what to do in san fran?

[jaedaliu]

You must not know where San Bruno is. Lots of friends and family in SF itself. They call is San Fran as well at times.

Sure I do. San Bruno is not in San Francisco County, so you're not from San Francisco. Your relatives do a better job of proving the original assertion to be wrong.

Oh, and to the OP, make sure you dress in layers. There's a good chance it'll be cloudy/foggy while you're there.

 

[esquared]

Same when non-Californians refer to this state as cali,

Seriously?? Probably more ridiculous than frisco for SF.

This covers it all.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cali

 

[Tommy2000GT]

http://www.powerexchange.com/

I've been there. It's pretty thrilling.

 

[Craig234]

I suppose there are some.

I've lived in the bay area most all my life and I never heard a bay area native, ever, refer to SF as san fran.

We always say, the city.

Or just San Francisco.

I am in the bay area, and concur. I guess 'San Fran' is possible, but don't hear it.

 

[Craig234]

Same when non-Californians refer to this state as cali,

Seriously?? Probably more ridiculous than frisco for SF.

This covers it all.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cali

Cali is a city in Columbia, formerly if not currently a major cocaine city.

 

[ElFenix]

Cali is a city in Columbia, formerly if not currently a major cocaine city.

if you're going to be pedantic you should spell colombia right

 

[Craig234]

if you're going to be pedantic you should spell colombia right

I don't really think it was pedantic, but you're right of course about Colombia. I knew that, not the first time I sort of 'brain fart' spelling something.

Actually, sometimes I'm a bit appalled what shows up on the screen as I type. I'll see some phonetic version of a word I can't believe I'd misspell. No explanation. I edit.

 

[esquared]

Cali is a city in Columbia, formerly if not currently a major cocaine city.

I guess I should have spelled out that I was referring specifically to numbers 3-6.

 

[Craig234]

I guess I should have spelled out that I was referring specifically to numbers 3-6.

I'm not sure what you're talking about 3-6, but was just agreeing with your point - the only time I hear 'Cali' other than non-Californians.

 

[silverpig]

I've been a few times and can share what I loved.

In the city, check out Hayes valley. There's a cool outdoor beer garden there, and it's right next to a liquid nitrogen ice cream place. It's a good spot to waste an afternoon/evening.

We did Alcatraz... it's touristy, but well done.

I've also walked up to Coit tower a few times. If you like hiking, this is as good as it gets in a city.

The seafood down by the water is good too - we ran into bad luck and all the good spots seemed closed though. Don't go for the big touristy places that have cheap crap food though. Find the little hole in the wall places just off the main drags.

If you have some time to go outside the city, Muir Woods is alright. It's not a real hike, more like a walk. Point Reyes is gorgeous - I loved it there. Big Sur is a good drive away but is one of the most beautiful spots in the world.

 

[Kadarin]

I suppose there are some.

I've lived in the bay area most all my life and I never heard a bay area native, ever, refer to SF as san fran.

We always say, the city.

Or just San Francisco.

This. Sometimes we referred to it as "SF", but mostly "the city". NEVER "San Fran" or "Frisco", not ever.

We also never prefixed the freeways with "the". 101 is just 101, and never "the 101". That's a Southern CA thing.

 

[esquared]

Same when non-Californians refer to this state as cali,

Seriously?? Probably more ridiculous than frisco for SF.

This covers it all.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cali

I'm not sure what you're talking about 3-6, but was just agreeing with your point - the only time I hear 'Cali' other than non-Californians.

From my link to urban dictionary.

 

[spacejamz]

This. Sometimes we referred to it as "SF", but mostly "the city". NEVER "San Fran" or "Frisco", not ever.

We also never prefixed the freeways with "the". 101 is just 101, and never "the 101". That's a Southern CA thing.

Is there some type of history as to how the nickname "the city" came about?

Just from an outsider's perspective, it seems kinda presumptuous and arrogant (IMO)...

On a somewhat related not, is it okay to call Los Angeles "LA" or will the locals frown on you for that?

 

[CountZero]

Hasn't been mentioned yet but I really like the ferry building farmer's market. There are several throughout the week though I've only been on the weekends.

 

[baydude]

I've been there. It's pretty thrilling.

Details please?

 

[esquared]

Is there some type of history as to how the nickname "the city" came about?

Just from an outsider's perspective, it seems kinda presumptuous and arrogant (IMO)...

On a somewhat related not, is it okay to call Los Angeles "LA" or will the locals frown on you for that?

I don't know the history of the nickname.

The Warriors had their uniforms from 1966 to 1971 with nothing on it but the words "The City".

http://www.nba.com/warriors/warriors_logo_evolution.html

So, the city was a term long before the Warriors made those uniform logos.

 

[Kadarin]

Is there some type of history as to how the nickname "the city" came about?

Just from an outsider's perspective, it seems kinda presumptuous and arrogant (IMO)...

On a somewhat related not, is it okay to call Los Angeles "LA" or will the locals frown on you for that?

It's from before my time, but I think it just stems from the fact that SF was "the city", the center of culture in the Bay Area.

 

[lupi]

From what I've seen, you find a nice park bench, get nekkid, enjoy a little weed, and if feeling friendly give the guy next to you a hand.

 

[Dirigible]

If you have some time to go outside the city, Muir Woods is alright. It's not a real hike, more like a walk.

If you stay with all the tourists, yes it is just a flat walk. But there are tougher trails that make it a hike, and they interconnect with trails on Mt Tam, the Marin Headlands, etc. that will let you hike for days.

 

[Dirigible]

But all you should do is buy me beer, OP.

 

[Remobz]

San Fran is the land of "nuts" and "fruits" or is that California State?

 

[AreaCode707]

Is there some type of history as to how the nickname "the city" came about?

Just from an outsider's perspective, it seems kinda presumptuous and arrogant (IMO)...

On a somewhat related not, is it okay to call Los Angeles "LA" or will the locals frown on you for that?

It's not so much a nickname as an easy colloquialism. SF is the only big city in the area (I live 2 hours north). "I'm going into town" = nearby. "I'm going into the city" = SF because the next nearest proper city is LA and that's another 12 hours.

It may seem presumptuous and arrogant if you're from the east coast where everything is so close together and you could equally well be referring to several places, but it's more of a geographical matter of fact in NorCal. It's like being in Mississippi and saying "the river". What else would you mean?

LA is LA. Everybody calls it that. However, Orange County is not "The OC".

 

[GoSharks]

On a somewhat related not, is it okay to call Los Angeles "LA" or will the locals frown on you for that?

LA Lakers, LA Dodgers, LA Kings
-or-
Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings.

Nobody says the latter.

 

[quikah]

It's not so much a nickname as an easy colloquialism. SF is the only big city in the area (I live 2 hours north). "I'm going into town" = nearby. "I'm going into the city" = SF because the next nearest proper city is LA and that's another 12 hours.

Lol, poor San Jose...

 

[esquared]

Lol, poor San Jose...

Back then (pre 1960's) if that's when the term city originated, SF had around 775,000
people in 1950 and San Jose had 95K. Santa Clara valley was a farming area and san Jose was right in the middle of it.

Even in 1960 SF had around 740K and San Jose had 200K.

San Jose wasn't even the second biggest city in the Bayarea.

Oakland had nearly 384K in 1950 and 367K in 1960.



San Jose seemed to be the red-headed step-child to SF back then and only in the last 30-40 years has started to form its own identity, (Silicon Valley, San Jose Sharks, some nice hotels/restaurants downtown), as well as having nearly 1M population.