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The San Francisco Bay Area has long been known as a favorite place to visit and a magnificent place to live. Its weather is moderate year-round and its setting on the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean is incomparable. The unique blend of culture and diversity greatly influences the broad range of food, art and lifestyle in the Bay Area.
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Stanford University is a long-time firm client and home to many world famous
academics. It is also a great place to wander around on a sunny day.
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The Bay Area offers something for everyone - music, the arts, outdoor recreation (including some of the most spectacular hiking and biking trails in the country), wilderness areas, untamed seashore and world-renowned professional baseball, football, basketball and hockey teams. With so much to choose from, the problem may be figuring out what to do first.
The arts have flourished in the Bay Area. A world-class symphony, ballet and
opera as well as innovative and progressive regional theatre all thrive. Dozens
of museums and art galleries are found in and around San Francisco and Palo Alto,
including the renowned San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Stanford Rodin
Sculpture Garden and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. The recently rebuilt de Young Museum,
with its copper-clad walls and soaring tower, beckons visitors to Golden Gate
Park. Emerging art flourishes alongside these established cultural icons. |
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The first museum on the West Coast devoted
to 20th-century art, San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art
has one of the most innovative collections in the world. |
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An active local music scene creates a vibe that is distinct to the Bay Area, with dozens of small music venues throughout San Francisco and surrounding cities. There are many dining options throughout the Bay Area, including nationally renowned restaurants in and around San Francisco and Palo Alto. Widely known as the birthplace of Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse and the local-sustainable-organic food movement, the Bay Area is still a place where innovation and creativity in the food industry are very much alive. The cuisine reflects the diversity of the region itself — where more people from more countries live together than nearly any other area in the world. It is an area well known for its tolerance and its celebration of differences.
To find out more about San Francisco Bay Area:
www.citysearch.com
www.sfgate.com
Your online source for news, events, and everything in between
www.bart.gov
Information about the Bay Area Rapid Transit system's high-speed train system
www.sfmuni.com
Information about the San Francisco Municipal Railway's system of cable cars, historic trolleys, electric trains and buses
www.goldengateferry.org
Information about the Sausalito and Larkspur ferries
www.apartments.com
To help you find a new home in and around the Bay Area
www.sfstation.com
San Francisco's independent on-line information source for arts and culture,
entertainment, food, shopping, and all aspects of urban life
www.nps.gov/goga
Information about the Golden Gate National Parks from the National Park Service
www.parks.sfgov.org/wcm_recpark/GGP/GGPMap.pdf
Map of Golden Gate Park and telephone numbers for attractions in the park
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