The best board for local knowledge is SF Redbook,
http://www.sfredbook.net/cgi-bin/dcforum2/dcboard.pl
TBD has a San Fran board which is just as useful for SF as the TBD/NY board is for New York -- which is to say, it's only useful if you want puffed up info about the high-priced spread. [No flames please, I think Zoe is cool].
If you like streetwalkers go to Capp St between 16th and 24th. Careful, vice patrols there alot. Don't discuss business with a woman who won't get in your car. Careful of women who can suck your dick and pick your pocke at the same time.
Streetwalkers also abound in the Tenderloin around Geary St, O'Farrel St, etc. Any beautiful women you see at the corner of O'Farrell and Larkin are transsexuals. If you like trannies go to a bar on Polk Street called Diva's. Also the young boys and men you see lined up around Polk Street, you can take them home with you too if you like. San Francicso is a very nonjudgmental kind of place, it's all good.
Some guys like the Mitchell Bros. theater, I think it's an overpriced ripoff. For stripclub sleaze go to the Market Street Cinema. It's essentially a YMMV whorehouse, you'll either get totally ripped off or have the time of your life, probably both. Very hostile service from the staff, don't take it personally.
I don't like upscale escorts so I can't comment on that scene. For lovers of Asian Massage Parlors (AMPs) there are a ton of them. Services vary, but oral and full service are generally available.
If you are a truly adventurous sort, go to the Power Exchange. It's an S&M sex club. It's a huge four-floor building. Most nights 2 floors are gay, 2 floors are mixed. One night a week all four floors are mixed. You'll see a lot of the local S&M players doing public scenes. You may or may not be turned on, but if you have a healthy curiousity about public sex, this is the place to check out. If you're a het guy you probably won't get laid, but you will have an evening to remember.
What else about SF? There are a number of gentlemans clubs such as the Gold Club, Centerfolds, and Boys Toys. A lot of guys like these clubs, I'm not a big fan. If you like beautiful sexy strippers, these are good clubs to go to. Like I said if you prefer sleazy whorehouses thinly disguised as strip clubs, bring your pile of twenties to the Market Street Cinema.
If you have a car don't limit yourself to San Fran. Berkeley, Oakland, the Penisula, and Marin (north of SF across the Golden Gate Bridge) each have their own charms, and their own scenes.
The SF Bay Area is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful places on God's earth. Make sure you see the Pacific ocean and the Golden Gate Bridge, preferably from any of the many spectacular vistas available.
If you have any more questions please ask on this board or send me an email. I lived in the Bay Area for almost thirty years and did plenty of sightseeing and hobbying.
Please don't ask me for specific recommendations, because everybody's mileage varies and I rarely see the women that everyone else sees anyway. Although Sonja in Berkeley is a 6' tall Dutch girl with the most openminded attitude and one of the best service ethics I've ever seen in the business.
Also if you have fetishes you don't have to talk about it on the board, just send me a private email. I'm fetish-friendly and so is the Bay Area. There are some truly accomplished lifestyle players, lots of B&D/fetish houses and independents.
fish
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