Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: What's The Big Deal About Sutro Tower? Dear Rain, What is the big deal about Sutro Tower? I don't understand why everyone likes it. I don't understand why there's souvenirs and merch of the tower you can buy. When I
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: How To Be A Better Tourist Dear Rain, My family and I will be in the area for a little over 24 hours. We live in Austin and we understand tourists taking over your town, so we don't want
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Seriously Though, Aren't San Francisco Summers The Worst? Dear Rain, I'm not a native, but have lived in San Francisco since the early 1990's so I feel that gives me some cred and enough experience with summer in the city to
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: What Do You Miss The Most? In these Troubled San Francisco Times, there is a lot of talk about who was here when, and what that does (or doesn't) mean. In an effort to both assist newcomers and take
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: If You Could Go Back In Time... Dear Rain, If you could go back in time to a San Francisco era you didn't live through, when would that be? Signed, Marty McFly Dear Marty, This one is easy. Whenever I
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Turkey Day, Playland, And Winterland Dear Rain, Do you still go to Turkey Day? Or remember going to Playland at the Beach and the Winterland? Signed, DK Dear DK, Turkey Day! Playland! Winterland! Two things that are probably
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: What Are Your Favorite San Francisco Books? Dear Rain, Do you have a favorite set-in-SF book? Novel, biography, short stories, whatever. Signed, SF Reads Dear SF Reads, I'm a pretty voracious reader. In fact, I'm a little over halfway to
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: What's The Best Depiction Of SF In A Movie? (Part Two) Last time in Ask a San Francisco Native, I answered a question about the best depiction of San Francisco in a movie, and I decided to go decade by decade, starting with 1940s,
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: What's The Best Depiction Of SF In A Movie? (Part One) Dear Rain, What is the best depiction of SF in a movie? Signed, J Dear J, Hollywood loves San Francisco, which shouldn't come as a surprise. It's the definition of photogenic and provides
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask A San Francisco Native: On North Beach And Italian Food Dear Rain, Best Italian restaurant in North Beach? Signed, Hungry Dear Hungry, Until you asked me that question I hadn't really realized that when I'm looking to get some Italian food, North Beach
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask A San Francisco Native: On Table Saving And Placards Dear Rain, A lot of restaurants in this town, you order at the register then get a placard to take to your table. Those lines can be long though, and if it's that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask A San Francisco Native: What's Your Favorite Place To Get A Burrito? In these Troubled San Francisco Times, there is a lot of talk about who was here when, and what that does (or doesn't) mean. In an effort to both assist newcomers and take
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: What High School Did You Go To? Dear Rain, Where did you go to high school?? Most important question to be asked from one native to the other! Signed, Another Native Dear AN, This is probably a question that only
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Is Saving Parking Spaces By Standing In Them Kosher In The 415? Dear Rain, I've lived a couple places before I moved to SF, but nowhere else have I seen people "save" parking spaces the way they do here. I'm talking about how someone will
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Were The Zebra Killings Really That Terrifying? In these Troubled San Francisco Times, there is a lot of talk about who was here when, and what that does (or doesn't) mean. In an effort to both assist newcomers and take
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Has SF's Diversity Changed As Much As People Say It Has? In these Troubled San Francisco Times, there is a lot of talk about who was here when, and what that does (or doesn't) mean. In an effort to both assist newcomers and take
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Did Muni Always Suck? In these Troubled San Francisco Times, there is a lot of talk about who was here when, and what that does (or doesn't) mean. In an effort to both assist newcomers and take
