C E L E B R A T E D W E E K E N D
Yeah, andyou’vealsogot aprettygoodview
ofwhereyouare too. “How romantic.” “Isn’t
it, Tim? Look from here.” You realize why
they picked it. It’s surrounded by brutal
currents, supposedly sharks — the whole
number.
Okay, back toNorthBeach.What do you like
todowhenyou’re there?
There are a lot of cafés all up and down
North Beach. There are a bunch of res-
taurants that have been there for a long
time. And it kicks at night — all up and
down North Beach. I think people are go-
ingmore for likeTosca, CityLights, and all
the restaurants there. City Lights is a great
bookstore. It’s wonderful. Green Apple
Books is another great bookstore, for new
and old books. They call Jeannette Ether-
edge
[
owner of Tosca
]
the Night Mayor of
San Francisco. A lot of people hung out at
Tosca
:
Hunter Thompson, the cast of
The
Right Stuff
when they were shooting the
movie. It’s almost like theRussian embassy
too.Becausesheknew likeBaryshnikovand
Nureyev and all of those guys. It has a pool
table in the back, and it has its own clien-
tele. People like it dark and kind ofmoody.
Onanonnight, it’sprettywild.
When you returned to San Francisco in
1976 after attending Juilliard, had the city
changed?
Not that much. It was before the dot-com
boom, so itwas aquieter time. Iwent back
and was taking workshops. It seems like
fern bars were big then. Most of them are
gone. Washington Square Bar and Grill
is very much still there. That’s where you
used togoand seeRichardBrautigan.That
is actually a very sweet place to go. There’s
another great restaurant on Washing-
ton Square— EdMoose owns it — called
Moose’s Restaurant. Traditional, but
they’ve got an interesting clientele. They
have a great history. Washington Square
Bar &Grill was kind of like a writers’ and
poets’ bar. Specifically, I remember see-
ing Brautigan in there a lot — in different
states of disrepair.
What are your favorite sites?
TheGoldenGateBridge. Fort Point, which
is under theGoldenGateBridge, is kind of
impressive because it was this old battery,
and then you look over, and you’re right
WeSaid
…
Whywewon’t leaveSanFrancisco
LODGING
TheLodge at Tiburon,
moderate to expensive,
(415) 435-3133,
.
Though located in a charming old sailing town
just north of SanFrancisco, the Lodge is thor-
oughly up-to-date, having just undergone a
$6.5million renovation. This time of year, our
favorite spot is aprivate cabana out by the pool.
TheRedVictorian,
moderate to expensive,
(415) 864-1978,
Are you look-
ing formore than just the usual cookie-cutter
hotel? Look no further than thisHaight-Ashbury
B&B. Devoted to theSummer of Love, it oozes
hippie culture—but in a very unobtrusiveway
.
DINING
Bambino’sRistorante,
moderate, (415) 731-
1343,
This casual
pizza-and-pasta joint is a favorite of another ce-
lebrity: CraigNewmark, the creator of Craigslist.
The piesmay be thin-crust, but there’s nothing
thin about the portions here.
R&GLounge,
inexpensive tomoderate, (415)
982-7877,
. Seafood like
salt-and-pepper scallops anddicedChinese
winter-melon soupmay take the spotlight at this
popular ChinatownCantonese restaurant, but
those in the know call 24 hours ahead and order
the house special, awhole chicken stuffedwith
sticky rice and thendeep-fried.
ATTRACTIONS
SigmundSternGrove amphitheater,
(415)
252-6252,
. Every summer
for 70-odd years, music lovers have flocked to
this bucolic outdoor amphitheater for a series
of free Sunday concerts. This year’s lineup con-
tinues throughAugust 19 and spans everyone
fromHuey Lewis and theNews to the San Fran-
ciscoOpera.
wonderful thing is our guy was a big fan,
lovedall
[
Richard’s
]
comedy.Andhegaveus
the special tour, the back history. How the
BirdManofAlcatraz reallywas a
[
jerk
]
.He
wasnot thekindly, goodman that theypor-
trayedhimas. The sad, kindof brutal thing
about Alcatraz is it waswithinhearing dis-
tance of the city. So the guys there, on any
night, on a beautiful night, couldhearmu-
sic.AndespeciallyonNewYear’s, theycould
hear people really enjoying themselves.
That’s a double whammy. You could rub it
in thatway. “Youain’t getting this, boys!”
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