In my 18 years in the Bay Area, although my heart has never ceased to quicken when I cross the Bay Bridge and catch that first glimpse of the city rising from celestial blue, still, I am always in a hurry to leave town. I always hear it when I travel. And San Francisco was once again voted No. 1 choice city in the nation by Conde Nast Traveler Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards. I always notice the excited chatter of foreign voices as we fly in from overseas, in pattern to land at San Francisco International Airport. I'm going to learn more, bit by bit, about San Francisco and its history.
Winter is, by the way, the best season of the year to do that.
San Francisco tourism is at its lowest level from November through February, reports the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. And yet we know that this can also be the season of some of San Francisco's sunniest days. So, San Francisco, here I come. Anne Chalfant is Times travel editor.