Also, please pop over to facebook and LIKE their page
- the support would really be appreciated, thanks!
Sparrow Bar and Kitchen


   

 Manbird wrote: 
ok, but I'm a little leery of the holes in the bar stool seats...

j/k

THE SPARROW BAR AND KITCHEN

Hey, check my son's new restaurant - opening in July.
If you live in the Bay Area or planning a visit to the
west coast, stop by for a brew and some food!
Tell them Manbird sent you... or maybe not. 

 romeotuma wrote:
  That's pathetic.  Only in the West Bay could poor cell service stop a protest cold.

OTOH:


Possibly?   BART was just shooting in the dark?

I don't know which is a bigger embarrassment.

 pilate wrote:Well...there's the Mark Hopkins, conveniently located atop Nob Hill, with prices to match.  Less famous, more reasonably priced and equally well-located is the Stanford Court.  It's a first class hotel, right around the corner from the Mark.  Personally I think it's better located for transportation — try getting your car parked at the Mark at check-out time; the Stanford court is closer to the main cable car lines, and closer to Chinatown.

I don't know about particulars, but a drive down Highway 1 is sure to please.  If you're leaving from SF, stop by the Cliff House, then take a stroll around the area to see the other Sutro leftovers before heading down the coast.  Nothing much is going on in Half Moon Bay that weekend, but it's a nice place to make a pit stop.  And then there's Santa Cruz, of course.  If you take the PCH route, the sights along the way can fill up two days easily.  If your friends are golfers, Pebble Beach might be the only stop for them.  (I'm not, but know enough golfers to know that they can be a bit...obsessive about the game.)

Come to think of it, you might plan your itenerary around your friends' interests.  The stuff that I wouldn't miss might bore them to tears, and vice versa.  For example, I could spend a whole day at an aquarium or science museum (or NASA facility).  I'd rather take out a sailboat over a fishing boat, etc.  What do they like in general?

Need advice on a 3-day plan I'm trying to work out. I have friends visiting from Hong Kong and they will be in SF from 28th to 1st (Thursday-Monday). This is their first time visiting the West coast, but they don't want a super-hectic plan because they would have just come from traveling in Brazil. They will be on their own on Thursday and I will meet them Thursday night-Friday early morning and we will go to Napa/Sonoma for a day. Any recommendations for cool hotels to stay in SF?

Since this is their first visit here, I thought we would venture away from SF for a couple of days. I was thinking of driving down to the Monterey/Carmel area for a couple of days (Saturday/Sunday). Would we have stuff to do for two days? Any recommendations — places to see, eat, live, etc., in the area?

We need to be back in SF on Monday — I drive back that morning and they fly back to HK that night.

Suggestions on alternative activities to do within about 100 miles of SF also welcome.