{"id":4085,"date":"2012-01-29T12:17:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T20:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=4085"},"modified":"2012-01-29T12:17:11","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T20:17:11","slug":"seeing-san-francisco-worth-a-repeat-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/seeing-san-francisco-worth-a-repeat-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing San Francisco &#8211; Worth a Repeat Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/sanfranslide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco is billed as the place to be romantically swept away, like some sweet, old-fashioned love song by Tony Bennett who sang, &#8220;I left my heart in San Francisco.&#8221;\u00a0 California&#8217;s fourth largest city with its foggy mists and dreamlike landscapes can certainly be a place to feel love or even fall in love. But for those who come to the city for the first time, there&#8217;s also a touristy, gritty reality unveiled as you hop into a taxi, wait in line to board a cable car, or get on a boat to visit Alcatraz.<\/p>\n<p>If you can dig deeper past the tourist traps which everyone should experience at least once, then you&#8217;ll find a unique place with sub-cultures, distinct neighborhoods, and a lifetime of exploring. Many tourists won&#8217;t have time to explore this side of San Francisco, so it&#8217;s important to go back again and again so that you can see and do more. Some of the cultural gems that I really enjoy include the amazing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/museums\/san-francisco-deyoung-museum.html\">De Young Museum<\/a> in Golden Gate Park. The architecture alone is worth a visit to this renovated attraction, and the collections throughout the museum span the globe showcasing rare sculptures, paintings, and an entire inventory of textiles.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco is also known for its\u00a0 events. Many travel to San Francisco just to participate in something special. Here are a few upcoming events to look forward to in the Spring 2012:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dine About Town in January (dineabouttown.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-francisco-tulipmania.html\">Tulipmania<\/a> at Pier 39 in February<\/li>\n<li>Chinese New Year Parade in February (chineseparade.com)<\/li>\n<li>St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Parade in March (sresproductions.com\/sfstpatricksday.html)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-francisco-cherry-blossom-festival.html\">Cherry Blossom Festival<\/a> in April<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-francisco-how-weird-festival.html\">How Weird Festival<\/a> in May (2012 date TBD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco is billed as the place to be romantically swept away, like some sweet, old-fashioned love song by Tony Bennett who sang, &#8220;I left my heart in San Francisco.&#8221;\u00a0 California&#8217;s fourth largest city with its foggy mists and dreamlike landscapes can certainly be a place to feel love or even fall in love. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4085"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}