Various Sites of San Francisco

I've found a great site with the various sites of San Francisco on them. They are complete with maps, suggestions of sites, and places to dine etc. I like the format of the items on this site.

http://www.mustseesanfrancisco.com/site-map.htm

Other San Francisco tours - walking tours of the city:
http://www.sfcityguides.org/

Events in China Town
Ghost Tours in China Town

"The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat" by Oliver Sacks

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat
by Oliver Sacks

I'm currently reading this book and it reads alot like reading episodes of the twilight zone. Many of these true storeis are pretty eerie.

Some of the book can be difficult to read. Sacks is obviously very well read and he often illustrates his stories with obscure references or expects you to be acquainted with his Neurological and Psychological predecessors. It's often led me to consult the WWW to understand the references he's making.

Nopa Resaurant

560 Divisidaro (@Hayes), SF
415-864-8643
nopasf.com

A couple weeks ago Monica, Melanie and I went to Nopa Resaurant, the Western Addition's newest addition.

Instead of something conventionally starchy, like bread, they serve radishes and sea salt. The food was tastey, we sampled 3 appetizers and an entree split amongst us. However, I found the food and ambience (former laundry mat retrofitted with clean lines and sterile high ceilings) to be rather conventional in ways that you would come to expect from a yuppy urban hipster restaurant. I'd certainly go again, but in a city of similar restaurant types, there's little that differentiates this one from other yuppy hipster joints here in SF.

RocketBird

This guy straps a mini-jet engine to each leg, dons a special flight

suit, then jumps from a hot air balloon and flies until the fuel runs

out. (Then pops his chute.)

The video (if it doesn't load automatically) is named RocketBird.

http://www.bird-man.com/?n=windtunnel&nose=6