San Francisco as You Like It: 23 Tailor-made Tours for Culture Vultures, Shopaholics, Neo-bohemians, Famished Foodies, Savvy Natives and Everyone Else (San Francisco As You Like It)

San Francisco as You Like It: 23 Tailor-made Tours for Culture Vultures, Shopaholics, Neo-bohemians, Famished Foodies, Savvy Natives and Everyone Else (San Francisco As You Like It)

by Bonnie Wach (Author)

Synopsis

A refreshing antidote to the standard, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink travel guide, San Francisco as You Like It takes over 20 character types from grandmothers and parents with toddlers in tow, to savvy natives, neo-bohemians, and epicureans and creates special tours that crisscross the city to satisfy their specific likes, needs, and preferences. Instead of reviewing attractions, hotels, restaurants, and everything else by category or location, this book presents its recommendations through customized itineraries that cater to the people who will use them. Using this unique organizational tool, it becomes the definitive insider s guide to the city a perfect companion for visitors and locals alike. San Francisco native Bonnie Wach understands that where you want to go in this incredibly diverse city depends on who you are (or who you want to be). Her advice is practical, funny, and deeply rooted in San Francisco's exotic history and quirky character.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Published: 09 Jul 2004

ISBN 10: 1569753873
ISBN 13: 9781569753873

Media Reviews
San Francisco As You Like It---0811816419-$12.95-Chronicle Books-00/1998-12,000

This is the funniest, most readable, and most flat-out useful guidebook I've ever read. It's so loaded with good ideas you'll find yourself tempted, finally, to give Mom your address. I'm a native here, and I didn't know a tenth of this stuff. -Adair Lara, San Francisco Chronicle

A comprehensive, refreshing approach that will help the visitor to San Francisco plan just what to do. -USA Today

Most guidebooks assume you wear Bermuda shorts and enjoy standing in line at a tedious tourist spot. Here is a guide that will help you avoid urban vacation bummers. Instead of cable cars and Rice-A-Roni, San Francisco As You Like It offers 20 unusual tours. -Playboy

Can teach even resident San Franciscans a thing or two. -Chicago Tribune

Garnished with an un-guidelike measure of humor and irreverence. -Philadelphia Inquirer

Author Bio
Bonnie Wach was born and raised in San Francisco-with only one brief and painful stint living outside the city. A former editor of WHERE San Francisco, California and San Francisco magazines, she currently writes a restaurant review column for the SF Weekly newspaper. She lives in San Francisco, CA.