Show Me Your (My) City
I lived in South Florida for four years. During that time I went to the beach a grand total of four times. I went into Miami three times. I went to a flea market once. I lived half a mile from Butterfly World but never went. I never went to the IMAX theatre in downtown Fort Lauderdale even though I worked 4 minutes away. I never went strawberry or orange picking (fruits Florida is known for). I never did much of anything that didn't involve a bookstore or mall or air conditioning.
That's not how I wanted it to be. When people would come to visit me (and by 'people', I only mean my immediate family) I never knew what to do with them, because I didn't know of any good places. Did my parents really need to fly 1,000 miles only to go out to dinner at the Outback? I think we both know the answer to that.
So now I'm in San Francisco. It's going to be different here. I'm going to explore. I'm going to try new things. I am going to know of great non-chainfood restaurants. When I go to visit in NY and people ask why I like SF, I will be able to rattle off a whole list of great things I love doing here. I'm going to NY at the end of April - it's time to get cracking.
So far I've gone to Mount Tam (loved it!), ridden over Golden Gate Bridge (would like to walk it), gone through the rainbow tunnel (one of those things if I had a camera I'd have taken a picture of), participated in Dine About Town (love, love, LOVED it, and now have a restaurant better than Outback to take people to), have become a regular at the Farmer's Market and Ferry Building, have been to Fisherman's Wharf, and have walked up hills so steep in North Beach that the streets had concrete steps built into them.
But I need more. MORE, MORE, MORE! Where else do I want to go? What else is there? I am not good at going places for the first time by myself. I need inexpensive places to go that are somewhat easy to get to by foot or mass transit.
I am so excited to go everyplace, just as soon as I find out where that is located. All suggestions welcome. All systems go. And if you'll come with me the first time, even better.
That's not how I wanted it to be. When people would come to visit me (and by 'people', I only mean my immediate family) I never knew what to do with them, because I didn't know of any good places. Did my parents really need to fly 1,000 miles only to go out to dinner at the Outback? I think we both know the answer to that.
So now I'm in San Francisco. It's going to be different here. I'm going to explore. I'm going to try new things. I am going to know of great non-chainfood restaurants. When I go to visit in NY and people ask why I like SF, I will be able to rattle off a whole list of great things I love doing here. I'm going to NY at the end of April - it's time to get cracking.
So far I've gone to Mount Tam (loved it!), ridden over Golden Gate Bridge (would like to walk it), gone through the rainbow tunnel (one of those things if I had a camera I'd have taken a picture of), participated in Dine About Town (love, love, LOVED it, and now have a restaurant better than Outback to take people to), have become a regular at the Farmer's Market and Ferry Building, have been to Fisherman's Wharf, and have walked up hills so steep in North Beach that the streets had concrete steps built into them.
But I need more. MORE, MORE, MORE! Where else do I want to go? What else is there? I am not good at going places for the first time by myself. I need inexpensive places to go that are somewhat easy to get to by foot or mass transit.
I am so excited to go everyplace, just as soon as I find out where that is located. All suggestions welcome. All systems go. And if you'll come with me the first time, even better.
posted by Green at 3/12/2005 01:51:00 AM
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