NWR: California!

stealthgroom Posted: Jan 28, 2007 06:25 PM

NWR: California!

Ladies and Gents:

FW and I are going to Cali for about 8 days in February. Flying into San Francisco, leaving from San Diego. What are must sees? I count must sees as:

amazing sights of the ocean/scenery
fantastic live music clubs
awesome restaurants
great museums
unique california things

any thoughts?

tia

--the stealth groom
(giving meat eating, sports watching, whiskey drinking men a voice on liweddings since 10/06)

portjeffbride Posted: Jan 28, 2007 08:07 PM

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la jolla is supposed to be gorgeous.....

one must see are the giant redwoods..... if you can detour to one of the parks.....

sanoma, maybe pick a vineyard and go for a tour? Great restaurants over there too

PreshusSmurf Posted: Jan 28, 2007 08:29 PM

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I loved San Diego!

We did the same trip in the opposite direction a few years ago!

Here's some of what we did:

San Diego Zoo

The Shout! House - Dueling Piano Bar (Gas Lamp Quarter)

Drove north on PCH to San Simeon to visit the Hearst Castle (http://www.hearstcastle.com/ )

Stayed in Monterey / Carmel area over night

Drove west to Lake Tahoe, gambled and relaxed for a couple of days

Drove north east to San Francisco

Went to an Oakland A's game, stayed overnight in San Francisco

While in San Fran, we walked around down by the pier a bit ... it was really nice there.

FH wanted to go to Alcatraz, but it didn't work out b/c we had to catch our plane.

We flew home from the Oakland airport. Whatever you do, stay away from the Holiday Inn by the airport in Oakland. It was horrible! We refused to stay there, and ended up getting a suite over lookig San Francisco bay instead!!!

Ivori Posted: Jan 29, 2007 07:51 AM

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Yosemite which is near San Francisco is great. Also Muir woods nr. SF to see the giant trees. Other cities: Monterey, Santa Barbara, Venice Beach (in the evening) Laguna Beach ( art boutiques all over and friday nights they have a wine and look festival) La Jolla. Also frommers.com and fodors.com are great resources. Have a great time

milana Posted: Jan 29, 2007 09:26 AM

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I go to shcool in SF youre going to love it here! Must sees IMO:

Fishermans wharf
Union square
Lombard street (famous for the most crooked street in the world)
North Beach (equivalent to NY's little Italy)
Napa Valley (for wine tasting)

If you have any specific questions feel free to FM me

Marchbride07 Posted: Jan 29, 2007 09:28 AM

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I would say go to a winery, there are a lot about 40 minutes outside of San Fran! I only stayed iN San Fran for a night but you must go down to the Piers and if you can take a tour of Alcatraz!

libby2595 Posted: Jan 29, 2007 09:55 AM

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san luis obispo

kkouril Posted: Jan 29, 2007 10:22 AM

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We did this trip last year and had an amazing time! Two of our favorite things we did between San Fran & San Diego are the Hearst Castle and the Ronald Regan Library (which I went soley to make my husband happy but ended up loving it!).

Enjoy your trip!

ps... we also really enjoyed the 17 mile drive which brings your through pebble beach golf course and some other amazing views.

stealthgroom Posted: Jan 29, 2007 10:23 AM

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Thanks all, this is definitely helping cristalize the picture. We're going to be in San Francisco two days, Monterrey one, taking CA 1 down to LA for two days and San Diego for two days. Any more specific things we should check out?