24 Hours in SAN FRANCISCO & OAKLAND Travel Vlog
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- A behind the scenes look of how I spent 24 hours visiting San Francisco and Oakland California. We'll visit San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39, Golden Gate Bridge, Ghirardelli Square, Palette Tea House, Swan's Market, spend the night at the Oakland Marriott City Center, and explore Oakland Chinatown.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 - Introduction
00:36 - Flying Southwest Airlines to Oakland
01:21 - Arriving to Oakland Airport
01:56 - Checking in to the Oakland City Center Marriott
02:19 - Lunch at Swan's Market in Oakland
02:56 - Arriving in to San Francisco
03:15 - Pier 39
04:20 - Walking around Fisherman's Wharf
05:37 - Checking out the Golden Gate Bridge
06:17 - Dinner at Palette Tea House
08:12 - Back in the hotel room
09:34 - Good Morning Oakland
10:44 - Exploring Oakland's Chinatown
12:17 - Blue Bottle Coffee in Downtown Oakland
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I lived in SF in the 80’s. I was there during the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. They close it for pedestrians. The response was so overwhelming that the Bridge flattened out. They had to close it to check for structural damage. The fireworks, tho, were mind boggling.
Watched this in preparation for a SF trip coming up even though I’ve been several times. Still found great tips here. And I really enjoyed this one-on-one behinds the scenes vlog. I felt like I was traveling with you. 😊
Thanks J!
Visiting San Francisco next week after 10 years!
Hello Chris, I enjoy your videos and you come across as a very nice person. One thing I have to say is that whenever you speak about San Francisco you mostly talk about places in the downtown area. I am a German tour guide in the city and the next time you come I would really love to show what amazing things and neighborhoods you can find in other areas of the city. I live here for 6 years now and to this day it's pure magic, despite some crazy problems that the city has. Tell me when you're here and we'll have a beer and I show you what the real heart of the city is.
Thanks Frank :)
Hope you enjoyed your day! From the Tenderloin of San Francisco CA Dsoulda
Thank you SO much! We are going for the first time next month and your videos have helped me immensely!
Awesome Elizabeth!
I live in San Francisco, the location is Aquatic Park for the SF swim club on the waterfront
Been watching yellow productions for a few years now. Started with your OG SF Video when I visited in February 2020 right before the pandemic. I’ve been back once since then. But SF definitely holds a sentimental value and me and my fiancés heart. All because of your video
I’m the same guy who made this comment. You actually inspired my fiancé and I to start our own travel
And food page. We started with Coachella. Defiantly got some inspirations from your vids. Peep our Coachella day 1 Vlog.
Right on kmart!
Double awesome traveling foodies!
@@YellowProductions thanks!
just love your style of vlogging..really liked the fact that you mentioned before saying good morning you had to actually wake up setup camera etc etc...I am visiting San fransisco now and your vlog really helped... Thanks..
Thanks Nilanjan!
San Francisco Chinatown is a "working" chinatown too, it's not just tourist shops. Walk two blocks over to Stockton street, instead of staying on touristy Grant avenue, and you'll quickly see that. It's actually one of the poorest neighborhoods in SF/the bay area. Very working class, full of cheap tiny apartments in century old buildings (plus a bunch of tourist stuff, mostly on Grant ave), and is over 90% Chinese (If anyone is curious about that, not all housing in SF is prohibitively expensive. There's rent control, public housing, SROs, etc). And yeah, Oakland Chinatown is a "working" Chinatown as well, without the tourist stuff.
Thanks for that clarification punch nazis!
so refreshing to hear someone say positive things about oakland and sanfrancisco i love it here homelessness gets a bad rap if the rest of the country were as accomadating to the poor as the bay area which is why soo many homeless come to the bay ... they do not want to live in shelters. its also one of the only ities in this country where you can get a decent wage to live and a uninon job with universal healthcare. If lhomelessness is the only thing people complain about its the least of my worries . I am a sucess story... I started homless.
Oakland is so underrated. Next time check out Jack London Square, Lake Merritt, and Old Oakland! Lots to see and can definitely spend a full day in Oakland easily.
Also try Orbit Coffee! super good Vietnamese Ice Coffee
Thanks for the tips Daniel!
I think maybe the thing I’ve liked best recently is the one where you debunk myths about the us and you even dressed patriotically. It was surprisingly fun !!
Thanks TC!
Great video sharing I love it have a nce day.
Thanks!
