Live Large for Less! Thinkyou have to earn big bucks to live big in the City by the Bay? San Francisco is full of free and ridiculously inexpensive stuff—you just need to know where to look. Leave it to “The Cheap Bastard” to uncover all the ins and outs and exclusive bargains to be had, and to tell you the real deal with wit and humor. The Cheap Bastard’s Guide to San Francisco shows you how to find free or low-cost: • Entrance to plays, films, concerts, comedy clubs, and museums, as well as the zoo, pools, and other great places for family fun • Classes of all sorts, including dancing, cooking, photography, and yoga • Food—from fish tacos, fried chicken, sushi, and samosas to gourmet food trucks and San Francisco staples • Haircuts, manicures, and massages With The Cheap Bastard’s Guide to San Francisco, anyone can enjoy the good life!

Cheap Bastard's Guide to San Francisco details endless free and inexpensive opportunities available in the City by the Bay from theater, concerts, and museums to wine tastings, yoga classes, haircuts, and massages--for native and visiting cheapskates alike. Written in a fun, humorous tone, this unique guide offers sound advice on how to live the go

An alternative history and geography of the Bay Area that highlights sites of oppression, resistance, and transformation. A People’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area looks beyond the mythologized image of San Francisco to the places where collective struggle has built the region. Countering romanticized commercial narratives about the Bay Area, geographers Rachel Brahinsky and Alexander Tarr highlight the cultural and economic landscape of indigenous resistance to colonial rule, radical interracial and cross-class organizing against housing discrimination and police violence, young people demanding economically and ecologically sustainable futures, and the often-unrecognized labor of farmworkers and everyday people. The book asks who had—and who has—the power to shape the geography of one of the most watched regions in the world. As Silicon Valley's wealth dramatically transforms the look and feel of every corner of the region, like bankers' wealth did in the past, what do we need to remember about the people and places that have made the Bay Area, with its rich political legacies? With over 100 sites that you can visit and learn from, this book demonstrates critical ways of reading the landscape itself for clues to these histories. A useful companion for travelers, educators, or longtime residents, this guide links multicultural streets and lush hills to suburban cul-de-sacs and wetlands, stretching from the North Bay to the South Bay, from the East Bay to San Francisco. Original maps help guide readers, and thematic tours offer starting points for creating your own routes through the region.

As indispensable as it is easy to carry, The Pocket Rough Guide to San Francisco is the definitive guide to the most charismatic city in the US. It's full of insider tips on everything that will help make your San Francisco stay as memorable as the city itself: how to avoid long queues to board San Francisco's hill-conquering cable cars; where to find the top burritos and dim sum in town; and the best things to see in the surrounding Bay Area, from the shimmering vineyards of Napa Valley to the hulking elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park. Beautifully designed in full colour and packed with the sharpest-looking maps you'll find in any guidebook, Pocket San Francisco's comprehensive recommendations will not only help you take best advantage of the city's famed restaurant and bar scene, but also find equally brilliant places to sleep and shop. Make the most of your time with The Pocket Rough Guide to San Francisco. Now available in ePub format.

Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area is the ultimate travel guide to the colourful Californian capital and its stunning surroundings. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style, Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights. At the top of your to-pack list, and guaranteed to get you value for money, each guide also reviews the best accommodation and restaurants in all price brackets. We know there are times for saving, and times for splashing out. In The Rough Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area: - Over 50 colour-coded maps featuring every listing - Area-by-area chapter highlights - Top 5 boxes - Things not to miss section Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area.

A guide not for the average tourist looking for cable cars and Fisherman's Wharf, but one which brings the lowdown on the hippest, weirdest, coolest stuff to do, see, buy and hang out around in the Bay Area. Everything from how to get a dot.com job to where to find the Jonestown Massacre mass grave in Oakland; where to get the finest tattoo, where to find gourmet meals for under $10 bucks, couch-surfing alternatives, how to find help if in trouble, free and cheap entertainment, Weird Museums and Unusual libraries, Record Weasel's Paradise-the works.