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San Francisco

Red And White Fleet Launches San Francisco California Twilight Cruise

On this casual two-hour cruise, passengers enjoy views of the city’s spectacular nightscape, live guitar entertainment, light appetizers from the buffet, and a hot or cold beverage from the bar. The cruise passes along the skyline of San Francisco, the infamous island of Alcatraz, and passes under the San Francisco Bay Bridge and the legendary Golden Gate Bridge.

Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories
at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco is currently presenting "Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories," an exploration of Stein's literary and art life...

Multilingual San Francisco Bay Cruises
For those interested in learning about San Francisco's history, landmarks and culture, San Francisco’s Red and White Fleet offers multilingual bay cruises in twelve languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Thai and Hindi...

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
A San Francisco Food Extravaganza
"Life's short...dessert first," said the young fellow behind the Scream Sorbet stand. And with that, I began my visit, in an oh-so-sweet way, to the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, the foodie "love fest" at the historic Ferry Building on the city's Embarcadero waterfront...

Archived Articles

Oh, Heavenly Sweets! A Tempting Chocolate Tour of San Francisco
"You don't have to die to go to chocolate heaven." That's Adam Smith speaking from behind the counter at Fog City News, the largest magazine store in the Bay Area, where the shelves are stocked not only with 22 different versions of Vogue Magazine, but over 200 of the best chocolate bars in the world...

Petit Auberge: A Bit of France in the Heart of San Francisco
I lay awake in my bed at the Petite Auberge, and through an opening in the drawn curtains, I could make out a pine tree waving in what remained of the previous night's raging wind and rain...

San Francisco Hidden Gems Uncovered in a City Guides Tour
I always thought that I knew this glorious city by the bay.
But a City Guides walking tour...awakened me to the fact that so many of San Francisco's fascinating gems lie hidden away…even to the experienced visitor...

Hotel Vitale: Chic Lodging on San Francisco's Embarcadero
The next time you're in San Francisco, there is a hotel waiting for you along the Embarcadero where modernity blends with the understated touch of a Japanese spa...

Behold a Food Cornucopia at San Francisco Marketplace
The late San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen once called the Ferry Building clock tower "a famous city's most famous landmark."
Today, the tower is the centerpiece of the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market, the lively home of sustainable farm products and sophisticated indoor shops...

Website Helps You Explore San Francisco's Neighborhoods
San Francisco offers more than 40 neighborhoods, each with a distinct history, atmosphere and personality...

Curious George Exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco
The Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco is presenting Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H. A. Rey, an exhibition of nearly 80 original drawings that reveal a dramatic story of escape and survival...

If You Like Your Coffee with Italian Ballads, San Francisco Has More Than a Cup for You
"I was born to sing," said 86-year-old Papa Gianni in the Italian-accented English people hear when he greets them for a Saturday afternoon of ballads, opera and other popular tunes at Caffe Trieste, the landmark North Beach coffee house and home to the poets of the Beat Generation he and his wife Mama Ida founded 50 years ago...