re: San Francisco Trip

5 days? Nice....check out a Giants game if you can, as was said earlier. Check out Haight/Ashbury one day....go walk around Dolores Park in the Castro one day. There will be kids with nitrous tanks that will give you a hit or two off it if you give them a beer. You could spend an entire day in Golden Gate Park. Bring some unsalted peanuts with you to feed the squirrels. It's really amusing. Tour around the bars. It should be warm in October....they have the late onset summer that most west coast cities get. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge....Alcatraz is cool, but I never did it despite living nearby for 30 years. If you want to do something cheesy, eat at the Taco Bell on the beach in Pacifica....eh...I guess I would't recommend it if you're just visiting. Muir Woods across the GG Bridge are very cool. Food is so plentiful and great....just walk around or yelp search it. I would definitely recommend Asian food at least once. You can go Japanese, Chinese, Thai, or Vietnamese.....