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Q. I'm 34, my wife is 29, we don't have kids yet. We want to have a big, awesome, drunk, sloppy good time in SF when we are their this May 7 - May 13. We are already taking the obligatory Napa and Alcatraz tours, just so we can say we did it. We want to find some really nice things to do that fit our demographic. We enjoy culture, drinking, debachery and just plain old fun. Any ideas, besides the Warf?
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If you can afford to splurge, see a performance of Beach Blanket Babylon musical revue with music, dance, & giant hats several feet in width--Good that you're still young enough not to die laughing. I lucked out once & saw a mini-performance at a county fair far from the city, but that's not the usual thing. Anyway, they are wonderful & it's fun.
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See all the fun things to see & do at Golden Gate Park, such as the Academy of Sciences, the Japanese Tea Garden, The Conservatory of Flowers, & just unwinding (take a Frisbee & a book of Northern California plants & trees & get a map of the park online.) It's not debauchery, but it's wonderful fun. Besides, you'll probably want to break up the sight of cement sidewalks with some green grass & trees.
Personally, I love the art museums, such as the DeYoung. Years from now, you may be able to take kids on token visits, but really, you'll feel a lot more free & easy about it without any kids to get impatient with it all.
Seek out your favorite kinds of restaurant. For me, that's vegetarian, like Greens, & maybe a nice Indian one for a noon buffet & maybe something cheaper like Greek falafels at a neighborhood cafe. I only have a vague memory of such a cafe somewhere near the park & not a specific location. That's what serendipity & discovery are all about. Of course, most everyone will recommend China Town for Chinese food. You might want to browse in the shops in China Town, too, & even look for Chinese shoes or cotton bathrobes or gifts.
You might also enjoy browsing another landmark, City Lights Bookstore, for a another side of the history, namely the Beatnik & free speech era that preceded the Hippie Era. Do a search on Lawrence Ferlinghetti & Alan Ginsburg. Earlier this spring I saw an online copy of Ferlinghetti's "The Dog Walked Freely Through the Street." So, you could get a little background on this, too, if you're not already familiar with it.
Sorry, but I'm ill-informed about the drinking & debauchery. I do know that at one time, the topless bars were quite the thing, I think in North Beach. (I'm not really from the city.) I suppose that they're still there. Uh-oh. I just did a search on topless dancers (aka exotic dancers) & I see from the stories that North Beach might be the place to avoid due to riots & other brawls. There's some talk of changing things there to other focuses. (from a March 2013 story) Also, I haven't gone in for live performances like rock & roll in bars since leaving Southern California many years ago. If I were still into that & still young enough to enjoy it, I'd probably be telling you about things in another county.
If you want bargains on wines & snacks & imported food, look for a Trader Joe's, a small grocery chain with bargains on luxury foods like nuts, crackers, imported cheese, hummus dip, & other favorites. I don't know if you'll find one in the city, but you'll see them in most neighboring counties if you're out & about. That would be if you have a fridge in your hotel room & you want to have snacks or pack a lunch or if you're staying with someone & want a gift for the host & hostess. They also have the wine tables labeled with the type of food to go with each wine, very informative, I'd say. Shelf signs also call attention to award winners such as one from Kenwood Winery in Sonoma County.
You can get boxes of chocolates at Trader Joe's, too, or get chocolates from See's Candies in many shopping malls to take back to your friends back home, such as someone who's watching your house while you're gone. I was going to say that you might get chocolates from Ghirardelli Square, but a search I just now did showed that it's basically a tourist trap, with the factory not even there. It's just souvenir shops, & Wikipedia mentions a remodeling of many shops going on, with no dates given for that. It's easier to get the chocolates at a supermarket, online, or out & about on your other stops. Any of those 3 places are the tops for brands of chocolates. If you find some, better get an extra box of chocolates to eat in your hotel room, too. Now that's debauchery.
Hope this gives you some useful ideas, although as I said, I'm not from the city, but rather, a couple of hours north of there.
If you can afford to splurge, see a performance of Beach Blanket Babylon musical revue with music, dance, & giant hats several feet in width--Good that you're still young enough not to die laughing. I lucked out once & saw a mini-performance at a county fair far from the city, but that's not the usual thing. Anyway, they are wonderful & it's fun.
www.beachblanketbabylon.com/what/âindex.shtml
See all the fun things to see & do at Golden Gate Park, such as the Academy of Sciences, the Japanese Tea Garden, The Conservatory of Flowers, & just unwinding (take a Frisbee & a book of Northern California plants & trees & get a map of the park online.) It's not debauchery, but it's wonderful fun. Besides, you'll probably want to break up the sight of cement sidewalks with some green grass & trees.
