Here's a list of things to do off the top of my head --

- A Trip to the De young museum (near 9th and Fulton)
- A trip to the Palace of Fine Arts (near the Ocean Beach)
- Go Hiking near Fort Funston
- Diego Rivera's Masterpiece (Pan American unity) at the SF City College
- Mission District Mural tour (Balmy alley near 24th and harrison)
- Dinner at House of Nanking
- Lunch at Shalimar
- Dinner/Lunch at Tu-Lan (vietnamese)
- Dim-Sum on 6th and clement
- City Light BookStore and/or Green Apple Bookstore(it's a must)
- See a concert at the Fillmore. (Doesn't matter who performs)
-Watch indie movies at the Balboa Theatre, Roxy and Castro theatre.
- Haight and Ashbury
- Breakfast at Lori's (48th and point lobos)
- Breakfast at Dottie's true blue cafe
- Visit the ocean beach. (the richmond side ofcourse.) Stop by and say hi while you are there. I live 5 blocks from the beach.

There are plenty more. But I don't think you can cover all that in a week. Better luck tomorrow!

Para... they have cruises around Alcatraz and then there's one that actually takes you onto the island... but goin this time of year would be kinda cold. i hear it's pretty cool though, they actually take u down to the cells and lock u up. I've only been on the cruise around trip.. if you do go, watch out for the seagulls... ;)

umm...dumb question, but what's on lombard st?

Thanks for this, this isreally helpful. I am stealing some of your ideas :)

Is Alcatraz worth going to?

Shalimar.. fugetaboutit!! Try Sultan on O'Farrell and Taylor, bout a block from Shalimar, but a world of difference. Owned and runned by a great family. It's clean, quite and there are no kabooters loitering in the restaurant after it closes. Makes you wonder what does into the chikken tikka (just joking yaar),

Has anyone been to the halal Thai restaurant in the city? Is it any good?

definatly check out shalimar.
and also the best sundays in the world are at ghirdali.

North beach and Chinatown are totally accessible from the Green Tortoise Hostel. GreenTortoiseHostel.com is their GreenTortoiseHostel.com.

Definitely stay there if you can, because that place is half the fun!! They have a rockin new years eve event, occassional breakfasts and dinners, and also the regular open mike on Tuesday nights. $25 a night tops, but you _need_ advance reservations, as the place fills out weeks before hand! Once there, you'll connect with enough international youth that you won't have a hard time figuring out what to do. Trust me on this one. I seen it.

take the lil mini cruise around the bay. it takes you around the alcatraz and under the golden gate bridge. its for an hour. def. fun!

twin peaks...need the warmest jacket ever cuz you'll freeze your assss off there.

all the restaurants and lounges and just everything else.

ghirardeli square.

union square.

northbeach

china town...if ur into that stuff

Depends what is your interest?
Maybe go to Broadway/Columbus, there are lot of clubs and stuff like that there.
I love this one Italian place call "Steps of Rome" its on the corner of Broadway/Columbus. Check it out. Pretty lively place.