Photo: Thayer Allyson Gowdy
Destinations: Union Square · Nob Hill + Russian Hill · Marina · Hayes Valley
Themes: Food + Drink · Shopping
Inspired by: The Sweets of San Francisco — by Josh Sens, Published Jul. 2008
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When Fiona Frie moved to the United States from Scotland, she didn’t anticipate a problem finding sweets—at least to her taste. Leaving behind the
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Miette translates to “crumb” in French, and is a small, boutique-style pastry shop with four California locations. At this Hayes Valley branch, the
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Situated in Russian Hill’s trendy retail corridor, this old-fashioned sweet shop contains white walls, wood-trimmed shelves, and rows of glass apot
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San Francisco, Berkeley, Marshall, Union Square, Chinatown
San Francisco is green, clean, and organic—the architecture is high-tech and eco-friendly, and the food is excruciatingly fresh and local. Is this the world’s first true 21st-century city?In the fu
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San Francisco, Outside San Francisco, Napa Valley, Union Square, Financial District
LEED-certified hotels, restaurants using organic produce, and iconic (and very energy-efficient) cable cars make The City by the Bay one of America's greenest.
Theater District/Tenderloin/Civic Center, SoMa, Financial District, Hayes Valley
The San Francisco Opera has presented world premieres, innovative productions, and dazzling singersfor more than 80 years—while the San Francisco Jazz Festival is a veritable who's who of jazz and
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San Francisco, SoMa, Richmond and Sunset Districts, The Haight, Fisherman's Wharf
On Sundays, a large stretch of Golden Gate Park is closed to cars and turns into a sea of cyclists and in-line skaters. Cable cars are for tourists. Locals use the city's bus and streetcar system,
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Union Square, North Beach/Telegraph Hill, Nob Hill + Russian Hill, Pacific Heights, Embarcadero
Even as the City by the Bay welcomes an ultramodern era, its vintage hallmarks—the camera obscura at Cliff House, the WPA murals in Coit Tower—continue to impress.
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