The walk from Union Square east to the SoMa neighborhood takes maybe 5 minutes and brings you into an amazing cultural zone. The Yerba Buena Gardens, Metreon, the Cartoon Art Museum, SFMOMA (the S an Francisco Museum of Modern Art), and the California Academy of Sciences can all be r eached on foot and can cer tainly make up a full day s program. Families with determined teens may want to tour the Westfield San Francisco Centre mall at 5th and Market streets as well.
Foreign Cinema Finds CALIFORNIA/MEDITERRANEAN What sets this establishment apart from any other place in the city is its outdoor courtyard with a large exposed-cement raleigh capitol building wall onto which ar e projected foreign films, many of them O scar winners. Heat lamps keep the place cozy, and, well, it s just an incredibly fun way to have a
This is one of the bett er plac es t o eat in Chinatown, but y ou ve got t o k now ho w to or der. P ass on the Westernized menu and ask what fr esh fish is a vailable. Order it prepared simply with garlic or salt and pepper, and be ready for a delicious feast. See p. 120.
58 Chocolate Shop (p. 244). I nstead, take in the view of the bay and Alcatraz Island and walk do wn thr ough Victoria P ark to the water s edge. A t any time of day , y ou re likely to find har dy (or perhaps just crazy) souls swimming in the frigid 50-something degree waters, often without wetsuits. Many are part of the D olphin Club, founded by German immigrants in 1877, whose clubhouse now sits on the Hyde Street Pier.
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