Thank you Chris for getting me through a weekend shift at work!! 💛
Thanks Jambaa :)
Grant Avenue is the tourist street in the original Chinatown. Stockton Street, one block to the west of Grant, is the working Chinatown. However, San Francisco has four Chinatowns. The second is Clement Street in the Richmond District. Third is Irving Street in the Middle Sunset District. And fourth is Noriega Street in the Outer Sunset District.
Great video. Brings back a lot of fond memories. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Alex!
Bay Area looks amazing
Super video, Chris, amazing! Thank you so much!
Thanks Alex!
@@YellowProductions Waiting more videos from you and good luck, Chris!
Always looking forward to more Yellow Productions
Awesome Opus :)
Last summer for our family vacation we flew into Vegas, spent a couple days there, and then drove to SF and spent the rest of the week there. The kids (16 & 17) had never been out west, so it was a great experience for the whole family. The thing I love about the SF and the Bay area is it's one of those places you can't see in just a day or even a week. I can't wait to get back because I know there is so much there we didn't see or do.
For sure HGman. The bay area is huge!
GREAT Tour Chris!!! Such great places and great travel advice!!🧳😊
Thanks Janet!
For anyone who actually wants to see Oakland for what it is...I recommend you guys start it off on a Friday morning. First go ahead and grab a bowl of delicious noodle soup (#21) from Vien Huong which is located at the 10:45 mark between the store behind him and the painted red board. With your belly satisfied, walk across the street in the same direction as Chris over to the bakery. Grab an egg tart and a bun or two, you can munch on these as desert or save them for a bit later. As for the egg tart, consume it as soon as you get them as they are most yummy when fresh. Take a stroll from here to either Jack London or "up town" as the transplant calls them but do this after you taken the short walk around Chinatown. Depending on the days that you do come here, make sure to google up what's happening at the Oakland Museum. An amazing staple of Oakland and not to be miss! To further make it even more memorable, time your arrival a day or two before a baseball game. During the evening, take a side excursion down to the Fruitvale district to explore the food truck scene. No, not some generic food truck but the original trucks that make up Oakland's festive area. Yes, a sure sign is a crowded food truck and parking sometime sucks but its worth it. I recommend "El Gordo Tacos" or "Guadalajara" and the taco of choice is "al pastor" at El Gordo and "carnitas" at Guadalajara. Don't worry, these two are but a block from each other. If you arrive around 6ish, you can find the delicious churro cart parked just a block down from Guadalajara at the Gardenas market parking lot. To start off your weekend right, you can sleep in a bit and start your adventure around 9-10am. Head over to my favorite starting point and find parking over by 50th ave and E 10 street. There should be a lady who has a tent setup there that sells fruit juice and other knick knacks. We can will come back to her later...from here, walk across the street pass the train track along 50th ave towards the other food vendors. Yes, there are various mom and pops food stall here ranging from El Salvadorian to Mexican food. Try your chance at a fresh hand made batch of pupusas then make way for a bowl of menudo or pozole. If menudo or pozole is off putting to you, you can walk further down the streets to explore the other food vendor for fresh chicharron and aquachiles. At some point you will find another intersection which is Coliseum way. Yes, this is why I recommended you park back there because parking up here is a hassle. To your left is the Coliseum flea market and worth a walk around as you get to see a lot of the local Hispanic community doing what they do best here. After exploring the area and stuffing yourself out, go ahead and head back to where you parked. Walk over to the lady and tell them you want one of their passion fruit juice to go. Yes, I recommend picking an extra one up because they are darn delicious. This little tour shouldn't take more than 3 hour for your weekend morning giving you plenty of time to explore San Francisco water front. If not, you can spend your days doing a quick visit over towards the redwood or even a drop in by Muir woods for the giant redwoods and come back in the evening to have a dinner at Jack London's waterfront district at the Farm House Thai kitchen. Yes, do pick up a beer after wards at Heinold's last stand which is a 1 min walk. The rest of the night can be spend exploring the downtown "uptown" district of Oakland night scene. If you have any question...you can always comment here and if I am free that night, I would be happy to give anyone a walking taco tour. Avoid the tourist scene for the most part and explore the places that really put Oakland on the map.
Thanks for the detailed itinerary suggestion!
LOL! The wake up segment. So accurate.
Hi Chris. Thanks for the video. Great to know that you cab still do and see many thing within a 24 hour period. Great jog! Thanks again and take care.
Thanks James :)
Loved this fast paced perspective of your 24 hour trip Chris!
Thanks A!
luv the bay area
I am jealous. I want to go to SF. :-) Thanks fir the great video Mr. Chris.
Thanks M P!
Possibly one of best day trips I had from LAS VEGAS first flight of the day and last flight back a long but incredible day that was
That's quite a day trip!
