My cousin Barbara was kind enough to let me stay at her home in Kensington California which is right next to Berkeley. Almost every day I would take the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to Powell and Market Street Station and walk around and the Bay area while also taking different forms of SF Bay transportation to various places. The people are outrageous. The Bay Area is a wonderful place and if you haven't been there you must go and visit. I love NYC where I live but the feeling that I got from the SF area makes me want to go back and visit some day.