May 6th, 2013 at 10:00AM: A pair of hairy middle-aged Chia Pets are blasting Wham's "Careless Whisper" from a new age boom box. A cluster of Latino immigrants is fishing and drinking cans of Tecate just steps away from a male paddleball player in a tight speedo with a Taliban-style beard and his long hair pulled in a Samurai-style bun. A teenager with a map of Bosnia and Herzegovina tattooed on his chest is enjoying a ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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24 Almost Perfect Hours In San Francisco
May 6th, 2013 at 10:00AM: A pair of hairy middle-aged Chia Pets are blasting Wham's "Careless Whisper" from a new age boom box. A cluster of Latino immigrants is fishing and drinking cans of Tecate just steps away from a male paddleball player in a tight speedo with a Taliban-style beard and his long hair pulled in a Samurai-style bun. A teenager with a map of Bosnia and Herzegovina tattooed on his chest is enjoying a ...Saying 'No' To Add-Ons At The Car Rental Counter
May 4th, 2013 at 11:00AM: I'm a rental car company's worst customer. I always refuse all the additional insurance coverage options, the pre-paid fuel option and the toll pass. I bring my own GPS and car seats for my little boys, I tend to say, "no thanks" when they tell me I can upgrade for a fee, and I often prepay for my rental cars on Priceline. Usually car rental agents size me up as a cheapskate and quickly hand over ...Photo Of The Day: End Of The Line
May 2nd, 2013 at 6:30PM:
Public art can take many forms: a mural, a street performer, even a tank as "sculpture." Then there is the many forms of graffiti. How do you differentiate between art and vandalism? This photo of a broken down Muni bus was taken by Flickr user JRodmanJr in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood, presumably in the junkyard. It's hard to say when the bus acquired all of its "artwork," perhaps some ...Photo Of The Day: The Signs Of San Francisco
Apr 21st, 2013 at 6:00PM:
Over dinner recently, a fellow Gadling blogger, some other travel lovers and I were discussing the merits of San Francisco. We decided that our favorite part about it was that it just has that special amount of "funk" that is hard to find in other cities. It's hard to describe, but if you have been to San Francisco, you know what I am talking about.
That feeling is perfectly captured in ...FlightCar Makes Peer-To-Peer Rentals More Convenient
Mar 8th, 2013 at 1:00PM: If you can get comfortable with the idea of a stranger driving your car - or if you have the capacity to not think about it while the vehicle is out of your sight - it might make sense to rent your wheels while you're out of town.
But the leading peer-to-peer rental agencies leave a lot of the logistics to the car owner. List your car with a service like Relay Rides, Getaround or Jolly Wheels ...Photo Of The Day: Surfing Near San Francisco
Mar 5th, 2013 at 6:30PM:
"Sometimes in the morning, when it's a good surf, I go out there, and I don't feel like it's a bad world," Nobel Prize-winning chemist Kary Mullis famously said.
Today's Photo of the Day from Flickr user Jason Rodman captures the essence of that quote. Somewhere north of San Francisco, a lone surfer prepares to enter an ocean devoid of worries and distractions. There aren't any surf-worthy ...Video Of The Day: San Francisco Longboarding
Feb 20th, 2013 at 6:00PM:
The reason I'm fascinated by extreme sport-type videos, like this one, has nothing to do with my own predisposition or lack thereof toward these types of activities. In fact, I don't longboard at all, let alone longboard like the skater featured in this video, Sean Spees. Rather, I enjoy these videos because, when artfully shot, they excel in staying quiet and letting the shots do the talking. ...
San Francisco's Mobile Eateries: SOMAny Food Trucks, So Little Time
Feb 20th, 2013 at 12:00PM:
In a city like San Francisco, there's so much to love, it's easy to veer into bad poetic cliche (the fog rolling in on the Golden Gate; how, on unseasonably warm days, the entire city appears to be picnicking on every available patch of green; the dreamy views of the bay from the top of Pacific Heights).
There are other things about SF that rock, however, despite an obvious lack of ...Cochon 555 Pork Competition Turns Five, Kicks Off February 17 In Atlanta
Feb 8th, 2013 at 12:00PM: Much ado about pork products is made on Gadling, with good reason. Even if you're sick to death of pork-centric eateries, and lardo this and sausage that, it's hard to deny the allure of the other white meat (I can't tell you how many vegetarians and vegans I know who still have a jones for bacon).