Your view from your hotel room looks down on is my condo! So cool you visiting some of the new yummy food spots in the East bay
Very cool!
Excellent video ! Loved this vlog style. Felt like we were right there with you exploring. Beautiful weather, looked like yummy food, nice hotel and Club lounge. Thanks Chris.
Thanks Colleen! Glad you enjoyed this format!
Wonderful documenting! Love your video style- feels intimate and professional at the same time. I watched all of your hawaii videos earlier last year and feel ready for my trip to hawaii this summer!
Thanks cherry blossom!
I live in Oakland, love your tour around Oakland Chinatown, we go every week
Thanks thuangy
wonderful experience.Nice sharing 😊👌
Thanks Ninara!
Great video at a great time. Heading over to SF this weekend
Thanks Oscar!
Love your waking up shot!
Right on Jeff! :)
3:24…So very nice for you to have featured the Marriott Fisherman’s Wharf! We began our Honeymoon there in early June of 1991 and haven’t been back since (sadly)…nice to bring up that very nice memory!
Neat!
Awesome job chris
Thanks Adam!
I didn't expect to learn not one but two useful tips about those airports (hate LAX!), but had no idea about Oakland. We've only been to the GG bridge, Alcatraz, and some Russian restaurant. Oakland Chinatown next time!
More SF vids coming up too :)
Awesome 🙂✌️💚
Wonderful to see the reverse experience. We live in Oakland and head to Anaheim regularly. Thanks for this!!
Thanks Maureen
I really enjoyed this video. Must have taken a lot of planning and work putting it together. The dim sum looked good. 🤙
Thanks Chris! The Dim Sum was good!
I have never been to San Francisco but I really want to go now
And now you know what to do with about a half day in SF :)
Love the vlog style video! The food in the bay is great.
One of my favorite places in Oakland is Mountain View Cemetery. Sounds a little goth lol but it has amazing views out over the bay and really cool old mausoleums
Thanks Charlotte!
Congratulations Chris on 250k subs, love San Francisco
Thanks Phil!
Nice tour, Chris. I'm hoping to check out the Bay Area later this year. So much to see in that whole region!
Thanks Jeff!
Great video
Thanks Brother!
@@YellowProductions thank you
That looked fun Chris. I’d love to do a 24 hour trip like that to cities close to Southern CA. I’m an OC resident like you and John Wayne is a nice little airport.
Thanks Don!
San Francisco seems nice 👍🏻
Hello Mr. Raney! In my neck of the woods! Used to live in S.F. Now mid way to San Jose. Great, Great video of S.F & OAK in such a short, short time! 💛🐼
Very cool! Thanks Norma!
Great tips and travel vlog. There is a hostel at fort mason. It has to be one of the best hostel on the planet. You are right downtown and for cheap.
Thanks for the tip on the hostel at Fort Mason
Thanks for this Chris, it's our 15th year Wedding anniversary next year and we are thinking to do a California & Hawaii combo holiday (from the UK). San Francisco is somewhere we'd love to visit so this is insightful as we think about the best California lay over (likely 3-4 days).
Thanks Mark
THE FOOD LOOKED REALLY GOOD
It was Linda!
That's a great way to spend 24 hours in San Francisco and Oakland! I remember seeing so many sea lions over at Pier 39 when I went back in 2018. I went in mid-morning on a weekday, and I was able to be on the ground level right in front of them without all the people. I never had the chance to check out Oakland's Chinatown, but I'll have to check it out on a future trip to the Bay Area. Great vlog-style video!
The Sea Lions are pretty neat! You probably got to see them before all the other tourists woke up :)
@@YellowProductions Very true! I think I was over there around 9 in the morning that day.
As a person who lives in the Bay Area, love every single place you went to!
Thanks Avi!
Great video !! I love Oakland Chinatown which is still the cheapest lol
Really enjoyed this vlog! Aside from your usual categories of videos, you should also incorporate 24 hours vlogs more! They seem to be doing well and they'll direct the audience to your specific videos that you make about that particular city!!!
Thanks Kristina!
Might be time to head to San Francisco and hit up a baseball game and some more fun adventures.
Interesting to also get a bit of a glimpse behind the scenes, this time.
Glad you enjoyed the peek :)
Welcome to the Bay Area! Good idea to park at the Marriott, pier 39 parking lot has a lot of break-ins. About 80 car windows a day are broken in SF.
Dim sum for dinner?🤣 Pretty expensive dim sum.
Lounges are opening again!👍 You probably have experienced international Marriott lounges...so nice!
