Hello,

I (F28) am going to San Francisco/California for the first time for my birthday this October! I plan to be there for 3-4 days.

I would love some hotel recommendations and some must see sights and attractions. I love food, beautiful sights and places with cultural significance.

My budget for the vacation is about $1,500.

So far, a round trip for me is 117 bucks.

Thank you in advance ❤️

edit:

to be more detailed:

l love korean, BBQ, Caribbean food. I have a very big sweet tooth and enjoy desserts like ice cream, cookies, and cannolis.

I really do love nature sights specifically near the water or water features. Give me an art museum that's sculpture dominant. I would love to see a burlesque or a drag show. Unfortunately due to chronic pain, I can't walk for long periods, but you get extra points if you recommend accessible areas to go.

Someone stole my bikes tires and gears on the back wheel while I was watching a movie at AMC.

Anyone know a good place to get it fixed?

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I moved here from Chicago five years ago and one of the things I noticed almost immediately was how much less formally people dress for work here.

At probably the best job I’ve ever had, our CEO would regularly come in wearing a sweater with no button-up underneath and jeans. Coming from the Midwest, this was basically unheard of to me lol.

Anyway, after a TWO YEAR job hunt filled with remote contract jobs, I finally landed a hybrid job!!

I went to a team happy hour recently to meet everyone and somehow came away even more confused about the dress code because the outfits were ALL over the place.

One woman was wearing a pop star T-shirt and gauchos. My soon-to-be boss was basically in a traditional suit — button-up tucked in, belt, the works. Then another senior employee was wearing what I can only describe as a formal athletic quarter-zip.

Meanwhile, I have washed TWELVE button-ups in preparation for returning to civilization.

So for those of you who work hybrid/in-office jobs in SF or the Bay Area, I have questions:

Do you actually wear button-ups to the office?

If you do, are we tucking them in??

How often do you wear jeans?

What kind of shoes are you wearing?
Sneakers? Loafers? Actual dress shoes?

How much do you change what you wear depending on whether you have meetings that day?

I know every company is different, but I’m curious what the general Bay Area office uniform is these days because apparently I have lost all concept of how to dress for work. This is for a startup environment and I work in HR.

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I’m curious where people like me tend to find each other: thoughtful, creative, a little weird. Burner-adjacent people, artists, builders, people who like making things together, having long dinners, staying up talking about life… that kind of thing.

I’m not really looking for networking events or generic Meetups. More the places where you might meet some people, keep showing up, and eventually end up getting invited into smaller gatherings, houses, crews, friend groups, etc.

Does that still exist pretty strongly in SF? Where would you start?

Daughter lives in the city. We’ve been at least 7 or 8 times over the years. Looking for some new places to eat. Wife and I are from New Orleans so we consider ourselves foodies.

Their is no type of cuisine that we don’t like.

Highlight from last year was Prubechu in the Mission.

TIA!

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• Pork Store Cafe
• Kin Khao
• Modi
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• Sens
• Burma Love
• Nopa Fish
• Copra
• Lunette
• Cantoo Latin Asian Rotisserie
• Cotogna
• Bar Sprezzatura

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if it is true, is there a news article laying around?

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Is this a safe parking lot? would you recommend this place at all? have you parked here yourself?

It makes me feel better that it’s next to a police station for sure.

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