San Francisco Travel Blog
Cesar Chavez Parade & Celebration in the Mission District
As anyone who is involved with labor or civil rights movements will tell you, Cesar Chavez is one of the most important figures within these two important and intertwined spheres. A man who spent the majority of his life struggling within the state of California to better the lives of both farmers and migrant workers, Cesar Chavez receives the honors he is due every year at the Mission District’s annual Cesar Chavez Holiday Parade & Celebration.
NLS Selects: Three Bars Worth the Effort
So, we’re thinking that it might not be a bad idea to keep going with our “Best Places to Grab A Drink in San Francisco” thing because, let’s admit it, the world has become a very dark and gloomy place and sometimes there’s not much else one can do other than grab a beer or a cocktail and snuggle up with some friends in a place that lets us pretend that everything is okay with society.
NLS Selects: Four Beer Halls Worth the Trip
We’ve said it many, many times, and we’re here to say it again: if you love beer, then you love San Francisco. While the city and the surrounding areas (particularly Sonoma & Napa Valley) are world famous for their wine production, the Bay Area itself has accepted its poorer-quality terroir with aplomb and decided to focus its energies on the brewing and distribution of a different sort of liquid elixir.
Signs of Spring: The 52nd Annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival
The blooming of the cherry trees is a classic sign of Spring throughout many Asian cultures. Each year, the cherry trees send forth their delicate petals, reminding us that no matter how long and dark the winter might have been, Spring has arrived to lift and warm our spirits.
Scrub Your Soul at the New Living Expo
Does life have you feeling crushed? Do you wake up sometimes with an acute sense of despair and helplessness? Do you find yourself reading blogs and looking for answers? If so, then you are the perfect sort of individual to check out the New Living Expo!
Opening Day at Oracle Park
Winter is long, and winter is tiring. Although in the Bay Area we don’t see the layers of snowfall or suffer from the crushing pressure of ice buildup, we do find ourselves in a gray time full of fog and chillier temperatures. It is fitting that we look eagerly towards the first signs of Spring. One of these, and for many it is the only one that matters, is the beginning of baseball season.
Wine Time! The Polk Street Spring Wine Walk Returns 2019
So far this year we’ve highlighted several beer-centric festivals. While these are fun, and while these are exciting, they are also very filling. For many of us, it is hard to muster up enthusiasm for an event that will result in us consuming several loaves of bread in liquid form. This is why the gods invented wine.
Artists Selling Art at the stARTup Event at the Hotel del Sol
San Francisco is known for many things. Our vibrant nightlife, our heroic leadership role in LGBTQ+ rights, our connection to cinema. A clear umbrella for some of these topics is art in general, and it is not unfair to say that San Francisco is one of the world’s centers for artistic exploration and innovation.
The 22nd Annual Sonoma International Film Festival 2019
Now that Spring is on its way, many cities throughout the country are preparing their annual film festivals. Nowhere is this more pronounced than in San Francisco, one of the most notoriously film-obsessed cities in the country.
Bring on the Beer with the Bay Area Brew Festival 2019
You might be the sort of person who enjoys an ice cold beer every now and again. You might be the sort of person who enjoys drinking this beer in an area where other people are present who also enjoy ice cold beers. Finally, you might be the sort of person who finds themselves within the Bay Area on March 23rd looking to participate in your favorite activities of drinking ice cold beer with other people who are also drinking ice cold beer while around you are food trucks, DJs, dueling pianos, and other live music.
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