Dim Sum for dinner is the best! :)
Good video, but what you did you could have done basically without a car. Just figure out BART, MUNI and the bus, and you avoid the expense of trying to park there. I wouldn't think of walking from Fisherman's Wharf over that hill into the Marina District (and beyond). It's a longer, and hillier walk, than a map might lead you to believe. If my memory is correct, the bus goes all the way from that Marriott in Fisherman's Wharf, to the Palace of Fine Arts. Just be careful to go the right direction, but no biggie. Get off the bus and take one the opposite way if you find yourself heading to Downtown.
Yeah... but I was going to Modesto after this for a conference... so I needed the car. And since I had the car.. it's still faster than public transit.. and parking was less than $10.
The GREEN DOOR best place in San Fran. If you know then you know 🤫
Thanks for the tip :)
We use John Wayne or Long Beach to fly down to visit my dad! Totally agree those airports are so less hectic than LAX. Also, Burbank or Ontario are too far!
S.F. has the same non tourist Chinatown on Clement Street aka Chinatown West.
Thanks for the tip Bill!
Yes! It’s a vibrant neighborhood with a fun farmer’s market on Sundays, many times with local live musicians! Great dim takeout places too!
very useful thanks , im in menlo park , CA first time any advice what to do here?
My fav shot in blogs when they take shot walking down the stairs. But they have to go down first to put the down first
For sure! The vlogger is really getting their exercise! :)
I was in the Fisherman's Wharf last week in San Francisco. So sad to see the damages Covid has done to such a beautiful iconic SF local and tourist favorite spot.
For sure Cam
@Angel Jose Mendoza Agreed! SF cityscape and bayside are spectacular, even on foggy days!!
Thank you for buying sooo sweet to Oakland usually people are very rude to oak(love the video!)
Thanks Diosa!
That my moms name it actually Phoenix
Hi Chris. Welcome to my city, Oakland. Thanks for the great review. I even learned something about my area that I didn't know before. Where's your entourage?
Thanks Google User.. just a solo trip on this one!
Will be my 1st time visiting California next month and i choose san Francisco! I'm excited!!! Does b a.r.t use an app to help navigate?
Sorry for my english, now i stay on the Marriott parking. Price- First Hour 14$
For the cheap rate you need to book the Marriott parking via the Spothero app that you download to your IPhone or Android
@@YellowProductions Thank you
Can you make a top 5 coffee spots in San Francisco?
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I'm a youtuber too. Liked your video and subscribed!
Welcome to Yellow Productions walking introvert!
The 1st two shots of this video where the camera is flying over the city, did you shoot that yourself with a drone?
Stock footage :)
I've been waiting for you to do another SF vid. Thank goodness. Good little vid, only complaint is that you called your coffee, that looked more like a latte, a cappuccino. How can it be a cappuccino without milk froth and chocolate sprinkles?
It was indeed a cappuccino.. and it was quite frothy on top..
Thanks Chris, I have heard scary things about staying in Oakland. We are planning to stay in the lak Merritt neighborhood - do you know if this is a safe area?
Hi Lital -- Sorry I'm not really the Oakland expert. Don't want to give you wrong info
Chris I'm taking my family to San Francisco we are staying at the Handlery hotel in union square we should get in around 6pm to 7pm do you think it would be safe to take bart to powell st and walk with our luggage to the hotel?
Hi James. Assuming you are going in the summer and it's daytime.. then yes. I think it's OK. Just walk up Powell for 3 blocks. Make sure you don't wander too far west and end up in the Tenderloin
my family members arrived SF and less than 24 hours their car got break-in
visit at your own RISK
Say hi to my sea lions. Can’t believe it’s almost 2 months since I was there
Dang you a brave man...Marriott downtown Oaktown.. better hope those windows are bullet proof 😅😅😅
(PS: I lived in Adam's Point on Lake Merritt and later near the Rose Garden near Piedmont for years. The Courtyard By Marriott opposite City Center is pretty sketch.)
Hah
Jonnie...I'm from Oakland too...left 6 years ago to Seattle...my friends there tell me it is getting worse by the day. It is a bit concerning that it is so glorified and these people are thinking how "great" it is. Born and raised there..and LEFT..because it is FAR from great...
@@evandelegeane7596 Yep...I loved it when I was there in the late '90s. The beautiful weather (especially compared to SF), neighborhoods like Lakeshore Avenue, Rockridge, and Montclair, and the open spaces (Lake Merritt, Oakland Hills), and the culture (Grand Lake Theater, beautiful restored Paramount Theater, Jack London Square) but it's really gone down hill since the turn of the millennium.
