Comparing San Francisco to New York City is like comparing chocolate to peanut butter (or something like that), but Lonely Planet has set the challenge. They're asking the two cities to tap into our "friendly little rivalry" by figuring out which metropolis has the best attractions.
[Updated] Take Lonely Planet's SF Vs. NYC Poll
Hot Stuff: Chocolate Porn = Yummy Fun
We knew we'd rope you in with the use of the word porn!
SFist Tonight
Complimentary cocktails from 7-8pm, with the film starting at 7:30pm. $8 at the door, 444 Jessie St.
SFist Tonight
Tonight we're staying up late late late for the Late Night Picture Show at the Clay (2261 Fillmore).
SFist Tonight
We're hitting the Main branch of the SF Public Library (100 Larkin Street) for Central America on a Shoestring, a talk by Lonely Planet's commissioning editor Greg Benchwick.
San Francisco: The Unknown City
We love a good guidebook. We grew up as devotees to the Lonely Planet series, but frankly, we've been known to grab a travel tome when we're bored just to bone up on the best cheap hotel in Jakarta or nightclub in Buenos Aires. Not that we have plans to go any of these places anytime soon, but it's fun to daydream, no? We especially like guides that eschew the blurbs-and-listings format to give us more in-depth narratives about the people and history that really make a place. On that point, definitely delivers.

