SF Hotel Stories

Christmas in Pacific Heights

Before the MLB, NBA, or NFL San Francisco had (and has) a well-established sports culture.  Ever since the first contest between the UC...

Ice Skating in Union Square

Welcome to Incoming, from SFHotelstories.  Your concierge weekly guide to the pulse of what's happening in San Francisco The Holidays The...

Christmas at St. Dominic's Church

Christmas at the Fairmont Hotel

City Hall

From the SFHotelstories History File: Places San Francisco General Hospital or simply "The General" to locals Opened in 1872, it is the...

That's not confusing.

Ann Davidson was more of a San Francisco Bay Area original, than just San Francisco. She was a scholar, a mother, a celebrated author,...

Welcome to Incoming, from SFHotelstories.  Your concierge weekly guide to the pulse of what's happening in San Francisco The Holidays A3...

From the SFHotelstories History File: People - Frank Chu, The 12 Galaxies Guy From the Emperor Joshua Norton in the 1870s to Wavy Gravy...

Now that's a good boy.

The air is crisp now that we are in the holiday season, when most people think of Dickens, ice skating in Rockefeller Center, or even...

Sandwiched between the Tenderloin District, the Castro District and the Western Addition, the Civic Center neighborhood contains great...

From the SFHotelstories History File:  Neighborhoods The Richmond District of San Francisco Originally mostly sand dunes. It was never...

So is the food solar powered?

You may have been to Golden Gate Park or Coit Tower, even brought visiting relatives and shared with them your "insiders" information. ...

I'm not sure what to order.

From the SFHotelstories History File: People - Tom Sweeney Me and the Legendary Sir Francis Drake Hotel Doorman Tom Sweeney He was the...