Was there last fall for 3 days,
The Wharf is ok..sure its touristy, but no different than anywhere else.
Take the street car from the wharf to downtown...or even walk the 40 mins. Very cool
arctitecture. Nice to have a fairly central downtown.
Chinatown wasn't anything special either, if you've been to Vancouver. Sure a lot of little markets, but almost as many junk shops.
The new ball stadium is pretty cool, being on the water and all.
Haight Ashbury is completely overhyped. After seeing the 3rd hemp store in a row, and try hard beatniks attempting to still revive the 60's trhough dress and free spirited OR bitchy attitude, the street is completely nothing special. It may be historic, but nothing more then that. If you have 3 or 4 days and want to drive 30 mins to walk the street for an hour go for it...but there's no reason to go back to see anything differnt then you could see walking down a hybrid of Kensington (not even that upscale) 17th, or 9th Ave in Ingelwood.
Went across the bridge...pretty cool, as was Sausalito and the GG Park.
Didn' have time to go to wine country. Alcatraz is woth the trip too.
We ate at a restaraunt at the top of one the hotels downtown (Sheraton?). About 30 floors up, at the top hill of downtown, so depending on the side, you could see the bridge to the west, or the bay facing toward oakland to the south(eastish).
Great shopping in Union Square. Macy's with an entire 3 floor stand-alone Men's Store.
Beware...a few block walk west from downtown gets you in the seedy area with peep shows and shadiness all around.
We'd go back, although this time exploring across the bridge/wine country..and south towards Santa Cruz...and a day or two in the city to shop and breathe in the city.
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