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Atlanta Guide 2005 G u i d e Printed in the U.S.A. San Francisco 2013 San Francisco 2013 Local Arrangements Committee G u i d e Paul Elizando, D.O. Welcome/AGLP App for SmartPhones 1 Weston Fisher, M.D. Online Resources 2 Restaurants and Food 3 Ellen Haller, M.D. Nightlife, Clubs and Bars 6 Gyms 11 George Harrison, M.D. Events, Concerts, Plays 13 AGLP Schedule of Events 19 Dan Karasic, M.D. Gene Nakajima, M.D. Howard Rubin, M.D. ASSOCIATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS San Francisco 2013 San Francisco 2013 San Francisco 2013 Welcome Back to San Francisco San Francisco Online Publications and Event On behalf of the Local Arrangements Committee, welcome to San Listings Francisco. Whether it is your first visit or your first visit this month, we 7X7: Events are sure that you’re going to find a happy diversion while you are here. http://events.7x7.com/ Something unexpected as well as maybe a little something to take back home with you. We hope that you find our town as engaging as we do Bay Area Reporter: Arts because we’re always proud to show off for our guests. http://www.ebar.com/arts/ Everything should be in order. We’ve shaken off the shroud of that Bay Times: Calendar unpleasant recession and now the construction cranes are sprouting like http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?section_id=19&sec=calendar spring flowers all over town. With a resurgence of the local economy, new Eater San Francisco restaurants and a revitalized arts community have flourished. We’ve http://sf.eater.com/archives/2013/01/08/the_38_essential_san_franc even cast a new set of jewels over the Bay Bridge. isco_restaurants_january_13.php So check the Meeting schedule for the events that you won’t want to Edge San Francisco: Entertainment miss, make those hard to get reservations for the restaurants on the tip http://www.edgesanfrancisco.com/entertainment and prepare to see yourself in a new light, San Francisco Style. Gay Cities: Events http://sanfrancisco.gaycities.com/events/ San Francisco Help: AGLP App for Smart Phones Gloss Magazine A new App for AGLP members is now available for download. If you use an http://glossmagazine.net/mags/index.php?option=com_flippingbook&vi iPad, iPhone, or other Smart Phone or portable wireless device you can ew=book&id=94&Itemid=5 access AGLP schedule information, the AGLP Membership Directory, and San Francisco Travel: To Do even the new AGLP online Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health http://www.sanfrancisco.travel/events/ through your portable device. SF Arts Org To add this: http://www.sfarts.org • On your smart phone, go to the App Store and search for SF Queer “Memberclick” to download this app for free. http://sfqueer.com/ • To set up your connection, you will need the Organization Name: SF Station: Events “aglp” (note: lower case only); your AGLP Username; and http://www.sfstation.com/calendar/ Password just like you use on the AGLP members area of the website. SFGate Calendar http://events.sfgate.com/ Real time schedule information is updated constantly, as is the AGLP Member Directory. If you have any questions regarding this new feature, SFWeekly Calendar call Roy Harker at 215-498-0577 or email [email protected]. http://www.sfweekly.com/calendar/ 1 2 San Francisco 2013 San Francisco 2013 Restaurants “jewelbox” setting by a “most gracious” staff that “treats everyone like a millionaire”, and naturally, it comes “at a price”, but it’s widely considered a “relative bargain” compared to other “temples of gastronomy.” 800 N. Point St.; 415-749-2060 You don’t have to travel far to have a good meal in the Bay Area. San No. 2: French Laundry Franciscans love food and are just a wee bit opinionated about “the Food: 29 Decor: 27 Service: 28 Cost: $297 bests.” Rather than to attempt to survey all the restaurants that the Bay “Words can’t even describe” the “experience of a lifetime” say food Area offers, we off you a few links to lists for top restaurants to get you lovers who’ve had the “thrill” of landing a reservation and making “the started and as a teaser, Zagats Top 10 Restaurants for 2013. trek” to Thomas Keller’s “culinary Everest” in Yountville where the On line lists: “heavenly” New American–French tasting menus “feature ingredients treated with the utmost respect and care” and the “impeccable” service is San Francisco Eater “like a coordinated dance”; it’s all “too precious” for some and wines cost http://sf.eater.com/archives/2013/01/08/the_38_essential_san_franc “a fortune”, but acolytes insist “you’ll go to your grave (in a pauper’s isco_restaurants_january_13.php field) remembering this meal” and the “exquisite” “gardens outside the SF Gate 100 Top Restaurants (by the time of the Convention, the 2013 stone building.” 