Personally, I love the art museums, such as the DeYoung. Years from now, you may be able to take kids on token visits, but really, you'll feel a lot more free & easy about it without any kids to get impatient with it all.
Seek out your favorite kinds of restaurant. For me, that's vegetarian, like Greens, & maybe a nice Indian one for a noon buffet & maybe something cheaper like Greek falafels at a neighborhood cafe. I only have a vague memory of such a cafe somewhere near the park & not a specific location. That's what serendipity & discovery are all about. Of course, most everyone will recommend China Town for Chinese food. You might want to browse in the shops in China Town, too, & even look for Chinese shoes or cotton bathrobes or gifts.
You might also enjoy browsing another landmark, City Lights Bookstore, for a another side of the history, namely the Beatnik & free speech era that preceded the Hippie Era. Do a search on Lawrence Ferlinghetti & Alan Ginsburg. Earlier this spring I saw an online copy of Ferlinghetti's "The Dog Walked Freely Through the Street." So, you could get a little background on this, too, if you're not already familiar with it.
Sorry, but I'm ill-informed about the drinking & debauchery. I do know that at one time, the topless bars were quite the thing, I think in North Beach. (I'm not really from the city.) I suppose that they're still there. Uh-oh. I just did a search on topless dancers (aka exotic dancers) & I see from the stories that North Beach might be the place to avoid due to riots & other brawls. There's some talk of changing things there to other focuses. (from a March 2013 story) Also, I haven't gone in for live performances like rock & roll in bars since leaving Southern California many years ago. If I were still into that & still young enough to enjoy it, I'd probably be telling you about things in another county.
If you want bargains on wines & snacks & imported food, look for a Trader Joe's, a small grocery chain with bargains on luxury foods like nuts, crackers, imported cheese, hummus dip, & other favorites. I don't know if you'll find one in the city, but you'll see them in most neighboring counties if you're out & about. That would be if you have a fridge in your hotel room & you want to have snacks or pack a lunch or if you're staying with someone & want a gift for the host & hostess. They also have the wine tables labeled with the type of food to go with each wine, very informative, I'd say. Shelf signs also call attention to award winners such as one from Kenwood Winery in Sonoma County.
You can get boxes of chocolates at Trader Joe's, too, or get chocolates from See's Candies in many shopping malls to take back to your friends back home, such as someone who's watching your house while you're gone. I was going to say that you might get chocolates from Ghirardelli Square, but a search I just now did showed that it's basically a tourist trap, with the factory not even there. It's just souvenir shops, & Wikipedia mentions a remodeling of many shops going on, with no dates given for that. It's easier to get the chocolates at a supermarket, online, or out & about on your other stops. Any of those 3 places are the tops for brands of chocolates. If you find some, better get an extra box of chocolates to eat in your hotel room, too. Now that's debauchery.
Hope this gives you some useful ideas, although as I said, I'm not from the city, but rather, a couple of hours north of there.
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China, after all, is the fastest growing luxury market in the world.
The 10 Most Counterfeited Products in America http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-10-most-counterfeited-products-in-america-180942491.html
I also suggest when paying for online purchases, don't use Paypal, it takes just once to be a victim. I was and it took 3 years to get my credit. Use your Credit Card, always, they can help you if any disputes. Example from YA!: "On the 10th of November we returned a watch I had bought for my husband, it was supposed to be an automatic but when it was taken off stopped after a short while. I phoned to tell then and they said to return it for a refund, I know it reached them on the 11th November as I tacked it by the post office. the promised refund has yet to come after several email all ignored and a few phone calls now all I can do is contact the credit card company. so customers beware".
AND beware of international shipping, they could add 3-25% extra fees, even if the price is cheap.
My merchant was from Texas, but the product was shipped from Hong Kong.
Other times, when you need to call Customer Service, they speak in foreign tongue and no one to translate them or JUST they don't answer calls.
Another example from ASOS: They DON'T HAVE TOLL FREE NUMBER, so if you're USA trying to order, you need to know your Beginning & END date of your Credit Card. Mine's NOT TAKING IT. I have to email them, now I have to wait 6 hours before I can get my question answered, to order something from them. BTW: when I finally got my email answered, they're saying I'm having computer problem (I don't), and that I needed to clean my virus. I ended up NOT ordering from them, that still didn't answer my question!
One example from YA: I ordered clothes from PacSun worth 200 dollars, it was shipped by FedEx then given to usps. The tracking number says the package has been delivered but I didn't receive anything I was home all day. What should I do? Should I contact FedEx or usps? If I contact PacSun do you think I can get my money back?
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