the Alcatraz Cruses boats to visit Alcatraz Island. This attraction is so popular, it is sold out for days – or even weeks – in advance. If you don't have your tickets well ahead of when you want to go there, then you're likely not … [Read more...]
This San Francisco Hotel Has A Kind Of Minibar For Cannabis
Hotel G Teams With ONA Life For In-Room Deliveries In A 'Cannabis Concierge Service' Hotel G in San Francisco is providing a different kind of service for its guests: in-room delivery of cannabis. Working with ONA.life, a "cannabis concierge service" as it calls itself, the boutique hotel near Union Square can arrange for products to be delivered to your room. … [Read more...]
The 10 Most Popular Instagrammable Places In San Francisco
Visiting The City's Landmarks, Irish Coffee And Oh, Those Big Hills By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Few cities have as many landmarks – and thus, Instagrammable locations – as does San Francisco. These are the 10 most popular Instagrammable places In San Francisco. Descriptions of each are included here. There are certainly several more scenic … [Read more...]
Ashley & Kev’s Travel Adventures – San Francisco
Visiting All The Landmarks From Alactraz To The Cable Cars, Lombard Street, Irish Coffee & More By Kevin Wilkerson PubClub.com Travel Blogger The e-mail came and I responded with the quickness of a Stephen Curry three-pointer. It was an invitation for a three-day press tour with the San Francisco Union Square Hilton. Ashley and Kev's Travel Adventures were … [Read more...]
I Finally Made It To Alcatraz And Here’s What I Thought Of It
There's No Escaping This Top San Francisco Tourist Attraction By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Some years ago, I was showing my parents around San Francisco as part of their extensive trip out from Tennessee to the West Coast. We had driven up the coast from my place in Los Angeles and since I had been to the City by the Bay a few times, I felt I … [Read more...]
Visiting Alcatraz Island – The One Tip You Really Need To Know
Alcatraz Cruises Information & Ferry Departure Times By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger It is the most sought-after tour in San Francisco, an activity unique to the City by the Bay and one that will make you glad that you can get on a boat to return to the mainland rather than be stuck on it like so many prisoners of the past. But don't do like … [Read more...]
San Francisco Cable Car Top Tips, Ticket Prices & Information Guide
How To Ride These Icons Of The City By The Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger You can't go San Francisco as a tourist (or even a first-time business traveler) and not ride its iconic cable cars. But these ancient machines can be intimidating because they are old and appear to be rickety as they plod up those steep hills. Not to worry, they are … [Read more...]
The Biggest Tip You Need To Know To Ride The San Francisco Cable Cars
How To Get A Lift On SF's Iconic Method Of Transportation By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Of all the things to do in San Francisco, an absolute must is going for a ride on its iconic cable cars. Looking like trollies in other cities, these transportation devices are packed with tourists, some standing on narrow platforms hanging out over the … [Read more...]
San Francisco Hilton Union Square Features Location, Restaurants & Rooftop Nightlife
Hotel Provides Much More Than A Prime Location In The City By The Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger In San Francisco, there are more hotels than there are landmarks (and that's saying something) so figuring where to stay can be as challenging as figuring out your itinerary for "the City." This post provides a recommendation on the former while … [Read more...]
Soaked In The City: Looking Back On A Wet And Rain-Soaked Bay To Breakers
San Francisco's Fun Run Is A Rain Or Shine Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Whenever rain is forecast for a big outdoor event, it's pretty much always a bummer. But San Francisco's Bay to Breakers is a rain or shine party and with rain forecast for the 2019 super-fun run, it reminded me of when one year it not only rained but poured. In … [Read more...]
A Summer Of Fun With Events & Activities At The Presidio In San Francisco
Outdoor Activities Include Hiking, A Sunday Picnic & Fire Pits With Food Vendors The beautiful park with an open view of the Golden Gate Bridge has a lot going on during the summer of 2019. The Presidio in San Francisco is an oasis of outdoor activities, with sand dunes and forests, beaches and hiking trails, lawns and picnic tables, Rob Hill Campground, a … [Read more...]
Two Alcatraz Attractions On Display In San Francisco Hilton Hotels – For Free
Exhibits Showcases The Famous Prison's History And Last Day A part of Alcatraz Island comes to the mainland as two exhibits are on display at a pair of San Francisco hotels. For free. Alcatraz: Life on the Rock” and “Alcatraz: The Last Day” can be seen at the Hilton Union Square San Francisco and Parc 55 Hotel in "the City." This is a temporary home thru Sept. … [Read more...]
