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Lee Foster Releases Content from His New Ebook/App “SF Travel & Photo Lee Foster Releases Content from his new ebook/app “SF Travel & Photo Guide” in 10 Clusters, this is Cluster 5 of 10 By Lee Foster (Update Note: My ebook SF Travel & Photo Guide: The Top 100 Travel Experiences in the San Francisco Bay Area has been released for $3.99 on Amazon at http://amzn.to/2qS9QtG. The ebook parallels my app on this subject available for $3.99 from Apple http://apple.co/2ow44IC and Google http://bit.ly/2o9sWKJ. See an announcement of the ebook on my website at http://bit.ly/2qXg8Zf. The app has also been announced on my website. I have answered some questions about the app. The app works on smart phones and tablet devices, but not on laptops or desktops. The ebook can be read on all devices.) I am releasing here the content in this new travel ebook/app in ten alphabetical “clusters.” Each cluster will have 12 sections of the total 120 in the ebook/app. This is alphabetical release 5 of 10. Other clusters released now include:cluster 1 cluster 2 cluster 3 and cluster 4. This release on a website will not have the full functionality of the app structure, including its Google maps showing you contextually all the subjects around you. The ebook version is convenient because you can carry the content around with you in one small package and not require connectivity. The 10 releases on this websites will show the text and photo of all the items, the full “SF A-Z” content listings, but will not be able to present, as the app and ebook do, all subjects in a clickable Table of Contents menu as grouped in an area (such as Embarcadero) or in the themes/subjects (such as Culture/Museums). However, after the 120 subjects are released, I will post the Table of Contents Outline and will post each of the 120 items individually to give a “website ebook” approximation of the app and ebook. These folks havesecure dated voucher tickets, no wait in line and some discounts, for Bus Tours, Boat Tours, Alcatraz, Muir Woods/Sausalito, Attractions/Museums, Wine Country, and more. See theirAll San Francisco Tours. So, here is the fifth release: SF A-Z, Alphabetical cluster 5 of 10: — East to Oakland Berkeley When you’ve explored San Francisco to your satisfaction, what are the options if you want to discover the world beyond The City? There are three directions to consider: North to Marin, and beyond to the Napa and Sonoma Wine countries; east to Oakland/Berkeley; and south to the San Mateo Coast, the high-tech richness of Stanford and San Jose, and beyond to Santa Cruz and Monterey/Carmel/Big Sur. Each of these three directions is a section, with detailed sub-sections, in this presentation. East to Oakland/Berkeley is the most approachable next area to discover. How will you get there? Your own car or a rental can take you across the Bay Bridge. The under-Bay metro, the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), can transport you quickly and deposit you in downtown Oakland or downtown Berkeley, both good options. I use BART all the time. Another intriguing possibility is the ferry from the Ferry Building to Oakland’s Jack London Square. The ferry ride allows you to see the grandeur of the Bay and pass underneath the western section of the Bay Bridge, boating into Oakland through the robust Port of Oakland, the brawny California trade connection to the Orient. I love this ride in the early morning when the sun shines on the SF skyline, the Bridge, and the huge container ships you pass close to in Oakland. From the downtown Oakland 12th St BART station, the blockbuster attraction is Oakland’s Museum of California. You can walk there through Oakland’s Asiatown, maybe stopping for lunch. From the 12th St station, there is a shuttle or a taxi or a short Uber ride to Jack London Square, where a seafood meal at Scott’s, looking over the harbor, is fun. Within Oakland, peruse Old Oakland, the historic area around Broadway, such as Ratto’s Deli, and the landmark Paramount Theater, an art deco masterpiece. Berkeley is a few further stops beyond on the BART train. Berkeley is a world unto itself, accessible from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station. A cultural entity of great interest here is the Berkeley Rep, an award-winning theater. It’s a 15-minute walk to the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where you can do a tour and see Sather Gate and the iconic campanile tower. North from the downtown BART station along Shattuck Ave is the famous Gourmet Ghetto, with Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse restaurant as the cornerstone. A taxi or Uber ride can take you to the Bayside Cesar Chavez Park for a fresh-air hour on the circular path around the watery perimeter of the park. Several of these East Bay subjects are subsections in themselves in this presentation. — Exploratorium Science Museum San Francisco’s famous hands-on science museum, the Exploratorium, resides on the Embarcadero at Pier 