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SAN FRANCISO: Viva la taqueria

My big mission in San Francisco was to have real Mexican food, so we headed to the Mission, a neighbourhood that’s predominantly Latino and as with most cool areas, increasingly attracting artists and hipsters.

An easy BART ride to the 24th Street station brings you right into the heart of colourful Mission Street. If I hadn’t [...]

SAN FRANCISCO: Coffee with the Coz

I wanted to kick off day one of a short (about 3.5 days) visit to San Francisco with a nice coffee. Well, wouldn’t you know that every corner within six blocks of our Financial District hotel was a Starbucks. Bleah. So I kept walking.

There were a few Peet’s locations, which appears to be a local [...]

What I learned in San Francisco

The family from Full House and Uncle Jesse did not live in one of the Victorian houses known as the Painted Ladies (above). They just had a picnic in the park across the street from it in the sitcom’s opening.

It may look hot and sunny, but it’s damn cold out. The locals mean it [...]