The Final Guide

From Trader Joe’s, Stonestown

To Caltrain Station

Time: 2:30 PM

My friends, what a great semester it was in San Francisco but it is now time for my departure. I will migrate south for the summer as this is where the women go to find the sun and tans. Let’s jump into the final Breesy Guide to San Francisco as I take you down to the Caltrain Station to catch the MegaBus.

Trader Joe’s is a special store that I could practically call my home. The free sample ladies here feed me everyday and help me pick an affordable option for my meal that day. So here I am, in the salad aisle picking up a Caesar’s salad. This is always a good choice for when you are on your way out. Grab a 17 cent bottle of water and it’s a party.

Head out the door and catch the next inbound 17 bus to West Portal. A vey direct bus ride that gets you to West Portal quickly. West Portal is our direct line to Powell Station and we have done this ride before in our Breesy Guides.

After about a twenty five minute ride through the underground tunnels of San Francisco we will find ourselves in the middle of chaos in the downtown of San Francisco. Nosy your way through tourists and homeless and find yourself on 3rd street. Take this street southwest and enjoy your walk through the skyline to San Francisco. This is bit of a walk until we hit the Caltrain station, but I think it is very peaceful watching all the busy people doing their busy walking. You know you are getting close when you start to leave the tall buildings and start meandering through the warehouse looking buildings of SOMA (South of Market). When you cross under the freeway and start to see Giant’s colors hanging in the windows you know are about five minutes away. From third, take a right on King street and you will cross in front of the mighty AT&T park. Walk a few more minutes down the block and you should find yourself in front of the CalTrain station. Make your way to the MegaBus line outfront, buy a sandwich for the road, and say so long! You are going to Hollywood kid!

Hope you enjoyed all my Breesy adventures,

hasta luego!

JB

From the Beach to Glory

From: The Great Highway to Ike’s Sandwiches

Time: 11:30 am

It’s Saturday morning. You wake up on the beach with nothing on but with your jeans and a t-shirt. Your head hurts and you check your pockets. You find 5 bucks in one pocket and find another 5 in the other pocket. You have ten dollars, what are you going to do now?

Get an Ike’s sandwich of course...

Welcome to another episode of Breesy’s Guide to San Francisco. We are gonna help you get from the cloudy location of Ocean Beach to the sunny streets of Castro/Mission/Dolores.

You are gonna find your nearest MUNI. This is either the L car or the N car and run all the way from the beach to the downtown stations. My guess is we landed near the N car because we can see the trees of the Golden Gate Park very close by. With 10 dollars in our pockets that leaves us some change for an espresso at Java Beach Cafe, one of San Francisco’s coolest little cafe’s on the West side. Enjoy the ambience of locals and the hungover college students. Wait around for about ten minutes and you will find yourself jumping on the next inbound N. I will say it is not a short ride from the beach to Market street, but if you look out your passenger window you will not be bored one bit. You will explore the neighborhoods of the Sunset, Inner Sunset, Haight and Lower Haight. Right when you pass Duboce Park in Lower Haight and before the car goes in the Market Street tunnel you are going to get out. Once you get off you should be right next to the Safeway at Market and Church.

We are close! Your stomach is growling! Walk on over to 16th street, it should only take a couple minutes. Once you are approaching Dolores street I am sure you will be able to see the Ike’s line stretching out the door and down the block. It’s okay though, we called in early. We ordered a classic, “Name of the Girl I’m Dating” is the name of the sandwich and that first bite will cure any heartbreak. Enjoy that sandwich at the local Dolores Park and screw it, grab yourself a tall can of PBR while you are there.

Hope you enjoyed another episode of Breesy’s Guide To San Francisco

JB