http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2013-05-17T19:35:57Z Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/b/2013/05/21/the-san-francisco-burrito-a-local-staple.htm <p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/gosanfrancisco/1/3/Z/8/-/-/taqueria-cancun-19th.jpg" alt="" width="170" height="127" /></p> <p>Anybody who has been to Mexico can tell you that the burrito, which is now ubiquitous across America, is actually pretty hard to find south of the border.</p> <p>That's because the delicious item, which is really a full Mexican meal plate rolled up in a tortilla, was actually <strong>invented here in California</strong>, and in San Francisco's <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/od/thingstoseeanddo/qt/themission.htm">Mission District</a> to be more exact.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/b/2013/05/21/the-san-francisco-burrito-a-local-staple.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/b/2013/05/21/the-san-francisco-burrito-a-local-staple.htm Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:03 +0000 2013-05-21T20:12:03Z http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/b/2013/05/17/wine-riot-sf-taste-250-wines-in-one-weekend.htm <p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/gosanfrancisco/1/3/f/A/-/-/wine.jpg" alt="" width="170" height="113" /></p> <p>Ready for a wine tasting intensive that travels around the world in a single glass?</p> <p>Then you are ready for Wine Riot, which comes to San Francisco on <strong>June 7th and 8th</strong> and revolves around learning about the many varietals, styles and trends in the realm of wine the best way possible: by tasting them.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/b/2013/05/17/wine-riot-sf-taste-250-wines-in-one-weekend.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/b/2013/05/17/wine-riot-sf-taste-250-wines-in-one-weekend.htm Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:57 +0000 2013-05-17T19:35:57Z http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/b/2013/05/10/the-yerba-buena-gardens-festival-2013.htm <p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/gosanfrancisco/1/3/d/A/-/-/Yerba-Buena.jpg" alt="" width="170" height="131" /></p> <p>Running from <strong>May through October</strong>, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is the city's most action-packed <strong>free</strong> performance series.</p> <p>Located just blocks from Union Square and across the street from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the festival takes places in the lush <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/od/thingstoseeanddo/a/The-Yerba-Buena-Gardens-Complex.htm">Yerba Buena Gardens</a> itself, a dynamic urban park, arts center and shopping complex all rolled into one.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/b/2013/05/10/the-yerba-buena-gardens-festival-2013.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/b/2013/05/10/the-yerba-buena-gardens-festival-2013.htm Fri, 10 May 2013 03:13:12 +0000 2013-05-10T03:13:12Z http://gosanfrancisco.about.com/b/2013/05/06/samba-and-salsa-in-the-street-its-the-san-francisco-carnaval-2013.htm <p><img class="alignright" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/gosanfrancisco/1/3/b/A/-/-/carnaval.jpg" alt="" width="170" height="127" /></p> <p><em>Missed the Carnaval in Rio this year? 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