I live in downtown San Francisco with my partner of 11 years. We bought our dream loft and love the downtown lifestyle. The main drawback is that all the stores are too damn close; so shopping it too available, which in this city can get expensive (but it's fun). We also own a music licensing company www.musync.com, and I have a blog about SF at: www.QuirkySanFrancisco.com that's filled with fun things to do as alternatives to all the standard stupid tourist traps.
We travel a lot, especially to Europe (mostly France and Italy), and hope to own a home there too; so we can bounce back and f... full info