Visitor Information
Where to Stay, Eat, and Visit
Where to Stay
If you're visiting from out of town to take one of my workshops I highly recommend you stay at the official Jeremy Sutton Workshop hotel, the Hotel Rex. Hotel Rex is a wonderful, atmospheric and super-friendly boutique historic hotel that opened its doors in 1907 and is filled with beautiful original artwork. It is just one block from Union Square and ten minutes cab ride from Sutton Studios & Gallery (see map). The lobby and Café Andreé are great places to meet up and socialize with o every day in its cosy lobby bar, shown above. I've toured the hotel, met the staff and checked out the rooms and facilities, and was impressed. If I didn't already live in the city I'd stay there myself! The reviews from students who stay there are all good and many return to stay there every time they visit the city thereafter.
I have negotiated a special Jeremy Sutton Group Preferred Rate for my students that are $149 plus tax for a Queen Deluxe room (list $249), and $169 for a Double Room (list $299), valid until the end of 2008. To book call:
Xavier Bon
Director of Sales
Hotel Rex, a Joie de Vivre Hotel
562 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Direct Line: 415.217.4023 (try this first)
Main Reservations: 800.433.4434
Fax: 415.433.3013
Email: lbelforte@jdvhotels.com
and request the Jeremy Sutton Group Preferred Rate, or book at the Hotel Rex web site using promo code WBJSS. The hotel does sell out so book as soon as you can to ensure you get a room at that rate. The special room rate they are offering is often better than you'll get by going through discount travel web sites like Expedia.com. If you have any problems getting the special rate please call or email me. There may be better rates offered on their web site so check that out first. The Hotel Rex is a ten minute ($10 - $12) taxi cab ride from Sutton Studios & Gallery (click here for map and directions) or a 20 minute bus ride (the 27 bus goes from the corner of Mason and O'Farrell all the way to the studio door!). The Hotel offers wireless internet, complimentary wine for all guests each evening between 5 and 6pm in the atmospheric bar, complimentary New York Times, and a reduced daily membership at the Club One fitness center which is around the corner from the hotel. The hotel is in the heart of the theater and art gallery district of the city, within minutes of many excellent cafes and restaurants, one block from Union Square, the Powell Street Cable Car line and the downtown shopping district, and around the corner from my favorite Thursday night swing dance venue, Le Colonial. If you find the hotel is fully booked two other close by hotels of similar quality are the Kensington Park Hotel and Hotel Maxwell. If you can, stay at the Rex—not only is it a very nice hotel, you'll also have a much more fun social experience mingling with other students.
Late night painting in the Hotel Rex lobby...
Where to Eat
San Francisco is a "foodie" city. You'll be spoilt for choice at all ends of the spectrum. A useful guide to restaurants is found at SFGate.com or the King George Hotel Restaurant Guide. Here are some of my personal favorites:
- Cesarios Brasserie- 601 Sutter St (cross street Mason), San Francisco, 94102 - (415) 441-9898 - comfortable, decent, mid-priced Italian. Across road from Hotel Rex.
- Chutney Restaurant - 511 Jones St (cross street Geary), San Francisco, 94102 - (415) 931-5541 - very casual, inexpensive, no thrills Indian
- Max's, 398 Geary Street (cross street Mason), San Francisco, CA 94102 - (415) 646-8600 - Matzah ball soup that's a meal in itself
- Cafe Claude - 425 Bush St # 444 (near Grant and Kearney), San Francisco, 94108 - (415) 392-3505 - French cafe style
- Boulevard - One Mission St (at Embarcadero), San Francisco, CA 94105, Telephone: 415 543 6084 - if price is no object go here! Probably one of the best in the city.
- LuLu's - 816 Folsom St. (cross street 4th) San Francisco, CA 94107 - (415) 495.5775 - medium to high prices but good food and atmosphere.
- Chez Spencer - 82 14th St. (at Folsom), San Francisco, CA 94103 - (415) 864-2191 - great French restaurant tucked away, on pricey side but worth it
- Slow Club - 2501 Mariposa St. (at Hampshire), San Francisco, CA 94110 - (415) 241-9390 - great food, can be a little noisy
- Steps of Rome Caffe, 348 Columbus - best tiramasu!
- Francisco Crab Restaurant - Pier 43 1/2, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, 94133 - (415) 362-7733 - for a yummy seafood experience.
Where to Visit
If you're visiting San Francisco from out of town I highly recommend you arrive in San Francisco at least the Saturday before class and give yourself the weekend to enjoy this beautiful city and its surrounds, and capture imagery that you can use in class. Here are some places to visit (and photograph):
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (closed Weds, late opening Thurs)
Farmers Maket, Ferry Building (Saturday mornings)
Legion of Honor Museum (beautiful view of Golden Gate Bridge)
Baker Beach (near Legion of Honor, another beautiful view of Golden Gate Bridge)
Cliff House (enjoy seeing the sunset over the ocean)
Lindy in the Park (Sunday mornings—you'll often find me there! Join the free lesson at 12:30pm)
de Young Museum (next to Lindy in the Park and the Japanese Tea Garden)
Conservatory of Flowers (not far from Lindy in the Park)
Palace of Fine Arts (atmospheric night time lighting - beautiful structures left over from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition)
There is much to do in San Francisco in the evenings, and many great places to eat. Three regular jazz / swing dance events with live music (great for photo shoots) that you may enjoy planning into your evening itinerary are:
Mondays - Lavay Smith and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers at Enrico's in North Beach,
Tuesdays - Stompey Jones at the Verdi Club (Tuesday Night Jump),
Wednesdays - Lavay Smith and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers at Top of the Mark,
Thursdays - The Martini Brothers at Le Colonial near Union Square (close to Hotel Rex).
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