"A weekend in San Francisco" a San Francisco Travel Page by Escadora7

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View over Alcatraz

And what would that be?

We only had a weekend, but boy was it stuffed full of activities! We explored the Japanese Gardens in Golden Gate Park, drove over the Bay Bridge, went to the beach, stared in awe at the multi-colored houses, ate Persian food, took pics of City Hall, strolled along Pier 39 and the Embarcadero, drooled at the Ghirardelli chocolate factory, got dizzy on Lombard Street, tried to get the best possible angle for a picture of the "Needle", were dazed in Chinatown, shopped on Union Square, hung with the hippies on Ashbury/Haights, watched bellydancers at a Middle Eastern restaurant, drove through the gay Castro district, and were fascinated by the animal-like freight cranes in the harbor.

Did we forget anything? Yeah, probably, but there's just so much to do even if you have only one short weekend...

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Bay Bridge

Factoids

Population: 728,921 (1992)
Land Area - 46.7 square miles (1990)
Population per square mile - 15,608
Housing - 328,471 total units - Median Value $298,900
Education: 35% of residents over 25 are college graduates
Median Per capita income - $19,695