Welcome!

My name is Gabriel Gonzalez. I'm currently a bike mechanic for one of San Francisco's largest bicycle rental companies. I grew up in the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, PA.
When I was 18, I had the amazing opportunity to go visit the Eastern Sierra Nevada's. I was there for only a week and fell in love with those mountains. I quickly moved there a month later and never left. As you can only imagine, a kid growing up in the heart of a major city, I had never seen such magical beauty as the Lake Tahoe area and it quickly became my new home.

With the joys of being able to explore, to discover new and amazing places, I found my self sharing very often with friends and family, from out east, my daily adventures. I found that making new discoveries of my new home and sharing its beauty helped me grow closer and appreciate the area that much more. The Lake Tahoe area will always be the place that captured my heart.

Now fast-forward 8 years and here I am. Living in a new city and constantly making new discoveries of the place I live, San Francisco, CA. I've been here for just about 4 months now and this city just keeps getting better and better.

The culture here stems from all around the world. You can go down one street and the character and atmosphere will change as often as every passing street sign. Never have I felt uncomfortable or threatened in this city and that makes me feel confident to try to discover every nook and cranny of my new home.

Since I already have a full time job and a life... I will make it a point to try adding one new place every week. This will be an outlet for me to share the wonderful things I discover. A form of creativity. My reason to go and explore.

I will be traveling majority of the time by bike, that way I have an opportunity to stop and take it all in. Not to mention that my bicycle is my only form of transportation other than the amazing public transit system here in the city.

I want to share with you about where I live, about the beauty, the melting pot of cultures, the amazing art, the great food, the history that made this city what it is today, about the cool little hang outs, the people that make up this city and maybe even give you some new light on the city you already know or are planing to visit. I want to show you a different side of San Francisco from a fresh set of eyes. The Hidden Gems of The Foggy City.

Maybe it might be just what you need to set out on an adventure of your own.

I encourage you to do so, it will change your life!