Places to see in San Francisco?

[winter]

Yo. General enquiry here:

Female Parental Unit is going to be in San Francisco in two weeks, with a day or two free. She doesn't drive, though cabs are a possibility, and her interests mostly mirror mine apart from manga/anime. What's there for her to see, visit and/or shop at?

(And if anyone can point out good comic stores there, I would very much like to prepare a shopping list for her ^_^)

Also, I may possibly have a kitten. 300 km away, stripey, undertermined sex, apparently very cute. Lestat for a boy, Esme for a girl?

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[-leareth.livejournal.com]

Places I went to when I visited San Fran:

-- Haight Street (also near Golden Gate Park)
-- Chinatown
-- Japantown
-- City Hall and UN Square
-- Ghiradelli Square with the world's best ice-cream XD up near the pier with all the sea lions!
-- Alcatraz and the Pier near there
-- Golden Gate Bridge (warning: check the bus routes and times because I also remember getting a little stuck there trying to figure out which Muni bus to get back into the city)

Avoid the Tenderlion area unless you have street-wise locals with you or a very big group ^^;;;

Foodwise, I remember getting taken out to great places along Haight Street, the Cheesecake Factory which is near the big Borders bookshop IIRC, Ghiradelli's, this great Indian place just inside the Tenderlion, and some smaller places my friends knew.

As for a comic book shop, I remember visiting one in the Haight Street/Golden Gate Bridge end of the city ... I can ask for the address of it if you like.

[sakura-no-prey.livejournal.com]

I think there's a Kinokuniya in Japantown has a friend who lives there ..

[-leareth.livejournal.com]

Yup, there is. And lots of little cafes with cakes and ice-cream XD

[winter]

Thank you so much :) :) :) Damn, now I'm envying her... why does she get to go there when all I got was bloody Milan?