San Francisco ideas

Bike across the Golden Gate, take the ferry back from Sausalito.

Sunset at Seal Rocks, have a drink at the Cliff House. Touristy but the sunset view is spectacular.

Go eat pizza at: Delfina, or Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in North Beach.

Ferry Building farmers market on Saturday.

We did the big bus as a kind of catch all. Then, we explored the parts we wanted to see more of. Stay on the bus for the whole ride if you have a place up top.

You can spend all day just in Golden Gate Park.

In Chinatown, find Red's bar at happy hour and see if the old men will let you in their liar's dice game. It's a blast. Know the game going in and buy them a round. Ask where to get real Chinese food, not the stuff they sell us white people. We had a feast right there in the bar.

Go to North Beach early,(Sunrise), because the tourists are murder later in the day. Sunset on the Pacific side beach.

Tomasso's makes a damn good pizza. Go there hungry.


Lyft and uber are very reliable in town and you can get everywhere for very cheap.

If you pick a side of town to visit, have the uber drop you off on top the hill and walk back down the hill.

There are a bunch of museums.

SF is a place where you can do everything in a day and spend years there and not do it all.

Last advice, BREATHE. The air is amazing and smells of cedar and eucalyptus

golden gate park (eucalyptus trees)
Haight/ashbury
chinatown
the presidio
the great highway

fisherman’s warf is touristy as frick

For our second trip to SF (overnight stay on the way to Sonoma) we wanted something different and stayed at The Inn at Presidio. We loved the area, and it was still a quick uber ride to dinner at Gary Danko’s (if you are into food, look it up, fabulous). We took a great walk the next morning to the Golden Gate Bridge.

We also went to the lunch at the Cliff House before heading to Sonoma. Wonderful views. They have a casual dining space, and more upscale part which takes reservations.

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PSA: If you're thinking about going to San Francisco the week of September 24, I would think about another time. Dreamforce is that week and any halfway-decent hotels and Airbnbs are priced-out.

Lands End, amongst other things already stated.

If you have a car head over to the east bay and go to Tilden Park great place. The views of the bay and the city from the Berkeley Hills are some of the best views in the world in not opinion.

Sail the bay