Accomodations

Activities

If you're staying for the whole weekend, here are some activities that we love to do.

Above the Golden Gate Bridge

Napa

• No specific recommendations here, but if you like to drink wine I'm sure you'll find something good anywhere!

Sonoma 

• French Restaurant - the girl and the fig

• Sonoma State Historic Park - Mission San Francisco Solano and Sonoma Barracks

• Wine Tasting - Pangloss Cellars 

Marin

• Muir Woods

San Francisco

Mission District

• Castro theater

• Alamo drafthouse

• Dog Eared Books

Haight-Ashbury 

• Panhandle

• Painted Ladies

• Golden Gate park

  • Conservatory of Flowers

  • DeYoung Museum

  • AIDS memorial Garden

  • Japanese tea garden

  • California Academy of Sciences 

    • They do a night life event that is very fun!

  • Food Trucks - Cochinita (Mayan)

• Sheng Kee Bakery makes incredible Asian desserts.

• Pacific Catch is Sara's favorite restaurant. She has an impressive rewards account here.

Ocean Beach

• Sutro Baths

Baker Beach

• Walking the beach is always a good time!

• There's a nude beach near the base of the bridge, if you're into that sort of thing. We've never tried it, but there's an amazing hiking spot right near by.

• Bill's Place makes incredible burgers, curly fries, and shakes.

• Let's Roll is our favorite place for a quick ice cream hit.

• WenChang dumplings are the best in town - but make sure to bring cash.

North SF Tour

• Start at Ferry Building 

• Exploratorium

• Pier 39

  • The Aquarium there is nice.

• Boudins - sourdough place

• Musée Mécanique is an awesome penny arcade

• There's an In and Out Burgers nearby

• Go to Ghiaradelli's Square.

  • Ghiradelli's ice cream

  • Palette Tea House (dumplings)

  • Subpar Miniature Golf

  • Cartoon Art Museum

• Fort Mason 

  • BLICK arts store

  • Sunday Farmers Market

  • There's also a beer garden here

• Philz Coffee Truck at the Marina Green

• Palace of Fine Arts

• Presidio

  • Presidio Tunnel Tops

    • Delicious Food Trucks

    • The Walt Disney Family Museum

    • Presidio Bowl

    • Yoda Fountain

    • Fort Point

• Chestnut St has some amazing places for dinner or lunch.

  • Little Original Joe's

  • Blackwood

  • Souvla

  • Delarosa

  • Pacific Catch

Japantown

• Hinodeya Ramen

Union Square

• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

• Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar

• Transamerica Building

Chinatown

• Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory

• City Lights Booksellers & Publishers

• The Beat Museum

• Osmanthus Dim Sum Lounge

Little Italy

• Original Joe's

Miscellaneous

• In and Out Burger - it's worth the hype

• Philz coffee

• Golden Gate cider is good