Any CPers around the San Francisco area?...
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Rutvik Dave wrote:
Its nice old city to visit...
Founded in 1776 - you call that old? Even my granny's house is older. ;P
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First thing to check out in the area is HotWire. (no I don't work for them) I get a good place to sleep in San Jose area for $45 a night with good breakfast. You don't want to pay the usual SF rates and Silicon valley has too many available rooms.
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I recently visited SF and there were 2-start hotels for $100 (to be fair, I was trying to get a room at like 2AM). I eventually settled on a shady motel for $50 (paid for 2 nights without seeing the room... would have asked to see the room, but the last motel I asked refused service to me). Though I paid for a second night there, I bit the bullet and paid $100+ for a decent hotel for my second day. The San Jose suggestion is probably a wise one.
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I recently visited SF and there were 2-start hotels for $100 (to be fair, I was trying to get a room at like 2AM). I eventually settled on a shady motel for $50 (paid for 2 nights without seeing the room... would have asked to see the room, but the last motel I asked refused service to me). Though I paid for a second night there, I bit the bullet and paid $100+ for a decent hotel for my second day. The San Jose suggestion is probably a wise one.
As a preface, I live in the North Bay, so I'm very familiar with the area. The real problem with the San Jose idea is that you then have to have a car (or take public transportation up to Oakland and then the BART into SF). And with a car, the 101 traffic is awful and you don't really save any time taking 280. It's going to be an hour drive into the city from SJ. Plus, then you have to pay for parking...which will run you $15 a day (if you can find one of the cheaper places) if you park in the city. Or, you can park outside the city at a mall or somewhere like Golden Gate Park and take the MUNI in. But that will also take a bit of time. It does depend on your budget and you can get a rental car for about $19 a day right now. You could also stay around the airport at a 3-star (Holiday Inn, Radisson, DoubleTree, etc...) for $69 a night if it's this Friday to next Friday. If the point is to visit SF, then I wouldn't stay in SJ.
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First thing to check out in the area is HotWire. (no I don't work for them) I get a good place to sleep in San Jose area for $45 a night with good breakfast. You don't want to pay the usual SF rates and Silicon valley has too many available rooms.
Opacity, the new Transparency.
Yes, there are better areas than SJ. Try Fremont, I think some of the hotels there are closer to BART. The whole area comes up if you use Fremont, up to Oakland SF Airports. I don't have to go into SF, so I end up in Newark or Milpitas. Just trying to help a CPian out, everyone else's mileage WILL vary.
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At the end of the month I'm planning a trip (for myself and GF) to SF (I'm from the midwest). I've never really been to the bay area other than the airport. I've got tickets to the Giants on the 31st but other than that, I don't exactly know what to spend the rest of my time (about a week) doing. Any recomendations on stuff/places I should check out in the area?
My wife and I are heading to SF in a week. We're planning on going into Napa valley for a few days (tour some wineries, ride the "Wine Train", drive up the coast) then back down to SF (Fisherman's Wharf area) for the last couple days. Anything you want me to get prepared for you? ;P
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You call that old? Wikipedia says it was founded on June 29, 1776. The small town I live in was first mentioned in a source dating back to 1028, and the nearest big city (Utrecht) was founded by the Romans around 50CE. The US doesn't have any old cities.
St. Augustine. FL found 1565 by the Spanish...oldest city in the US Mike
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You call that old? Wikipedia says it was founded on June 29, 1776. The small town I live in was first mentioned in a source dating back to 1028, and the nearest big city (Utrecht) was founded by the Romans around 50CE. The US doesn't have any old cities.
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I see both of those on the SF CityPass[^] we were also thinking about alcatraz...which makes 3 of the 5 attractions covered (when you include alcatraz, they remove the blue and gold cruise)... seems like a city pass might be the best way to go?
The exploratorium is really cool if you have kids. I mean, it's still cool if you like science experiments, but its really meant for kids. And like I said, the DeYoung museum has that impressionist exhibit going right now...and is a huge museum (for SF at least). The aquarium on the bay is really not worth the money you'd pay for a normal ticket, so any discount on that would be great. The museum of modern art is also not worth the price of a normal ticket. Compared to the NYC MoMA, it's a closet. It definitely is a good way to go.
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At the end of the month I'm planning a trip (for myself and GF) to SF (I'm from the midwest). I've never really been to the bay area other than the airport. I've got tickets to the Giants on the 31st but other than that, I don't exactly know what to spend the rest of my time (about a week) doing. Any recomendations on stuff/places I should check out in the area?
As several others have said, these are the places I went to and enjoyed in SF. - Golden Gate Bridge - Pier 39 - Alcatraz - SF Zoo
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At the end of the month I'm planning a trip (for myself and GF) to SF (I'm from the midwest). I've never really been to the bay area other than the airport. I've got tickets to the Giants on the 31st but other than that, I don't exactly know what to spend the rest of my time (about a week) doing. Any recomendations on stuff/places I should check out in the area?
You HAVE to go to Angel Island and Alcatrazz, and if you want to do it, you need to book the tickets online NOW. You may already be too late. Once you've done that, a walk on the wharf to see things like the musem of arcade machines, the submarine, etc, is a must. You can also go over the bridge, obviously, and if you do, and then turn left to go to the upper car park, the view is awesome. There's a wharf that has a lot of pontoons with seals on it, and an aquarium. The restaurant on the upper deck that has views of Alcatrazz is brilliant, but not cheap. That whole area is good for buying gifts. There's several places on the wharves that sell home made huge chocolate truffles, they are always a good deal. You should try to get to the museum that's all about the trams, and you should try to catch the trams, too. A bit outside SF is a computing museum that is beyond awesome. They had a Babbage Analytical Engine running when I was there, one of only two in the world.
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