The San Francisco Super Insider Tip

And here is a new series in the newsletter: Absolute insider tips that only people who have lived in San Francisco for years know. Today: What to do with loose change? Because you never know exactly how much something costs due to sales tax and therefore can't count out the change you urgently need to get rid of in advance, you often end up with unwanted coins. Quarters can usually still be used, but dimes, nickels, and pennies are hard to get rid of, and sooner or later they tear a hole in your pocket. The solution: Take the MUNI streetcar from the Embarcadero, Powell, Montgomery, Civic Center, or Van Ness stations. The streetcar lines in this area run underground, and at the entrance, there are turnstiles that--unheard of in the entire USA--accept any loose change! So when you pay the $1.50 for a ride, you could theoretically insert 150 individual pennies! I've tried it with about 30 and paid the rest with nickels and dimes, and it worked flawlessly. That was the super insider tip for this issue. In the next installment: The best publicly accessible restrooms in downtown.