CHAPTER 2. PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO CALIFORNIA 50 and Jack Kerouac were penning protests against political conservatism and promoting their bohemian lifestyle in the former s controversial poem Howl (daringly published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and owner of City Lights in San Francisco s North Beach district) and the latter s famous tale of American adventure, On the Road.
Crissy Field is a former airfield that in recent years has become known as one of the see-and-be-seen proving grounds of California s windsurfing culture. Between March and October, hundreds come to try their hand. The beach here provides easy water access and plenty of room to rig up, but is not recommended for the inexperienced. This is also a popular place for joggers en route from the Marina District to Fort Point and back, with great picnic spots and a sweet cafe along the path to Fort Funston. At the west end of Crissy Field is a pier that can be used for fishing and crabbing.
SIDE TRIPS FROM LOS ANGELES Everything new in the Side Trips chapter is about romance and adventure, starting with The Sky Room restaurant in Long Beach, 40 S. Locust Ave. (& 562/983-2703). You ll get a sense of what fine dining must have been like during Hollywood s golden age at this romantic retro supper club.
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