On our 1st full day in SF, we booked a Tour with SF Native Tours and it was the High Point of my 10 days in the Bay area. Our Tour was with Stuart and I can tell you his love and passion for SF were really contagious!
The Tour on itself was amazing, because it gave me a better understanding of what made SF the great city it is now (history, economics and social movements). Keeping the groups small enough allowed our guide to adapt and to really connect with each of us.
More importantly I think, the Tour really shaped the remaining of my trip, because of all the advices and suggestions Stuart gave us in regards of our own fields of interests. No matter what you want (food, architecture, museums, outdooring, etc.) just ask your guide and he'll point you to some hidden pearls you won't hear about in travel guides, and make your trip unforgettable.
Like I said to Stuart at the end of the day, it felt to me like I was hanging with a local friend who wasn't affraid to keep me out of the usual tourist traps.
Alex Marion
Montreal, Canada