San Francisco is of the major tourist destinations in the US.  It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area and features wonderful bay views of the Pacific as well as extensive hilly areas.  It is a liberal city and is a melting pot of cultures.  The city has a rich sporting history and it is renowned for its beautiful Victorian architecture.   It’s a relatively small city with a population of under a million.  However the greater metropolitan area population is over seven million.  The city comprises of a series of districts all with their individual atmospheres.  Some of the popular ones are listed here and are worth including on your driving tour.

No visit to San Francisco would be complete without a trip to the Golden Gate Bridge.  The Presidio Park is nearby for sightseeing.  Heading back into town a stop at Fisherman’s Warf is a necessity.  A walk around the area includes many great restaurants, Pier  39, chocolate at Ghirardelli Square and ferry rides to Alcatraz Island and the famous prison.

Chinatown is nearby and a must for some great food and wonderful sightseeing.  As well as Chinatown, Little Italy is close by for some more amazing food.  Ig you fancy some climbing then Nob Hill and Russian Hill are also within walking distance.  If its shopping and the arts that interest you then head to Union Square.  This is also the financial district.  If something a bit more ‘street’ is to your liking then the Tenderloin is worth a visit.

Moving away from the center the Haight area was famous in the 1960 as being a major hippie area.  This area is still bohemian in many ways and has a fine range of small shops, restaurants and coffee houses.  Close to the Haight district is the Castro a well known gay center and was featured in the movie Milk.

These are just a few ideas if you are thinking of touring around San Francisco.  There are also plenty of options nearby if you fancy driving further afield.  San Francisco is an colorful exciting city and worthy of a visit.

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The professional sports teams in Arizona rarely provide for a dull moment. Last week, however, was one of the exceptions to the rule. The weekend of October fifteenth and sixteenth was exceptionally quiet. Not only were the state’s NFL team, Arizona Cardinals, off for the week, but the Diamondbacks , the state’s MLB team, who had recently claimed the divisional title and began (as well as ended) their post-season efforts were sorely missed from the schedule.

And if that’s not enough, the seemingly endless conflicts over between the players and owners of the NBA seem to have what should be the beginnings of the current season in a perpetual state of suspended animation. We as fans have already endure the stress of the potential black out from the frustrating results of the meetings that occurred earlier in the year. And many of us held out hope that an agreement would be reached and preseason games would not be affected. That’s obviously gone with the wind as well. And it seems that at least two weeks of the regular season have been shaved from the schedule.

This obviously leaves the players, as well as the owners, extremely frustrated, but what does it mean for and how does it affect the fans? Many of these people are struggling against their own enormous economic problems, and can barely afford a professional basketball ticket. It’s difficult for even the most obsessed fans to maintain a sense of commitment to the players’ cause, or to lend any hand of empathy. Many people are looking into money mutual financial assistance just to survive, while the NBA is bickering over outrageous entitlement to profits. It’s beginning to seem more like a bunch of spoiled children, on both sides, who have no idea how fortunate they are in the first place. And while that’s not to mitigate the respect deserved to professional basketball players, it does emphasize the outrageous rift in salaries between professional athletes and those of other professions.

So, what does this all of this mean for the players of the Phoenix Suns as well as for the fans? Phoenix is an incredibly committed basketball city, and Suns also draw a solid fan base from outside of the state. Anyone who loves Suns’ basketball is upset over the current situation, though most fans have tried to maintain some sense of rationally based support for the team. Then there are players like Grant Hill, who is probably the team’s most important defensive player as well as one of its strongest leaders and a great offensive contributor as well. He’s currently a free agent and the longer the black out exits, the more likely it begins that he could slip off into the sunset. The troubled instability of the NBA continues to trouble the fans. The fans want basketball, they just don’t want to have to get a lender to pay for a ticket.