Dizzying cable-car drops...sumptuous California cuisine……vibrant street scenes……pulsating nightlife...the Cityby the Bay combines attitude and charm like no otherplace on earth. Whether you're feelin' the love in theHaight or slicing through the fog of the Golden Gate,this streetwise and stylish guide will show you why it's soeasy to leave your heart in San Francisco.

Gorgeous enough to weep over, San Francisco is penned in on three sides by water. Crammed onto a modest finger of land, the city's picturesque houses and striking skyscrapers jostle on improb.ably hilly streets. The city's residents can be just as sweetly contrary. The uber-local is a gay mar-keting executive of Chinese-Mexican heritage grabbing a wheatgrass smoothie with a caffeine shot on his way home from the gym. Or she's a Marina gal of an indeterminate age with a hard bod who you met at a pickup volleyball game at Crissy Field. And though she'll dress to the nines she loves to drink in dive bars.

Introducing San Francisco

City Life

Arts

Architecture

Food

History

Neighborhoods

Walking Tours

Eating

Entertainment

Sports, Health & Fitness

Shopping

Sleeping

Excursions

Directory

Behind the Scenes

Index

Map Section