Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Speech
City Lights Bookstore
won a landmark free-speech case over the publication of
Allen Ginsberg's magnificent, incendiary
Howl
; take a seat in the designated Poet's
Chair and celebrate your right to read freely.
free condoms, and over a million people freely smooching total strangers under rainbow
flags.
Spirits
Anywhere within city limits - and you're free to join in anytime.
Did Y
id You K
u Knoww?
Despite slacker reputations cultivated at 30 medical marijuana clubs, San Franciscans
hold more patents and earn more degrees per capita than residents of any other US city.
Fast Facts
Population
839,336
Area
47 sq miles
Telephone area code
415
Planning Your Trip
Three weeks before
Book Alcatraz trips and dinner at Coi or Benu.
Two weeks before
Build stamina for downtown hills, Golden Gate Park adventures and
Mission bars.
One week before
Score tickets to San Francisco Symphony or Opera, and assemble
your costume - SF throws parades whenever.
Resources
SF Bay Guardian
(
www.sfbg.com
)
Hot tips on local entertainment, arts, politics.
SFGate
(
www.sfgate.com
)
News and event listings.