Stern Grove Festival Announces 2019 Lineup Of Free San Francisco Sunday Concerts
Isley Brothers Playing In August; Other Shows Involve The Symphony, Jazz & Hip Hop The free San Francisco Sunday summer concerts are back for 2019 as the Stern Grove Festival returns for its 82nd season. Taking place June 16-Aug.18, Stern Grove Festival is the Bay Area’s original outdoor music festival with a ride range of music from rock, hip-hop, jazz, … [Read more...]
It May Soon Cost You To Drive On Lombard Street In San Francisco
Iconic Curvy Road Is A Top Tourist Attraction By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger One of the free landmarks of San Francisco may not be free anymore. The San Francisco County Transportation Authority officials are considering charging people to drive Lombard Street, the steep, crooked street high above Fisherman’s Wharf that’s one of the top … [Read more...]
Alcatraz Cruises Resume After U.S. Government Shutdown
Popular Sightseeing Tour Returns To One-Time Famous Prison By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Writer Alcatraz Tours, one of the most popular sightseeing activities in a city full of sights to see, is back open after the U.S. government shutdown. Many people do not realize that Alcatraz Island is a national park. So when the government shuts down so, too, … [Read more...]
Alcatraz Cruises People’s Sunrise Ceremonies 2018 San Francisco Dates & Details
Event Honors Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas Alcatraz Cruises and the National Park Service in San Francisco are hosting its two annual Indigenous People’s Sunrise Ceremonies for 2018 on Monday, Oct. 8 and Thursday, Nov. 22. The Indigenous People’s Sunrise Gathering is a commemoration of the 1969-71 occupation of Alcatraz by the “Indians of All Tribes” and are … [Read more...]
Stern Grove Festival Free San Francisco Sunday Concerts 2019 Dates & Lineup
All You Need To Know About Sunday Afternoon Shows The Stern Grove Festival, a series of free summertime concerts in a park in San Francisco, takes place on Sunday afternoons in a relaxing picnic-style setting. The 2019 dates of June 16-Aug. 18. Held Sundays from 2 until 4:30 or 5:30 p.m., they take place among the 70 acres of eucalyptus forest at Sigmund Stern … [Read more...]
Ugly People Banned From San Francisco’s Dungeon Fisherman’s Wharf Attraction
City's 'Ugly Law' May Turn Away Tourists Normally, attractions in tourists areas welcome everyone who buys a ticket. But not this one. The San Francisco Dungeon has resurrected the historic San Francisco “ugly law” and issued an official ban on ugly people from entering the attraction. Those deemed “ugly” will be turned away to the streets. Originated in … [Read more...]
San Francisco Lifestyle Blog: Riding The Street Cars And The Cable Cars
Taking Public Transportation In Style In 'The City' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Francisco Lifestyle Blogger Everyone knows about the cable cars in San Francisco, of course. I take them when I visit fro a few of reasons: I don't have to walk up certain hills, I can get from Fisherman's Wharf or even the Marina District to downtown fairly quickly and easily … [Read more...]
San Francisco Lifestyle Blog: The Hidden Gem Brazen Head Restaurant
Where The City's Top Chefs Go, But Not For Dinner By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Francisco Lifestyle Blogger In a city full of great restaurants – many of them sitting inconspicuously on street corners in quiet neighborhoods – one of my favorites is a place called Brazen Head. Located on a side street in the largely singles section of "The City," the … [Read more...]
San Francisco Lifestyle Blog: The Best Summer 2018 Events & Festivals
Bay To Breakers, Street Festivals & An International Rugby Tournament By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Lifestyle & Travel Blogger Last year was the 50th anniversary of the Summer Of Love in San Francisco. But there's always something to celebrate in "The City" and in 2018 there's quite a few things happening in this happy place in the Bay Area. For … [Read more...]
San Francisco Blog: Bay To Breakers 2019 5 Important Things To Know
Costumes But No Floats And A 'Zero Tolerance' Alcohol Policy The 2019 Bay To Breakers is Sunday, May 21, from 8 a.m., until, well, you make it back to town. Some could call this a "fun run" in that it's not a serious foot race, but it's really much more than that, it's a rolling street party of sorts that goes 12K from the bay (under the Bay Bridge) to the … [Read more...]
