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Jim Haas
Age: mature
San Francisco
- When I took the Hotel Matchmaker test these are the words I selected:
- Urbane, Creative/Eclectic, Traditional, Worldly/Sensual, Subtle/Refined
- My favorite activities include:
- Good conversation, working out, reading, traveling, listening to classical music.
- I was born and raised in:
- 5th generation San Franciscan
- I currently live:
- San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood
- What do I do to make a buck?:
- lawyer and sometime editorial essayist
- 5 things I love about the San Francisco Bay Area:
- (1) Weather; (2) Village-like atmosphere; (3) Tolerant attitude; (4) Great restaurants and food stuffs; and (5) Cultural life
- My favorite local hidden treasure you shouldn't miss:
- Historic street cars - take the F-line historic street car down Market, along the Embarcadero to Fisherman's Wharf. City Hall - see the magnificent dome. Neighborhoods - SF is full of vibrant neighborhoods, visit one and walk along the shopping street. AsiaSF (201-9th Street, 255-2742) - a unique restaurant with great food and club of "gender illusionists"...your server will eventually entertain you...crowd is very mixed with many Asian families from the suburbs out for a novel treat. Marin Headlands - drive across the Golden Gate Bridge, take the exit to Sausalito, turn left under the freeway and proceed up the hill...you'll see the most incredible view of San Francisco and the bay.
- My perfect day spent in the San Francisco Bay Area:
- Since SF is so connected to the bay, I would start the day by having brunch at Kelly's Mission Rock Café (817 China Basin 626-5355) on the Southern waterfront near the Pac Bell Ballpark. The food is good and the view of ships in drydocks is great. I would then show off our Civic Center (Polk and Mc Allister Streets), the largest collection of neo-classical Beaux Arts buildings outside of Washington D.C.. First a quick tour of City Hall (1 Carlton B Goodlett Place) , a building with "imperial pretensions" and a magnificent dome. Then, an extended visit to the newly-opened Asian Art Museum (200 Larkin Street 581-3500), the largest museum of Asian Art in North America located in the old Public Library. Stop for a light lunch at the Museum's Asian-fusion restaurant. Then for some fresh air, a walk in the Presidio and along the Crissy Field lagoon. Finally, the evening would consist of attending the S.F. Symphony (Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness 552-8000) and hearing conductor Michael Tilson Thomas play Mahler's 5th Symphony. Afterwards, a light dinner at Absinthe, (398 Hayes 551-1590) an elegant French bistro restaurant near the Symphony Hall.
