Intern's Guide to San Francisco - Part I Local Resources

Last Summer and fall I interned at Twitter on the search relevance team.  During my internship I lived in two locations: in the Castro and NOPA (north of panhandle) near UCSF.  Here are some notes from my experience for future interns.  First up is a short list of my favorite local SF resources. Knowing me, there is a strong focus on food resources.

Local Resources

7x7 - 'local' online paper
http://www.7x7.com/
- 7x7 is known for its lists.  For example, it has a new Big Eat 2012 List.
http://www.7x7.com/eat-drink/big-eat-2012-list

SF Fun Cheap

http://sf.funcheap.com/

- SF Fun cheap was my go-to guide for local events.  The "Most popular" events are often good indicators of what events are hot right now.

SF Weekly

http://www.sfweekly.com/

- Another good local magazine, which primarily focuses on entertainment: music, movies, events, art, and restaurants.  It has a good "Best of" section.  Their food section is pretty good.

Food section - http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/

SF Gate (online SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/

- The Chronicle is one of SFs big newspapers. It has an extensive coverage of major news.  I found the events and food sections particularly useful.

Events - http://events.sfgate.com/

Food section - http://www.sfgate.com/food/

Inside Scoop SF is a blog that focuses on restaurant news

http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/

Poor Taste Mag - SF section

http://www.poortastemag.com/category/places/san-francisco/

SF Eater

http://sf.eater.com/

SF Grub Street

http://sanfrancisco.grubstreet.com/

Annual Events

Start thinking about annual events in and around SF:

(You might start with this list and also another list of food and music festivals.)

Here are a few highlights:

SF Street Food Festival 

Outside Lands

SF Marathon

Tourist Club Sommerfest

Gilroy Garlic Festival

Pinot Days

Eat Real festival (September)