6640 Washington St., Yountville; 707-944-2380 guide will be out) http://www.sfgate.com/food/top100/2012/ No. 3: Kiss Seafood Open Table Diner’s Top 10 Food: 28 Decor: 18 Service: 25 Cost: $83 http://www.opentable.com/best-san-francisco-bay-area-restaurants For the real thing” without the airfare, foodies trek to this “secret sushi http://blog.zagat.com/2012/10/the-10-best-restaurants-in-san.html spot” in Japantown where “divinely executed sushi” (“any fresher and you’d be eating underwater”) and “amazingly authentic” omakase Epicurious San Francisco’s Best Restaurants dinners are served in “living room”–sized digs; with only “12 seats” http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/diningtravel/restaurants/sanfr overseen by “the chef and his wife”, it feels like an “honor to eat here” ancisco_favorites for guests who gush it’s “well worth the money and the effort” and Chowhound San Francisco’s Top 10 Openings of 2012 “virtually impossible not to leave happy.” 1700 Laguna St.; 415-474- http://www.chow.com/food-news/131837/chowhounds-name-san- 2866 franciscos-top-10-openings-of-2012/ No. 4: Seven Hills Food and Wine San Francisco Travel Guide Food: 28 Decor: 22 Service: 26 Cost: $47 http://www.foodandwine.com/san-francisco-travel “Creative” farm-to-table cuisine inspired by Rome (a seven-hilled city like SFBG Dishing 2012 SF) includes “amazing” “housemade giant raviolis” at this “darling”, http://www.sfbg.com/2012/12/11/dishing-2012 “intimate” Nob Hill trattoria that also offers an “interesting” selection of “well-priced” wines chosen by “two master sommeliers”; “the caliber of Zagats Top 10 Restaurants for 2013 cooking is comparable to more expensive places”, plus a “lively” noise http://blog.zagat.com/2012/10/the-10-best-restaurants-in-san.html level and “welcoming” servers help create a “friendly” atmosphere. No. 1: Gary Danko 1550 Hyde St.; 415-775-1550 Food: 29 Decor: 27 Service: 29 Cost: $110 No. 5: Acquerello It’s “tough enough to get to No. 1 and even harder to stay there”, but Food: 28 Decor: 26 Service: 28 Cost: $98 Gary Danko (the man and his “truly American classic” on the Wharf) When you’re “in the most romantic of moods”, this Polk Gulch “old- “remains the reigning and undefeated champ” for Food, Service and world” “shrine” “to haute cuisine à la Italia” is “superlative in every Popularity in the Bay Area Survey, offering “the epitome of white- sense”, from the “superior” wine list to the “very current” Italian prix tablecloth fine dining” without the “stuckup feeling” via “exceptional”, fixe menus that are “perfection on a plate”; “well-dressed” patrons “flexible prix fixe” options and “marvelous” “custom pairings” of wine populate the “elegant”, “hushed” setting in a former chapel, where (plus an “astounding” cheese cart); it’s all delivered in a “gorgeous” “gracious” servers “anticipate” your “every need” (“the ballet should be 3 4 San Francisco 2013 San Francisco 2013 this well choreographed”); and if it’s undoubtedly “expensive”, “who No. 10: Evvia could put a price” on such an “exquisite” experience? Food: 28 Decor: 25 Service: 26 Cost: $55 1722 Sacramento St.; 415-567-5432 The “upscale Greek cuisine” at this “top tier” Palo Altan (little sis of SF’s No. 6: Erna's Elderberry House Kokkari) is “blessed by the gods of Mount Olympus” cheer fans touting Food: 28 Decor: 28 Service: 28 Cost: $96 the “otherworldly” lamb, “expertly grilled fish” and other “succulent” specialties, all delivered via “friendly”, “engaging” servers; its “lively “Anyone visiting Yosemite” “must” stop by this Oakhurst “special- occasion” atmosphere is pleasure-enhancing” too, and though it gets “noisy and spot for a “taste of Europe in the Sierras” by way of the “fantastic” New densely packed in” at “prime hours”, most agree it’s “always a favorite – French–Californian prix fixes often proffered by the “charming” “Erna especially if someone else is picking up the tab. 420 Emerson St., herself” in an “elegant” “fairytale” setting; it’s “very expensive”, but Palo Alto; 650-326-0983 “nothing compares” for miles around, and if you stay overnight at the “adjacent château”, Sunday brunch is “exquisite” too. Château du Sureau, 48688 Victoria Ln. (Hwy. 41), Oakhurst; 559-683-6800 Bars Sorted By Area No. 7: Marinus Food: 28 Decor: 28 Service: 27 Cost: $93 Way beyond the typical “hotel restaurant”, this Carmel Valley “gem” at GayCities Bernardus Lodge boasts a “beautiful” setting and “inviting” revamped http://sanfrancisco.gaycities.com/bars/ decor as a backdrop for Cal Stamenov’s “impeccable” Cal–New French menus that “push the envelope” while pleasing vegetarians, localavores and omnivores alike; service is “top-of-the-line” and the wine list is Bernal Heights “staggering” (with “prices to match”), so overall it’s “well worth the trip Stray Bar for a special occasion” and even better to “stay the night so you can Sit.
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