Limited reviews of places we have been & still experiencing: Restaurants:        Octavia's Lounge - Market and Valencia, Great food, Sunday Brunch, Jazz music, drinks, (see coupon for discount)        Asia SF- 9th and Howard SF- Beautiful Girls, great show, food, special occasions make reservations $$$        Sliders - Polk and Bush - Great Hamburgers with fix-ins buffet bar. $        Tip Top Café - Market and Octavia - Great for late night Breakfast open till 4 am $        Grubstake restaurant - Pine near Post -  Great food, fantastic green hot sauce, Buy a bottle to take home, open till 4 am $ Clubs:       Diva's -  Post and Polk - 3 floors, bar down stairs, dancing on third floor Lounge on fourth, special nights for the girls       King of Clubs  - 893 Leong Dr, Mountain View, CA 94303       Tranny Shack (The Stud) - Tuesday night only, Bar with midnight show       Marlena's -  Bar with Drag show Friday and Saturday nights       Lush Lounge - Bar across the street from Diva's Clothing stores:       Macy’s (all over the bay) T friendly, great sales (I love to shop in INC dept) Shoe dept with sales too, up to size 11 Out of the closet - 9th & Folsom & Calif & Polk - Great values some clothes marked down to $1       Victoria's Secret's - Online - Can't say enough but always look for specials       Pierre Silber - On-Line - Great costumes, clothes, fetish wear       Carla's Salon - 124 Race St San Jose -  Transgender salon and boutique (see ad above)       Ross Dress for less -  Great bargains       Payless Shoes - Great bargains especially when the have the BOGO sale (buy one get one 1/2 off) Sizes to 11  Marshalls—designer clothes ay reasonable presses, friendly staff TG Max— same as marshals except they have jewelry sometimes marked down to bargain prices Hair removal:  American Laser - Chain business, set pricing locations all over  Santa Rosa Laser Clinic - Hair removal & photo cell restoration, Reasonable fees & great personnel,  Lisa, Sue, & Susan. The staff will cater and are very open to the transgenders needs. We have received successful treatments and are very happy and satisfied with the results. One of the treatment Gina has had performed was the Brazilian hair removal process utilizing the pre-postop hair removal sketch provided by Marcie Bower which she recommends prior to SRS/GRS. (see coupon for discount) Support groups: API Wellness – Asian & Pacific Islanders Transgender Empowerment 730 Polk St 4th floor SF 415-292-3400  Transunidas -  Support group meets 3rd Friday of the month 100 Winchester #250 Santa Clara 408-556-6605       TGSF -  (Trans Gender San Francisco) - special functions and support information (see web site www.TGSF.org )       TGIF (Thank god I'm a female) - Support and social group meets every other month in Santa Rosa HealthCare: Lyon-Martin Health Services 1748 Market St San Francisco suite # 201—415-565-7667      Tri City Health - Fremont Ca       Kaiser - Locations around the bay