San Francisco Lifestyle Blog: My Top 10 Things To Do In ‘The City’
A Seasoned Traveler Provides This List Of Activities By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel & Lifestyle Blogger One of the toughest things to do in San Francisco is to figure out what to do because there's so many options it's easy to get confused. As someone who has spent a lot of time (more than I can calculate, so trust me), here's my list of Top 10 … [Read more...]
Stern Grove Festival 2018 Opening Day Features ‘The Big Picnic’
Free San Francisco Concert Series Runs All Summer San Francisco's free summer outdoor concert series, the Stern Grove Festival, returns for its 81st season in 2018. Opening day is Sunday, June 17 and features an event organizers are call "The Big Picnic." This is Stern Grove Festival's fundraising event, which raises nearly $600,000 each year and kicks off the … [Read more...]
Lanes Of Golden Gate Bridge To Be Closed Off To Cars During San Francisco Marathon
Safety & Terrorism Concerts Cause Officials To Limit Traffic For Runners The northbound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge will be shut down to motorists during the San Francisco Marathon for the 2017 race, officials have announced. Citing safety concerns for runners, the Golden Gate Bridge District Board of Directors voted unanimously on this decision a month before … [Read more...]
Is The Bay To Breakers 2017 Zero-Tolerance Policy A Party Pooper?
San Francisco Event Is Better With Beer By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The 2017 Alaska Airlines Bay to Breakers is under a "zero tolerance" policy for alcohol, as stated prominently on the event's website. A little further down, I happened to notice, one of its sponsors is Angel City Brewery. It's good to see beer is, in some way, still a part … [Read more...]
Bay To Breakers 2017 Begins San Francisco’s Summer Of Fun Events & Festivals
Union Street Festival, North Beach Festival Fillmore Jazz Festival & Sausalito Art Festival Give Locals & Visitors Plenty Of Things To Do In SF San Francisco is celebrating the Summer of Love in 2017, but at the same time it's having another summer of fun, as in events and festivals. And it begins ever before summer begins, with the Bay to Breakers, a crazy foot … [Read more...]
Union Street Festival 2023 San Francisco The Ultimate Party Guide
Summers in San Francisco are filled with festivals, and the first one is June 3-4 2023 in the fun-filled Marina District. It's the free Union Street Festival and, as the name implies, it takes place on Union Street. The street in the Marina District is blocked off to traffic and has live music, food, vendors and a pair of beer gardens. This year there is also wine, cocktails … [Read more...]
The San Francisco Dungeon Opens Rat Cafe – Coffee With Live Rats!
Fisherman's Wharf Attraction Selling Tickets For Summertime Pop-Up Promotion If you think you're caught up in a rat race of a busy life, then you've not been to the Rat Café in San Francisco. This pop-up place on Fisherman's Wharf features coffee at bistro-style tables, nicely draped with red and white gingham tablecloths... all while being surrounded by live … [Read more...]
Bay to Breakers 2019 Top Party Tips For San Francisco’s Wild Street Event
Here's How to Have Fun – at B2B Without Any Worries It used to be one of America's great events, a full-filled walk through the streets of San Francisco, full of floats, stops for keg stands and sudden outbreaks of block parties. It was the Mardi Gras of the West Coast. Except that you were in the parade, not watching it from the sidelines. Naturally, there was … [Read more...]
Stern Grove Festival San Francisco Celebrates 80th Season In 2017
Free Concerts During The Summer Of Love This is the Summer of Love in San Francisco, and here's one thing to love when you're in San Francisco this summer: free concerts. The Stern Grove Festival is celebrating its 80th anniversary this summer. It runs from June 25-Aug. 27 in Sigmund Stern Grove, a beautiful outdoor amphitheater in San Francisco's Sunset district, … [Read more...]
San Francisco Cable Cars Holiday Nights & Sights Tour Details
'Tis The Season For A Unique Sightseeing Experience In 'The City' You can do something in San Francisco during the holidays that you can't do anywhere else in the world. And that is to take a festive holiday tour aboard a Cable Car. Hornblower Classic Cable Cars has a holiday tradition with its Holiday Nights and Sights tours. The 70-minute tour aboard one … [Read more...]
New Year’s Eve San Francisco 2017 Fireworks Best Viewing Locations & Bars
Where To Watch & Drink On NYE The City by the Bay shoots fireworks over the bay on New Year's Eve. San Francisco celebrates the end of the old year and the beginning of the new one with a free midnight show framed by the Bay Bridge. Called "Fireworks Over The Bay," it takes place off Pier 14 at the foot of Mission Street and the Embarcardero. People line up on … [Read more...]
