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Someone told me there’s a girl out there, with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.

My girlfriend has some time between her last finals ever and the start of her job, so I bought us some plane tickets to San Francisco, from April 19-28th. I want to give her a little taste of travel life, nothing better than that to motivate saving for a big trip, whenever that will be. SF seems like a cool city from all I’ve heard, and judging from the number of Aussie RTW trippers I met that passed through there, I imagine it’s the nearest place to home to get back amongst backpackers. Basically I want to put together a good trip to get my girl hooked on traveling, and that’s where you, yes you, come in. I know we’ve got some t-punk representation from SF, so I’m hoping to get some pointers on the town.

Being that we live in the cultural backwater that is Calgary, I’d like to see a bit of the music scene in SF, maybe some jazz or blues or punk. Good places to eat, museums worth seeing, places worth checking out, any tips only a local would know… Is there a cheap way to get out on a boat in the bay?

Any suggestions on hostels would be appreciated - green tortoise and the Pacific Tradewinds hostels sound alright, any experience? Good nightlife and international crowd are the usually what I care about most in a hostel, they even trump cleanliness. Eww. But yes, I like the drinky.

And with 10 days, we’ll definitely have time to venture out, probably south for some beach time, any suggestions for places accessible without a car?

And of course, we’re definitely up for some drinks while we’re down there.