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The city's libraries are not only a source of information, but a great place to see FREE events and exhibits. Tuesday, 1/13/2026, 4:00 - 4:30 Performance: Guitar Sing-Along with Grandpa Alan Eureka Valley Branch. Thursday, 1/15/2026, 11:00 - 12:00 Workshop: Breath Meditation with Don Narin Richmond Branch. Thursday, 1/15/2026, 1:00 - 2:00 Workshop: Lunar New Year Calligraphy Ortega Branch. Saturday, 1/17/2026, 1:30 - 3:00 Presentation: Growing Orchids Bernal Heights Branch. S

"You wouldn't think such a place as San Francisco could exist. The wonderful sunlight there, the hills, the great bridges, the Pacific at your shoes." – Dylan Thomas. If you like this article, please hit like and follow us. You can also follow us at http://www.sfhotelstories.com SFHotelStories.com  is looking for contributors: writers, videographers, and photographers. Contact us at SFHotelStories@gmail.com, Subject: Contributors.

Welcome to Incoming, from SFHotelstories. Your concierge weekly guide to the pulse of what's happening in San Francisco. EVENTS The Union Square Ice Rink We get used to it, but miss it once and it's gone.  Come appreciate the Union Square Ice Rink in it's final week. If you like this article, please hit like and follow us.  You can also follow us at www.sfhotelstories.com COMEDY SF Sketchfest Beginning on January 15th. several venues over two weeks host some of comedy's great

In my upcoming book, Service IS The Business (working title) I share a behind-the-desk perspective of what it is like to work at a real San Francisco hotel concierge desk. Enjoy this brief segment from the third chapter. When I got to work the afternoon following the 1989 Loma Prienta earthquake, I came upon an exodus of guests leaving. I couldn’t tell if they had been traumatized by the experience, or just annoyed that there was still no power. Either way, by sundown there

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Happy 2026! I received so many positive comments for the post NYE article, I am bringing it back for another refill. Cheers! Now that New Year's Day has come and gone, and we are all proverbially dropping Alka-Seltzers in glasses of water, I thought this would be a good opportunity to share some of my favorite watering holes in San Francisco. Because bars and other sources of libations find their slowest month in January, I thought I would provide a community service and reco

For as long as I've been a hotel concierge in San Francisco, the Westin Saint Francis displays a 12-foot rotating sugar castle in their historic lobby. SFHotelStories.com  is looking for contributors: writers, videographers, and photographers. Contact us at SFHotelStories@gmail.com , Subject: Contributors.

Welcome to Incoming, from SFHotelstories. Your concierge weekly guide to the pulse of what's happening in San Francisco. EVENTS The USF Dons Not much goes on the first week of the new year, so let's appreciate our local college heroes, take in some college basketball and cheer for the home team.  A team that had basketball great Bill Russell as one of their own before moving on to the NBA.  Sunday, January 4th the San Francisco Dons take on Portland Pilots. They are San Franc

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Welcome to Incoming, from SFHotelstories. Your concierge weekly guide to the pulse of what's happening in San Francisco. EVENTS New Years Eve and Day! There are no shortage of venues in San Francisco with festivities planned of New Year's Eve, so here are a few ideas. As is the tradition, fireworks will go off at midnight over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, but here are a few ideas of what to do before then, and the next day. The Union Square Ice Rink will be open on b

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The city's libraries are not only a source of information, but a great place to see FREE events and exhibits. Here is what's happening in some of San Francisco Libraries. SFPL Main Branch: Running through Sunday, March 1, 2026 Living Tattoo Traditions: American Irezumi and Beyond. Running through Sunday, March 15, 2026 Fashioning Bay Area Punk. Tuesday, Decmber 23rd Richmond Branch: 2:00pm Jewelry Making Friday, December 26th Main Branch: 4:00pm Free Yoga ewelry Making Richmo

Frank Lloyd Wright's only building in San Francisco is on Maiden Lane, near Union Square "What I like best about San Francisco is San Francisco." – Frank Lloyd Wright If you like this article, please hit like and follow us. You can also follow us at www.sfhotelstories.com SFHotelStories.com  is looking for contributors: writers, videographers, and photographers. Contact us at SFHotelStories@gmail.com , Subject: Contributors.

Welcome to Incoming, from SFHotelstories. Your concierge weekly guide to the pulse of what's happening in San Francisco. EVENTS Christmas! The Stockton Street Winter Walk returns with its signature festivities lining Stockton Street by Union Square.  It's a good place to cool your feet after a long day of Union Square Christmas shopping. The festivities run through December 24th. The Great Dickens Christmas Fair runs util December 21st. The Union Square Ice Skating Rink is op

In my upcoming book, Service IS The Business (working title) I share a behind-the-desk perspective of what it is like to work at a real San Francisco hotel concierge desk. Enjoy this brief segment from the second chapter. Two of the many hotels I have worked in The work was mostly routine, but every now and then something unforeseen occurred which snapped one into action. One autumn evening, the Union Square district of San Francisco suffered a brownout, not a blackout. I lat

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