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...]
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 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...]
Kansas City & San Francisco Stage A ‘Food Fight’ For Super Bowl LIV Winner
BBQ & Steak Vs. Seafood & Wine (Or A Cable Car Cocktail): Which City Do You Pick As The Winner? It's not exactly John Belushi standing up in the cafeteria and yelling those two famous words, but Kansas City and San Francisco are having a "food fight" of sorts for Super Bowl LIV. It's BBQ and steaks vs. seafood and wine (or a Cable Car Cocktail). With that in … [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...]
Acclaimed Tastemaker Kerrin Laz To Create Extraordinary Wine Program At Four Seasons Private Residences at 706 Mission, San Francisco
Private Residences Showcase New Standard of Luxury Living With Unprecedented Experiences and Access to the Wine and Art Worlds SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four Seasons Private Residence at 706 Mission Street, San Francisco is pleased to announce an exclusive partnership with Kerrin Laz to lead a unique wine program at the forthcoming luxury residential project in San … [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...]
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...]
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...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: San Francisco Should Not Charge For Driving On Lombard Street
A Better Solution To $10 Fee On This Popular Tourist Attraction By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I really enjoy visiting San Francisco but this new proposal ticks me off: county transportation officials are considering charging people to drive on Lombard Street. San Francisco County Transportation Authority officials are considering charging as … [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...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog Post: The Real Story On San Francisco Summers
Debunking Myths About Summertime In The City By The Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger You no doubt know the quote that Mark Twain is credited for, tho he may have never said: "the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." If you've never been to San Francisco, you may scratch your head in puzzlement over it. If you have been … [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 5 Important Things To Know
Costumes But No Floats And A 'Zero Tolerance' Alcohol Policy The 2024 Bay To Breakers is Sunday, May 19, 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 Breakers (the … [Read more...]
Lifestyle Travel Blog: The San Francisco Treat(ment)
Travel Blogger Learns What's Happing This Summer In The Bay Area At This Press Event By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I rolled up to the Loews Hotel valet in Hollywood and as I got out of the car the attendant asked my name and said "welcome to the Loews, Mr. Wilkerson. I'll be your personal valet tonite." I then went inside to the concierge's … [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 San Francisco The Ultimate Party Guide
Summers in San Francisco are filled with festivals, and the first one is June 1-2 2024 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...]
Trump’s Travel Ban Forces DJ To Cancel San Francisco Nightclub Appearance
International DJ Darius Syrossian Ibiza-Style Party Not Coming To Halcyon Nightclub President Trump's travel immigration ban has now hit the USA's nightlife industry. International DJ Darius Syrossian has been forced to cancel his appearance at Halcyon nightclub in San Francisco on Feb. 18, due to the ongoing effects of the ban. Syrossian was due to headline his own Do … [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...]
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 Super Bowl City Free Concerts Music Lineup
Alicia Keys & Chris Issak Among Those Performing In San Francisco Super Bowl City, the free public gathering place and the showcase of San Francisco's hosting of Super Bowl 50, is offering series of free concerts. In all, there will be 35 concerts, along with DJs, during a week-long period from Jan. 30-Feb. 7. Super Bowl 50 takes place on Feb. 7. Among those performing … [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 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...]
America’s Cup Provides A San Francisco Travel Treat
Sailing Race Spectacular Event For Spectators In An Eventful City When I got wind of the America's Cup taking place in San Francisco, I knew I had to be there for it. It's an international sporting event, one that gets worldwide media coverage and involves an interesting and fun (and also somewhat puzzling) sport, sailing. Plus, taking place in a city as dynamic as San … [Read more...]
America’s Cup Sailing Race A Fun Party In San Francisco
Viewing Guide, The Pavilion And Cheap(er) Beer Bars Tips Bring on the boats. And the beer. And the Kiwis! The America's Cup sailboat race is taking place in San Francisco and as a first-had observer I can tell you it's a great party! There are international people which gives it a bit of an Olympics atmosphere, along with a kind of PGA Tour element of sponsor tents … [Read more...]
Alcohol Crackdown Diminishes Enthusiasm For Bay to Breakers 2013
Without Floats And Especially The Tiki Bar, The Mardi Gras Of The West Coast Not The Same Party I long for the good 'ol days, a time when Elvis sang, when the Village People performed on a platform, where there were keg stands, house parties and themed floats rolling down the streets. It was all part of the Bay to Breakers, a kind of race but really a moving parade … [Read more...]
Bucket List Top 10 Party & Best Nightlife Destinations For 2019
From The America's Cup to St. Moritz To Hottie Toddie, Here's The Year's Prime Party Destinations Here's where I want to go and what I want to do in 2019. If the world were wide open to me, these are the places and events where I would party, for they are part of my all-time Bucket List. Some places I have already been to and want to go to again, while some … [Read more...]
Single in San Francisco: A Visitor’s Best Pick-Up Lines Tips
What You Need To Know When Talking To Girls In the City By The Bay 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 said, he keeps running into ex-girlfriends and when interest peaks in a potentially new romantic interest, it turns out she is friends with, or is … [Read more...]
Fall in San Francisco Has Sports, Sailing And A Bluegrass Festival
America's Cup Races, Fleet Week, Music and Italian Heritage Day Kick Off A Rocking October Story by Cathy Seeligson. Photos by Dean Borton. It's not October in San Francisco, but more like Rocktober. That's because the City by the Bay is rocking with a number of events to start the month. So let's get rocking! It starts with sports. The 49ers are playing at home (and … [Read more...]
Hey Rory McIlrory: Here’s Some Irish Bars in SF to Drown U.S. Open Memories
The City's Best Irish Pubs, Top Places to Hear Irish Music and Have a Pint Well, Rory, you didn't make the cut at Olympic Club for the 2012 U.S. Open in San Francisco. But not to worry. You can still make the pubs! And there are plenty of them to explore, surely more fun than those first six holes at Olympic. Here are some suggestions on where to grab a pint in San … [Read more...]
Penthouse Opening Upscale Gentlemen’s Club in San Francisco
Steaks and Strippers at the New Penthouse Club and Steakhouse One nightlife element really hurting in the current economic climate is strip clubs. People are really cutting back on cutting loose, even those who frequent such places. But that's not stopping Penthouse, which is opening the first Penthouse Club and Steakhouse on the West Coast this February in San … [Read more...]
San Francisco Celebrates a Week of Cocktails Sept. 18-25
Cheers to Cocktail Week, Which Involves a Bar Crawl, Seminars and a Gala Dinner, All in A Celebration of Drinks San Francisco Cocktail Week, which is Sept. 18-25, has so many events it's as dizzying as, well, a week's worth of cocktails. One almost needs a social secretary to handle the scheduling. It kicks off with a bar crawl and concludes with a bathtub gin … [Read more...]
100th Bay to Breakers 2011 Review No-Alcohol Enforcement
People – and Costumes and Some Booze – Return to the Streets of San Francisco For Annual Zany Run & Informal Parade and Party The 100th Bay to Breakers, the annual street party, block party and festival through the streets of San Francisco, should have been a celebration of epic proportions. For years, the event went on without incident, people cutting loose and having … [Read more...]