15. It is dedicated to exploring the world through science, art, and human perception. Just about everyone in your travel entourage, from a child to adults, will find something intriguing at the Exploratorium. The child might be fascinated with looking into a distortion mirror that can turn you upside down. An adult might be delighted to look into a microscope, seeing plankton, and learning that these small creatures produce half of all the oxygen we breathe. Your Best Shot: A photo or selfie in the distortion mirror will amuse anyone. Outside, a re-creation of fog at the San Francisco Fog Bridge is an intriguing exhibit for a still or video, with you or your party as the cast of characters emerging from the fog. “Museum” does not begin to describe this wonder-inspiring facility. Science appreciation and engagements is the purpose. Interactive and imaginative experiences are the means. The creator was a Berkeley physicist, Frank Oppenheimer. He desired a facility where critical thinking and curiosity could be inspired by tactile engagement in an informal setting. More than 600 exhibits await a visitor in six galleries. The gallery Human Phenomena covers thoughts, feelings, and social behavior. Tinkering is thinking with your hands. Seeing and Listening considers light and vision. Living Systems is about the living world. The Bay Observation Gallery projects the local ecosystem. An Outdoor Gallery portrays the bay landscape. There are always demonstrations going on. In Living Systems the dissection of a cow’s eyes may be taking place. The Exploratorium also sponsors a robust range of programs for kids and adults. There is an adults-only After Dark party every Thursday. Adults wander around the exhibits while enjoying drinks, conversation, and sometimes live music. The institution has a fine-dining restaurant, SeaGlass, overlooking the Bay, and a more modest takeout Seismic Joint Café at the entrance. All practical details, such as admission fees and hours, are on the website. If You Go: Area: Embarcadero Website: http://www.exploratorium.edu Address: Pier 15, The Embarcadero & Green St, San Francisco, CA 94111 Phone: 415-528-4444 Price: Admission charge, moderate — Farmers Market Civic Center The robust Farmers Markets at Civic Center on Wednesday and Sunday or at the Ferry Building on Saturday (with smaller events Tuesday and Thursday) are delicious happenings that a local, visitor, or traveler may enjoy. The independent, farmer-operated Civic Center event calls itself the Heart of the City Farmers Market. One large audience it serves is the low-income world of folks in the SRO (single room occupancy) hotels in the nearby Tenderloin. There is a lot occurring, on many levels. In morning hours the selection will be greatest. In the closing minutes some bargains can be snapped up. See the website listing for details. Your Best Shot: The cornucopia of food at Farmers Markets San Francisco may entrance the designer eye in you. The entrepreneurial characters who are the stars on this stage may also intrigue you for a still photo or a video, if you engage them in conversation. You among the peaches can be a salubrious selfie. Farmers Markets show the genius of American competitiveness at its best. The entrepreneurs here assert they can produce more interesting, healthier, tastier, and fresher food than the corporate supermarket, at a competitive price. Customers are won or lost one at a time. Cultural ideals are on display. The ideal of decentralized, local food production and distribution is one issue. Whether the growing culture should be “organic” or not is another matter. How the seed may have been modified, by horticultural selection or genetic manipulation, is yet a further concern. The Farmers Markets highlight the wondrous climate and soil of California. In the Bay Area cultivators can grow food all year, with some caveats. The diversified truck-farm produce from Sonoma County and the specialty products from everywhere, such as Harley Farms goat cheese from the San Mateo Coast, may be on display. The great corporate farms of the Central Valley help make the state of California the “Farmers Market” to the world, contributing to the reality that California is the sixth biggest economy on the planet today. Much of the product created by skilled Northern California farmers, from the almond nut growers of Modesto to the rice producers south of Redding, ships out to the Orient from the Port of Oakland. If You Go: Area: Civic Center Website: http://heartofthecity-farmersmar.squarespace.com/ Address: United Nations Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone: 415-558-9455 Price: Free to peruse, market price for purchases — Farmers Market Ferry Building The Ferry Building, on the Bay at the foot of Market St, hosts a robust Farmers Market on Saturday (8 a.m.-2 p.m.) and a more abbreviated market on Tuesday and Thursday (10 a.m.-2 p.m.) As many as 25,000 people patronize the Ferry Building Farmers Markets each week.
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