San Francisco Off the Beaten Path Tips by Smruti

Every first Thursday of the month, local art galleries stay open until about 7:30 so art lovers, social butterflies, and curious geaorges can check out the latest exhibits, drink some wine, and improve their aesthetic tastes. The downtown galleries that participate in this are at 49 Geary and 75 Geary (you can't miss the people streaming in and out of the buildings). A few blocks up are the Sutter Street galleries including HangART and Hang Art annex. (www.hangart.com).

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this is the place to come on warm, sunny SF afternoons (yeah, right!) to have a picnic, listen the drummers, and by the way, you will smell that familiar smell of pot curling your way, especially if you are on the hill

sit on the hill or on the flat area and snooze...you are steps away from the children's playground and carousel. You're about a five-minute walk from the Inner Sunset nieghborhood (9th and Irving has tons of bars, restaurants, shops, and grocers to check out)

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Other Contact: Kezar and Lincoln

Down in Woodside, set on 650 rolling acres is the Djerassi Ranch, home to the Resident Artist program where artists come to create writing, art, sculptures and music. Every so often (check the website for dates) 2-mile and half day tours of the sculptures and grounds are offered. I've included one of my favorite sculptures that artists in residence have created. St. Denis Tower is set up on a hill and is created out of willow branches woven together. I've too many pictures to include here, so check my 'Djerassi travelogue' for pictures of more sculptures

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Website: www.djerassi.org

where else can you sit in pitch darkness and "watch" music take the form of sound sculptures? This is a 49 seat sound space surrounded by speakers in the walls, ceilings, and floor. You sit in the dark with your eyes closed and listen as various types of music and sound are manipulated and layered through space, direction, and volume to create a unique sensory experience.

Warning- not for everyone--I saw people sleeping all the way through it, they were so relaxed. For others, I saw them walk out with a WTF look- they thought they should have been in Berkeley instead.

Audium is every Friday and Saturday at 8:30pm

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Phone: 415-771-1616.
Website: www.audium.org
Other Contact: 1616 Bush Street