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[QUOTE="manleyzoo, post: 1761515, member: 519"]
I'm a local and, as with any major city, how the locals do it is far different than the tourists.

If you want to do the tourist thing, depending on your tastes, all the obvious choices are well-worth the visit--Golden Gate Park, a boat ride around the Bay, Fisherman's Wharf, the cable cars (packed but fun), Chinatown (small but cool), Alcatraz (weird), Ghiardelli Square, the Marina, etc. Within the park, if you're into cool museums, there's the De Young and the California Academy of Sciences. People like the SF Moma but it's not much compared to NYC's. The Palace of Fine Arts is definitely worth seeing as is the Exploratorium.

For eating, SF is more about the neighborhood than it is the individual restaurants. Here's a [URL='http://www.sfgate.com/neighborhoods/sf/bernalheights/']link[/URL] to the various neighborhoods in the City that will help you. If I had to pick one neighborhood not to miss for dining, it would be North Beach.

As for the GGB, if you can take walking on a suspension bridge, the coolest part is hoofing it across. Unreal views of the Golden Gate. If you're into a short ride to eat or hang out, Sausalito and Tiburon are just over the bridge and absolutely worth the trip.

One thing to keep firmly in mind...SF can be chilly, damp and foggy this time of year. But that shouldn't bother you frozen tundra dudes. Spring on the coast here is far different than inland, where it can be 20 - 30 degrees warmer and sunny.

And one final thing...don't know where you're staying but SF has no shortage of great boutique hotels and Airbnb spots to stay...

Oh, one other thing...stay away from the Tenderloin unless you like to live dangerously.
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