For those of you wanting to attend the ultimate porkapalooza, get your tickets for Cochon 555, a ...Budget Guide 2013: San Francisco
Feb 5th, 2013 at 11:00AM:
San Francisco has a well-deserved reputation for being expensive, but that's not to say you can't enjoy it to the fullest on a budget. The joy of this compact, walkable city is that you don't need your own transportation. Remember, though, that food is the soul of San Francisco. That means loads of pop-up restaurants, street food, food trucks, farmers markets and ethnic bites for cheap. The ...The Best Places In The US To Celebrate Chinese New Year
Jan 22nd, 2013 at 11:00AM:
Chinese New Year – or Spring Festival as it's also known – is a Chinese celebration that marks the start of new life. Each year is associated with an animal from the Chinese zodiac and 2013 will welcome the year of the snake.
New Year is the most important holiday in China (a lot like Christmas is in the West), and Chinese families celebrate by buying gifts, food and clothing. ...City Nicknames We'd Rather Not Hear
Jan 15th, 2013 at 2:00PM: As a native Californian, few things get on my nerves more than hearing the abbreviation, "Cali." I don't know why it irritates me so much, but I suspect it's the knowing, insider-y tone that usually accompanies it. "Yeah, man, I just got back from a trip to Cali. It was hella cool."
Aaargh. Also right up there is "Frisco." Let me just tell you that Californians do not, ever, under any ...Video: Take A 5000-Photo, 3-Minute Road Trip Across The USA
Dec 2nd, 2012 at 8:00AM: One of the great travel experiences of all time is the good old-fashioned road trip. There really is nothing like hitting the road with friends with no particular schedule or agenda. The video below captures that feeling oh so well, using more than 5000 photos to sum up a cross-country journey in a little more than three minutes.
The video, which is entitled "Roadtrip USA," was shot by Mike ...
Why I Love The 'Loin: San Francisco's Vibrant Tenderloin Neighborhood
Nov 23rd, 2012 at 11:00AM:
Having lived in San Francisco off and on for the better part of half my life, I've seen my share of gentrification. And, like many things, it has its positives and negatives. It's hard to hate on improvements in housing standards, public safety and sanitation. It's great to see economic growth in neighborhoods once plagued by social ills. It utterly sucks to see yet another crappy chain store ...Photo Of The Day: Rainy San Francisco
Oct 26th, 2012 at 5:00PM:
Rainy San Francisco is the City by the Bay at its most atmospheric. When San Francisco becomes fully waterlogged and gray it lodges itself most deeply in wistful sentiment. This image, taken by Flickr user Cosmic Smudge on Jones Street in Nob Hill, is made all the more dreamily nostalgic thanks to the ghostly impression left by the Transamerica Pyramid in the background.
Upload your best ...Is Eddie Huang The Next Anthony Bourdain? Watch And Find Out
Oct 25th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
If the name Eddie Huang isn't familiar, it may soon be, if the folks at VICE.tv have their way. The Washington, D.C., native is a chef, former lawyer and, according to his website, a former "hustler and street wear designer" born to Taiwanese immigrants – a background that led him to become the force behind Manhattan's popular Baohaus restaurant.
Huang's new VICE video series, "Fresh ...Photo Of The Day: Meanwhile On Muni
Oct 11th, 2012 at 7:00PM:
Whether you are traveling in an exotic city, or just commuting to work, public transportation is always a rich source of photography subjects. Flickr user (and PotD favorite) davitydave is a frequent photographer on San Francisco's Muni, adding his favorite shots to his Flickr page with the title "Meanwhile on Muni." This shot particularly captures the range of human expression, from suspicion ...Photo Of The Day: BART Blur
Oct 5th, 2012 at 6:00PM:
The blur of public transportation is an atmospheric, if possibly overplayed, representation of travel itself. This particular blur, of a BART train and station, owes much to the yellow floor safety line, which grounds the image.
This blur was snapped by Flickr user kiddie1997. For me, it prompts memories of living in San Francisco, an association I was feeling particularly keenly today to ...Museum Of Craft And Folk Art In San Francisco To Close
Sep 26th, 2012 at 9:00AM: San Francisco's Museum of Craft And Folk Art has announced in a press release that it will close its doors forever on December 1.
Museum officials said, "Sustainability in the current economic climate, with reduced funding for the arts, was a significant factor in the decision."
The museum tried to put a brave face on the announcement by highlighting its past achievements. It was founded in ...Photo Of The Day: The Golden Gate Bridge
Sep 14th, 2012 at 6:00PM:
The Golden Gate Bridge, which links San Francisco and Marin County, is one of the most iconic man-made sights in the United States. It's bold and dramatic, the source of rich symbolism and the background to countless tourist snaps. In this image, taken by Flickr user jrodmanjr, the bridge is dwarfed by a cliff and the humans atop it.
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