MOON HANDBOOKS SAN FRANCISCO

Moon Handbooks San Francisco explores not only the streets and sights, but also the historical movements and unique subcultures that have come to define the City by the Bay. The perfect companion for a night on the town or a week's vacation, this guide offers:

• Commentary on each distinct style and atmosphere of the city's many diverse
   neighborhoods—including Haight-Ashbury, the Mission District, and SoMa
• Entertaining tours of the city's art and cultural scenes
• Extensive coverage of the Bay Area, from Berkeley and Oakland to Marin County and San Jose
• Tips on getting around by public transportation

"Replete with trusty information, practical maps, and a truckful of cultural commentary, this is the most complete guide to San Francisco I've seen." —Wired Magazine

Moon Handbooks San Francisco
1st Edition
Kim Weir
ISBN 1-56691-195-8
$13.95
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Kim Weir was born in Southern California but raised in far Northern California. For a time Kim's father operated a beer distributorship, a weekend job that required rattling around the foothills and mountains of Northern California in a Falstaff delivery van. Some of the author's earliest summer adventures involved washboarding with her dad down back roads, the stench of stale beer rising from flats of empties. Kim Weir has happily explored California byways ever since—typically without the beer.
   Since childhood Kim has struggled with herself over the relative merits of travel and books, as well as the challenges of hitching the two together. Take her first trip to the Grand Canyon. Upon arrival her parents insisted that the eleven-year-old put away James Michener long enough to at least get out and take a good look at that #!^%#$*&!! hole in the ground. Kim did better than that, though. She walked all the way down into the canyon that day—and back up—toting copies of The Source, Gone with the Wind, and other tomes in her knapsack as useful ballast against the wind.
   Kim's love of California, travel, and doorstopper-quality books finally came together in 1990 with the publication of the comprehensive and colorful Moon Handbooks Northern California. Other big books soon followed, including Moon's Southern California, Coastal California, and California guides. Smaller books have joined the line-up, too, including the Moon guide to Monterey and Carmel.
   Among other worthwhile pursuits Kim has worked as an editor at Scholars Press and as communications director for the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC). She holds a degree in environmental studies and analysis from CSU, Chico and is now pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing. She is also an active member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW).

Other travel guides authored by Kim Weir:
Moon Handbooks California
Moon Handbooks Coastal California
Moon Handbooks Los Angeles
Moon Hanbooks Monterey & Carmel
Moon Handbooks Northern California
Moon Handbooks Southern California