@@jonnieinbangkok I feel every word...all the way.....all those places you named were my go to spots. Even Montclair has been experiencing a lot of crime as of late. In my past neighborhood..."upper" Rockridge....Home invasions are on the rise. The homeless situation is out of control. Definitely NOT a go to vacation spot...sorry to be so blunt here...but deception isn't cool.
@@evandelegeane7596 Totally agree...I'm an Oaktown lover not a hater, but just so sad to see what crazy politics have done to the place. I both lived (Adam's Point) and worked there (Lake Merrit Plaza opposite iconic Kaiser Building) and loved Lake Merritt Park, and it's beautiful old Oak trees, lawn bowling club, and of course Fairyland 🧚♀️ 🧚♂️
If everything it's ok, i will spend my honeymoon in San Francisco within 25 days! Which is the best sunset spots in San Francisco?
I think seeing the sun set behind the Golden Gate Bridge is pretty cool :)
@@YellowProductions Thank you! Great job with your channel 😉
Imagine going to Tenderloin
I've been there... I don't need to imagine... I try to avoid it :)
@@YellowProductions Black Cat Jazz Club has great live jazz music and cocktails on Eddy St.
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"They" recommended the enchilada plate, who is they?
The girl who worked the cash register at the restaurant
🏳️🌈 🤓👍 San Francisco 🏳️🌈
Actually San Francisco’s Chinatown is over 100 years old and it has a very dark history including an city ordered quarantine for all residents of Chinatown and San Francisco in the early 20th century who were either Chinese American or Japanese American due to the Bubonic plague which was ruled illegal by the US courts. Chinese American’s or Japanese Americans had to have a health certificate to leave the city. The living conditions in Chinatown in San Francisco at the turn of the 20th century were deplorable for many reasons.
Chris went to bed about 5 hours too early. And you missed downtown SF with all the cable car and homeless people
Yeah. I'm an old man in bed before midnight :)
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I mean there isnt anything wrong flying from one small airport SNA to another small another small airport OAK. I grew up in the Bay and been to socal so many times so to me Bay isn’t anything interesting to me!
Ironic congratulations. I thought every travel site everywhere stopped all coverage of San Francisco because of the horrible things there :( :(
(And in complete honesty, it was formerly - by far - my favorite U.S. leisure tourist trip destination, before the city became trashed. It's a horrible, horrible place, and incredibly it continues to grow worse. I once had so much fun there...)
Yeah. It's gone down hill for sure. My video next week shows that perspective
@@YellowProductions Thanks for the advance notice. Should be fun!
Bonus about San Francisco, it's the home of that Pelosi and that bizarre Commander-In-Chief-in-waiting ! (And each consistently receiving *landslide* victories. San Francisco dwellers LOVVVE those 2 queens. Makes me love the city even more! - /Sarc off)
Wow! seriously disagree with your remarks regarding the nature of SF Chinatown, twice as much "working" going on, Oaklands is a mall, that's it...
My remark was much more meant to say SF Chinatown is touristy. But Oaklands Chinatown isn't. . But we can agree to disagree
@@YellowProductions Well sure it's got more tourists, it invented "Chinatown" watching again you clearly make it out to be more touristy than anything, it's absolutely not that, it's a far richer neighborhood than that, homes, factories, schools etc...Oakland's has less tourists, cuz it's lame as heck...it's just a mall, and a small one at that.
-That said I've been a big fan of your videos for quite a long time now and don't wanna ruffle any panda feathers just couldn't let one of the richest most vibrate parts (the best part?) of SF get dissed.
@@Bedlamite23 wasn't meant as a diss.... but its all good.. no panda feathers ruffled :)
I used to love S.F but it's gotten so dumpy and crime ridden the past several years, I assume it will be years before I decide to go back and visit. Too bad because S.F used to be an awesome place.
I agree with you tleeg
2000 donkeys
people complaining about the homeless stay aound tooo many homelessness
I always thought Oakland was one big ghetto. Their chamber of commerce has a lot of education to do.
Yeah. There are actually some decent parts of Oakland :)
Sanitized video.
He skipped the homeless, the crime, and the hopelessness in San Francisco and Oakland.
The guy is nuts making this make believe video of the Bay Area.
That's coming in next week's video...
Bay area is the most boring tourist destination ever. The hotels are not accommodating. The local service staff is rude no matter where u go. Even in the nicer areas. And the pier/wharf bridges. and embarcadero is the only thing to see. Very underwhelming compared to other tourist destinations. My money feels better spent in nyc and vegas