.aye four.

some must see places? Im going to be around the San Francisco area.

rbt

CA has a bit of everything. What do you like???????

Chekm8

Just to get you started on your homework, here are some areas of interests

Areas of interest (<a href="http://www.sanfranciscoonline.com/"> http://www.sanfranciscoonline.com/ </a>, <a href="http://www.sfvisitor.org/">http://www.sfvisitor.org/ </a>, <a href="http://www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Embarcadero.html">http://www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Embarcadero.html </a>, <a href="http://www.sftravel.com/union.html">http://www.sftravel.com/union.html </a> , SFGATE.COM is local to SF and has some good areas of interest: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/">http://www.sfgate.com/</a>, has an events and performance list under the Entertainment section list: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/listings/search.php?events"> http://www.sfgate.com/listings/search.php?events </a>);

Downtown area;
Downtown SF (shopping, food, day/night life)
Union Square area, Cable Car
Union St/Lombard (crooked street)/Chestnut St
Coit Tower
Chinatown
North Beach
Fisherman's Warf/Pier 39/Ghirardelli Sq. (<a href="http://www.ghirardellisq.com/">http://www.ghirardellisq.com/ </a> try the "Earthquake" huge pile of ice cream)
The Ferry Building (great fresh oysters, boutiques and little shops- <a href="http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/"> http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/ </a> )
The Embarcadero (more boutiques and shops)
PacBell Park (now called SBC)

Castro
Haight St
Japantown
The Presidio/Marina district
Ocean Beach (Cliff House, Golden Gate Park)
SF Zoo? (I think for every 1st Wednesday of every month it's free of charge--just thought I'd throw that in there lol)

Islands;
Tiburon/Angel Island (across GG bridge <a href="http://www.tiburon.org/"> http://www.tiburon.org/ </a>)
Treasure Island (half way on Bay Bridge to Oakland)
Alcatraz (can grab tickets at by Pier 39)

Night life;
Downtown SF
Cityscape Bar/Restaurant (nice view, food is OK, top floor of the Hilton, might have some dinner/dancing <a href="http://www.destinationpartners.com/cityscape_restaurant.htm"> http://www.destinationpartners.com/cityscape_restaurant.htm </a>)
NorthBeach has some great coffee shops, a few bars, great places to eat, near Chinatown
Chestnut St (great coffee shops, a few bars, great places to eat)
Sir Francis Drake (had a bar/dance floor in one of the floors--forgot what it was called and haven't been there for a while)

lol I don't have a huge listing on the nightlife since I've been a hermit for a while with the girlfriend and all. Also, not sure what night life you'd like.

Alright, I think that's all I can think of for now. Good luck!

ReyHey@work2

San Francisco area, Mt.Diablo in the far east bay is said to be a vantage point with the greatest amount of visible terrain in the 48 states. Quite the view.

Dr.quattro

Napa and Salmon Fishing off the Golden Gate.

.aye four.

check thanks! I will surely check out that view!

.aye four.

awesome! thanks alot that was really helpful

.aye four.

pretty much just like sightseeing monuments and shopping, pretty open for anything

rbt

If you get tired of the city: coastal driving loop...Hwy 1 from SF to Santa Cruz, great ocean views.