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San Francisco’s Mission District is a Maze of Murals

31. October 2008

Like most cities, San Francisco has its distinguished museums and brilliantly lit galleries, and it also has a healthy supply of what is sometimes described as "low-brow" art: graffiti, skateboard paintings, tattoo art, underground comix and so on. Spanning the full range of SF's art spectrum, and blurring the distinctions somewhat, are the murals for which the city is rightly famous. They’re all over town – in the lobbies of government buildings and along alleyways that double as urinals for the homeless.

Made for Walking: San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill

15. August 2008

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Made for Walking: San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill

When people ask me if I’ve seen the Parrot Movie, I say yes. And when I ask people if they’ve walked San Francisco's Telegraph Hill, the answer, surprisingly, is almost always no. To which I always say, Fer cryin' out loud. Don't just see the movie.

San Francisco Segway Tour

14. May 2008

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Viator staff are always taking the tours we offer on the site; it’s our business, so it makes sense. And every now and again a whole bunch of us take the afternoon off and do one of our tours as a group: that happened a few weeks ago in San Francisco, when we headed down [...]

Why I Loved My San Francisco Helicopter Tour

28. January 2007

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I’ve lived in San Francisco most of my adult life. (Cue nostalgic music and violins.) I remember when I first moved here, the city was so unlike my hometown of Los Angeles. LA has freeways. San Francisco has hills. LA has golden sunsets and towering palm trees. SF has fog horns, cable cars and cafes. [...]