Girl About Town

I went on Domino's site today to change Courtney's subscription address, and saw that Rita Konig (Girl About Town) is coming to San Francisco to do a shopping trip, and was looking for suggestions of where to go. Of course I have suggestions! Here is what I sent in:


Hooray for San Francisco!!

I love Nest (on Fillmore), The Apartment (18th at Mission), and Flipp (on Green at Polk).

***You absolutely CANNOT miss 826 VALENCIA.*** (Valencia at 20th).
It's a pirate shoppe in front, and a writing workshop for grade students in the back, put on by the fine folks of McSweeney's. Be sure to check out the fish theater and to grab a few books. Little Otsu is across the street, and also worth a gander while you're there for great cards and paper goods. The Apartment is around the corner, and there are tons of great boutiques on Valencia, both home and clothing. X21 Modern is great, and Monument for mid-century / modern, and I love Architectural Elements. Also great is Dog Eared Books(all on Valencia).

Have a pastry and coffee at Tartin (NY Times calls it the best bakery in the US), and then head up to Fillmore for more fun, great boutiques and shops, including Jonathan Adler and Benjamin Moore.

For food, Luella in Russian Hill on Hyde, and Zazie in the Haight/Cole Valley, at Cole and Carl. Also over there is a really great cheese and wine shop Say Cheese (on Cole at Carl), and there are great dress shops on Haight.

For music, the be-all-end-all is Amoeba, where the litany of a hundred people all flipping though rows and rows of cd's fills your ears. It's very Nick Hornby.

This is one of the very best cities, and I hope you enjoy your time here!



Maybe she will email me and tell me to be her tour guide, it's true, I should.
Unfortunately I posted it twice, because my computer was acting up. DANG. Hopefully they will delete one so I don't look like a dolt permanently.