OTHERS: San Francisco for Virgins

Having lived in San Francisco for almost 6 years now, I actually am not too familiar with some of the usual tourist-y spots and am glad that I found this article which is an excellent recap of what to do/to eat/to visit in San Francisco.

Hope it can be useful for SF virgins.
Feel free to post questions or comment here or e-mail me for various Q&As related to the city.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/02/06/sfvirgins.DTL&type=travelbayarea
Tour For San Francisco Virgins

From "San Francisco As You Like It: Over 20 Tailor-Made Tours for Culture Vultures, Shopaholics, Neo-Bohemians, Frenzied Foodies, Savvy Natives, and Everyone Else," to be published in its second edition this spring by Ulysses Press.

Even though I grew up here and can never fully realize the wondrous revelation of seeing San Francisco for the very first time, I imagine that for many it's a life-changing experience. I mean -- if I can still get a lump in my throat at the sight of a cable car silhouetted against the evening sky atop Nob Hill, or the sound of an audience singing "San Francisco" at the top of its lungs before a movie at the Castro Theatre, just think what it could do for an someone who's never been out of Kansas.

Playing tour guide to an SF virgin is a wonderful thing for a number of reasons:

1. It's easy -- everything's new and exciting and amazing -- even that lady with the space-alien lights in her hair that plays the accordian and sings "Feelin' Groovy."

2. You're required by the laws of hospitality to go to all those "tourist" places you'd never dream of visiting on your own (but were secretly dying to see), and you can blame it on your guests.

3. There's nothing quite like seeing your old, familiar haunts through the eyes of a neophyte -- a great way to renew your romance with the city ......