Summer Of Love San Francisco 50th Anniversary Celebration & Events 2017
San Francisco Hosting A Concert, Jerry Garcia 75th Day & Other Activities The Summer of Love was a movement that began in San Francisco in 1967, an expression of freedom and independence, and in many ways it never left the city. In fact, all you have to do is go through the centerpiece of it all, Haight/Ashbury, where it seems time has stood still for the past 50 … [Read more...]
Top 10 Things To Know About Visiting San Francisco
The Essential Travelers' Guide To The City By The Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger San Francisco is not the type of city where you can just show up and wing it. Instead, it's more like going to see a girl you want to impress. Treat her right and she will reveal part of her inner soul and let you in on some of her best secrets. Go in as if she's … [Read more...]
The Ultimate San Francisco Travel Visitors Guide
Everything You Need To Know When Traveling To 'The City' Locals simply refer to it as "The City." As if any other city really matters. Oh, actually one other does, but it's way on the East Coast and people don't mind sharing the phrase with New York. This is San Francisco and don't dare call it "San Fran" or "SF," for to be singled out as a tourist is, well, oh so NOT San … [Read more...]
San Francisco Bars Memorial Day Weekend Temple Nightclub
Top DJs Spin At This SOMA District Club Temple Nightclub, San Francisco's answer to those mega Las Vegas nightclubs, is providing the nightlife party atmosphere on Memorial Day Weekend with sets from Sultan + Shepard, TigerLily and a surprise guest DJ to wrap things up on Sunday. The club will be pumping out the music all three long weekend nights on Friday, Saturday … [Read more...]
Where I Want To Be This Weekend: Bay To Breakers
Memories Of The Tiki Bar & Discovery Channel Song By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I miss the tiki bar. The kegs in shopping carts were fun, the handstands out of the kegs in the shopping carts, the rolling beer pong table and other creative creations that were a part of the wild and crazy Bay to Breakers were great. But nothing beat the tiki … [Read more...]
San Francisco Happy Hours At The CLIFT Hotel
Redwood Room Bar's Chemistry Happy Hour Encourages Singles To Mingle If you're looking for a Happy Hour spot in downtown San Francisco, the Redwood Room bar at the CLIFT Hotel Union Square has not one but two for your eating and drinking (and mingling) pleasure. First is the Spring Menu For Decompression Hour and the other is the Chemistry Happy Hour, which is designed … [Read more...]
San Francisco Valentine’s Day 2016 Wine & Nightlife Events
Happenings For Lovers, #WineLovers Romantics & Sexy Singles Check out these cool things happening in San Francisco for Valentine's Day Weekend, 2016. There is a wine walk along Union Street, a wine competition, a tour of aphrodisiac plants (with cocktails) and a "creature crush nightlife" event. These events are fitting for couples, singles and anyone willing to … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day San Francisco CLIFT Hotel Parties & Room Specials
A '90s PJ Party & Erotic Readings on Valentine's Day Weekend The week after hosting Super Bowl 50, San Francisco turns the other cheek now to its romantic side. And the CLIFT, a boutique hotel in the heart of "the City," has two no-cover parties in its bar on Saturday and Sunday nights, as well as a Valentine’s Day package for its rooms. On Saturday night, it's a … [Read more...]
Super Bowl City San Francisco Photos & A Local’s Review
Locals Enjoy Super Bowl 50 Celebration Party Blog Post & Photos By Cathy Seeligson, PubClub.com San Francisco Correspondent Super Bowl City, the downtown block party for Super Bowl 50 in San Francisco, opened on Saturday night, a full week before the game. Organizers hoped to draw in locals and want locals to wrap their arms around "the City" hosting this major … [Read more...]
Super Bowl 50 San Francisco Weather Forecast Looks Good
A Sunny Super Bowl City, Free Concerts & Super Bowl Sunday With a big outdoor festival and free concerts a big part of the celebration – and, let's face it, party scene – Super Bowl 50 needs good weather. And Mother Nature is cooperating, as "the City" is going to be sunny and warmall week for the festivities at Super Bowl City. And as for Super Bowl Sunday at … [Read more...]
Top Things To Do In San Francisco For Visiting Super Bowl Fans
Cool Hangouts & Cocktails In 'The City' Every visitor to San Francisco knows, of course, about the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, driving down crooked Lombard Street and the Cable Cars. These are must-do things on any first-time tourist's list. But there is so much more to see and do in San Francisco and if you're there for Super Bowl 50, … [Read more...]
