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SAN FRANCISCO By Thom Meintel of TravelSquire. For more travel tips go to travelsquire.com
Hailed as a tourists’ mecca and damned for those killer hills, San Francisco’s reputation definitively precedes it. Famed for its glory days as a beat generation outpost then later the epicentre of flower power and acid rock, today the glorious “city by the bay” has lost none of its alternative laurels. How many cities boast sparkling sunshine most days with temperatures fit for short sleeves then about face it with an eerie fog and Wuthering Heights winds at rush hour? The weather conditions practically have a personality of their own in this town and if you’re into meteorology you’ll be in hog heaven. Anne Rice couldn’t resist staging her infamous Vampire Chronicles here and Alfred Hitchcock went gaga over the Golden Gate Bridge in Vertigo so it’s anybody’s guess where your particular DNA will land you. Given the tangible gay and lesbian quotient, you might easily be whisked into a vortex of hedonism; on the other hand, perhaps it’s a romp au natural on San Gregorio Beach, a coastal draw for local nudists. Whatever your leanings, this place is party central; so, are you ready for happy hour, yet?
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