Bay Swagger
Destination: San Francisco
WHO’S THERE: Spotted film director Spike Lee, baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, and hip-hop purist Bobbito Garcia.
WHERE: At Hotel Frank, your options are endless.
Bold is the new black in this fast-paced and very expressive world
where being “in” means “just do you.” 
Hotel Frank
SHOP: Just steps away from the chic Hotel Frank at
fashionable Union Square for world-class shopping or along Fisherman’s
Wharf for the best handcrafted sweaters in the country. Afterward, dash
across the street to catch the second act of a Tony Award-winning play
or savor a delectable bite at the hottest new eatery.
DINING: San Francisco is awash in culinary riches.
The quality and quantity of the restaurants here make San Francisco an
unparalleled food city. Brenda’s French Soul Food in the multiethnic
Tenderloin District, is just that, soulful Creole cooking by New
Orleans native chef Brenda Buenviaje. Beignet flights, gumbo, po-boys,
croquet monsieurs and the house made sweet watermelon tea are
must-haves.
Brenda’s French Soul Food
PARTY: The city by the Bay has its share of slick
stylish nightclubs. Stop in at Yoshi’s, a Japanese style jazz
restaurant in the historic Filmore District that caters to a largely
African American crowd.
Yoshi’s
But if you crave something smaller and more intimate, head to Little
Baobab, a tiny Senegalese restaurant that hosts one of the city’s
liveliest dance parties Wednesday through Saturday nights with Afrobeat
in a dancehall setting. The ginger and hibiscus-based drinks are strong
and cheap, but they’re also known to be potent aphrodisiacs.