Super Bowl 50 Has A Wine Country At Super Bowl City
Taste Of Sonoma Lounge Offers Wine Tastings From Wineries You can't – or more appropriately shouldn't – have a Super Bowl in San Francisco without highlighting the area's wine regions and wineries. With Sonoma County being a destination sponsor of the game, it has a set up a wine tasting area as part of Super Bowl City in downtown San Francisco. More than 50 wineries … [Read more...]
Super Bowl 50 City Village Area Bars In San Francisco
Where To Drink & Party Downtown & Along The Embarcadero Super Bowl 50 has its party headquarters in San Francisco, and it's centered around what is called Super Bowl City, which not only is serving as the CBS broadcast headquarters but also the fan village of the host city. This area in Justin Herman Plaza at the foot of Market Street on the Embarcadero is where … [Read more...]
CBS To Have A Super Bowl City In San Francisco For SB 50
Embarcadero Location Also Includes The Village With Sonoma County Wines The set for CBS's advance coverage of Super Bowl 50 is all set. It will be at what it called "Super Bowl City" at the foot of Market Street in "the City." Which means it's in San Francisco. CBS will run every conceivable show in its lineup from this location, among them The Late Show with Steven … [Read more...]
SantaCon San Francisco A Go For 2015
Hundreds Of People In Santa Suits Do A Pub Crawl Across The City Despite some rumors the contrary – a "rouge elf" posted on Twitter it's not happening – SantaCon is set to take place in the city where it started, San Francisco, on Saturday, Dec. 12. SantaCon is simply a gathering of people who get together in a large group – numbering into the thousands – on the same … [Read more...]
Alcatraz Island Extends Prisoners of Age Exhibit
Popular Display To Now Run Thru June 2016 Due to what it terms an "overwhelming response," the National Park Service has extended the popular PRISONERS OF AGE photo exhibition on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. Originally scheduled to end at the end of the year, it has been extended through June 2016. PRISONERS OF AGE is a series of photographs and chronicles of elderly … [Read more...]
San Francisco Now Has A Union Square Visitor Information Center
Tourists Can Get Tickets To Attractions & Book Hotel Rooms Inside Macy's One of the most popular areas for tourists in San Francisco – certainly for those doing any shopping – now has a visitor information center. Located at Union Square inside Macy's, it's a staffed kiosk that also has information on touch screens. A big plus is that people can also purchase tickets to … [Read more...]
Bay To Breakers 2023 San Francisco’s Biggest Party: The Ultimate Review
You can no longer push shopping carts with kegs or roll big floats – we miss the tiki bar! – down the streets. But Bay to Breakers is still the biggest, most fun, lively and top singles party event in San Francisco. Held the third Sunday in May (that would put it on May 21 in 2023), it's a rolling block party, San Francisco's version of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. In fact, … [Read more...]
Being Single In San Francisco Challenges For Locals & Visitors
A Trick To Meeting Girls For Out-Of-Town Travelers By The PubClub.com Singles Blogger It was a late sunny Sunday morning, and my friend was telling me about the political difficulties of being single in San Francisco. No matter where he goes, he keeps running into ex-girlfriends and when interest peaks in a potentially new romantic interest, it turns out she is friends … [Read more...]
Union Street Festival San Francisco Review Tips Singles Scene
Annual Event Is One Of The Top Street Parties In San Francisco Booths, bands and beer. Oh, the beer. Just two weeks after the crazy and whacky Bay to Breakes mobile party, the city of San Francisco hosts the Union Street Festival. Like Bay to Breakers, it's a open invitation to cut loose and party in the city streets. This is one of the city's many street festivals and, … [Read more...]
Where To Find The Cable Car Cocktail Drink In San Francisco
Reviewing The City's Signature Drink At Restaurant/Bar Locations Some bars have a signature cocktail, the drink that defines the establishment. The Fire Chief at Old Tony's in Redondo Beach, CA is one such example. Then there's San Francisco, a place so cool it's a city that has has it's own signature cocktail. It's called the Cable Car Cocktail, a drink … [Read more...]
San Francisco Nightlife Offers More Than Just Fun Bars
After-Hours Museum Parties And Tourist Restaurants At Pier 39 Offer Partying Alternatives When going out in San Francisco, you don't always have to think about bars. You can also think about art. A cool trend in "The City" as locals call it, are weekly "after hours' events at several of the museums. These are for adults only and allow you to visit the museums … [Read more...]