I'm going to visit a buddy in San Francisco next week. I want to use the opportunity to practice and improve my game.

I currently live in a medium size city but with a very small social scene. I've been hesitant to push some of the boundaries with my game because it will get around to everybody. And more importantly, I'm already really familiar to just about everybody in town. There is nobody new to practice fresh pick ups on.

My buddy will be working all week and I want to use the daytime to hit the streets and practice my game. Does anybody have any good ideas for things to practice? Is there anything I should read or videos I should watch to prep me for the challenge? Or perhaps a good program to follow?