San Francisco Voice

The neighborhoods of San Francisco differ greatly from one another.  You can be in the midst of one socio-cultural experience one block and then walk for just a few minutes and find that the entire world around you has changed.  Given the small geographic boundaries which make up the city, this helps to create the wonderfully diverse, open, tolerant that makes up the beautiful attitude of San Francisco life.  There’s lots of good information out there about San Francisco neighborhoods – including where to eat, what historical sites there are and which history makes up the area.  But I’m here …read more

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It’s okay to cut your losses and try again later.
I know that I can climb this one particular path at Mission Cliffs because it’s the first one that I ever beat and I’ve done it several times since.  But today when I tried to do it, I just couldn’t get to the top of it.  In fact, I couldn’t get to the top of anything that I climbed today.  And finally, I realized that there was no point in forcing myself to do something that wasn’t working for me.
Sure, I could berate myself and beat myself over the head in …read more

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San Francisco is a place where live music is found all over the city, all of the time.  But that’s even truer this week than most weeks because this week, Noise Pop 2007 is in town.  Noise Pop is the annual music festival which features multiple bands nightly at multiple venues across the city over the course of a week.  There are all-ages shows and eighteen-and-up shows along with the standard drinking age crowds, and you can catch most performances for under $20.  If you really want to get into the mix, get a badge for $150 and see all …read more

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The big event happening this week in San Francisco is Noise Pop 2007 so instead of giving you info on famous people with your sign, check out which Noise Pop 2007 band is recommended for you this week!  If you can’t see the one you ought to, check out the full schedule here.
Pisces (February 20 – March 20):  It’s a creative week for the Pisces persona, with various art forms merging and blending and stirring into one another.  Infuse your life with as much creative energy as possible – see films, go dancing, attend art events.  The results will work …read more

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San Francisco is a city which has more diversity between its close-to-each-other neighborhoods than almost any other place in the world.  This comes from a unique combination of changing architecture, cultural diversity, historical influence and modern social trends and is one of the things which really makes the city stand out as different from other places across the United States.  San Fran Voice is happily committed to exploring the ins and outs of different neighborhoods, so keep your eye on the page to learn more about the areas of the city which are most interesting to you!

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Even when things are neatly labeled, they aren’t always what they’re supposed to be.
When you go to Mission Cliffs (San Francisco’s indoor rock climbing gym), you find that you have over 100 options of routes to climb there.  They’re each neatly labeled with their level of difficulty.  I’m a novice climber myself, so I usually stick with the low ones, the 5.5 or 5.6 ratings that I know I can get to the top of.  Sometimes I’ll challenge myself with a 5.9 or I’ll make things easy for myself with a 5.4.
These ratings are professional ratings and they’re usually right …read more

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When I first moved to San Francisco, it was January and my desert instincts were overwhelmed by the vast amount of rain which poured from the sky.  Everyone kept telling me that it was highly unusual for San Francisco to see so much rain (there was a month straight where it rained every single day) but I was convinced that it would always be this way and began planning to make sure that I did all of my traveling back home during the early months of the year which I’d determined were the rainy season.
It’s true, I suppose, that the …read more

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If you don’t show up, you miss your chances.
I was going to go to the rock climbing gym yesterday, but after the trip to Tahoe, I was overwhelmed with work and decided to stay home instead.  I got a message from the friend that I usually climb with telling me that I’d missed out by not making it there, since Dave Chappelle had shown up at the gym.  I’m not much of one to brush against celebrity – to be honest, I’m often so oblivious to pop culture that I probably wouldn’t know most famous people if I tripped over them …read more

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We left San Francisco late in the afternoon and made it to Reno by evening, taking advantage of the dinnertime buffets and the inexpensive drink prices to get started on our night.  I’d never been to Reno before and expected it to be more like Laughlin than like Vegas but was surprised to find that it has more Vegas flavor than I would have thought.  Sure, it’s not The Strip, but for a small city located just three hours drive from San Francisco, it actually offers quite a bit of activity.
After spending most of the night at the black jack …read more

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San Francisco offers the chance to see amazing music of all kinds on a regular basis.  Following you’ll find a list of the shows happening in the city this week that you might want to check out.  Leave us a note on anything you see and check back for reviews from others!
Monday 2/19/07
o       Ben Kweller at Great American Music Hall – This multi-genre artist didn’t grow up here but it was his first home and he’s making it a stop on his tour.
Tuesday 2/20/07
o       Boca do Rio and others offering Brazilian flavored Mardi Gras celebrations at Mojito as part of …read more

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