Matthew Poole - Frommers San Francisco 2011

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San Francisco 2011

By Matthew Richard Poole & Erika Lenkert with Bonnie Wach

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About the Authors

Matthew Richard Poole, a native Californian and San Francisco resident, has authored more than two dozen travel guides to California, Hawaii, and abroad, and is a regular contributor to radio and television travel programs. His other titles include Frommers California, Frommers Los Angeles, Frommers Irreverent Guide to San Francisco, Frommers San Francisco Free & Dirt Cheap, and Frommers Portable Disneyland. You can follow Matthews travel tweets at www.twitter.com/GetawayGuru.

A native San Franciscan, Erika Lenkert divides her time between San Francisco and Napa Valley, where she is forever seeking the next best restaurant, hotel room, and fun way to savor the region. She frequently writes InStyle magazines party guides and offers up tasty tips on the region for Food & Wine magazine. In her spare time she pays visits to local and national television news programs, where she gives entertaining and cooking tips based on her book The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining.

Bonnie Wach is a born-and-raised San Franciscan whos worked at just about every publication with the name San Francisco in the title. The author of San Francisco As You Like It: 23 Tailor-Made Tours for Culture Vultures, Shopaholics, Neo-Bohemians, Famished Foodies, Savvy Natives & Everyone Else , shes the former editor of WHERE San Francisco magazine, a regular contributor to the San Francisco Chronicle and Time Out , and has written for publications ranging from Via and Travel + Leisure to the New York Times Magazine, Scene, and USA Today . She lives, naturally, in San Francisco.

Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge the following people for their time and effort in helping me complete this 2011 edition: Bonnie Wach, Kristin Luna, David Lytle, Katy Connor, Erika Lenkert, Heklina, and my unflappable editor, Stephen Bassman. Matthew R. Poole

How to contact Us

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An Additional Note

Please be advised that travel information is subject to change at any timeand this is especially true of prices. We therefore suggest that you write or call ahead for confirmation when making your travel plans. The authors, editors, and publisher cannot be held responsible for the experiences of readers while traveling. Your safety is important to us, however, so we encourage you to stay alert and be aware of your surroundings. Keep a close eye on cameras, purses, and wallets, all favorite targets of thieves and pickpockets.

Frommers Star Ratings, Icons & Abbreviations

Every hotel, restaurant, and attraction listing in this guide has been ranked for quality, value, service, amenities, and special features using a star-rating system. In country, state, and regional guides, we also rate towns and regions to help you narrow down your choices and budget your time accordingly. Hotels and restaurants are rated on a scale of zero (recommended) to three stars (exceptional). Attractions, shopping, nightlife, towns, and regions are rated according to the following scale: zero stars (recommended), one star (highly recommended), two stars (very highly recommended), and three stars (must-see).

In addition to the star-rating system, we also use seven feature icons that point you to the great deals, in-the-know advice, and unique experiences that senormalte travelers from tourists. Throughout the book, look for:

special finds those places only insiders know about

fun facts details that make travelers more informed and their trips more fun

kids best bets for kids and advice for the whole family

special moments those experiences that memories are made of

overrated places or experiences not worth your time or money

insider tips great ways to save time and money