“A great wine education class. I was amazed by the instructor's wealth of knowledge, the
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about wine.”
—Will, Ritchie Creek Vineyards
Suggested Bay Area Attractions & Leisure Activities
PUBLIC TRANSIT – Buses, street cars, and cable cars, but not BART or Ferries) – Seven-day pass for $24 – www.sfmta.com
YERBA BUENA CENTER – Good for kids. Ice skating, bowling, Merry-Go-Round. Other exhibits and activities. Metreon electronic shopping and IMAX theater. Outdoor sculpture – www.ybca.org – 3rd St and Mission
Museum of Modern Art – center piece of the cultural district surrounding the Convention Center in San Francisco – www.sfmoma.org – 151 Third St (nr Mission)
Contemporary Jewish Museum – www.jmsf.org – 736 Mission St (nr 3rd St) – opens 8 June 2008
Museum of the African Diaspora – www.moadsf.org – 685 Mission St (nr 3rd St)
Ansel Adams bookstore – www.foto-grafixbooks.com – 855 Mission St (nr 4th St)
Cartoon Art Museum – www.cartoonart.org – 655 Mission St (nr 3rd St)
Zeum – Arts and technology for kids – www.Zeum.org
Eadweard Muybridge exhibit – www.californiahistoricalsociety.org – 678 Mission (nr 3rd St)
Society of California Pioneers – Good history exhibits – www.CaliforniaPioneers.org – 300 4th St (at Folsom)
Mexican Art Museum – coming later
Palace of the Legion of Honor – big Rodin collection – www.famsf.org – Lincoln Park (nr 34th St and Clement)
Lincoln Park Golf Course – Public course. You can play for about $20. Pebble Beach is in better condition, but it does not have better views. – www.Lincolnparkgc.com – (415) 221-9911 – in Lincoln Park (surrounds the Legion of Honor).
Walk to Fort Miley from the 17th tee – www.parksconservancy.org (see Lands End)
Nude sunbathing at Baker Beach
PRESIDIO – www.nps.gov/prsf/ – south end of Golden Gate Bridge
Crissy Field marsh restoration, wind surfers
Run-walk from Aquatic Park to Fort Point. Walk the Golden Gate Bridge (do not jump).
Presidio Golf Course – Beautiful, historic course. Open to the public. – www.presidiogolf.com – 300 Finley Rd (at Arguello).
Exploratorium – Huge collection of hands-on science exhibits. Great for kids. Pretty damn good for adults. Next door to Bernard Maybeck’s 1915 Panama Canal Exposition Monument. – www.exploratorium.edu – 3601 Lyon St (at Marina Blvd)
GOLDEN GATE PARK – www.parks.sfgov.org/site/recpark_page.asp?id=17796
DeYoung Museum – Excellent architecture – www.famsf.org – north side of G. G. Park at 10th Av.
Strybing Arboretum – Really classy fragrance path with plant IDs in Braille – www.sfbotanicalgarden.org – 9th Av (at Lincoln Way)
Fly-casting ponds
Bike or skate – www.goldengateparkbikeandskate.com – 3038 Fulton (nr 5th Av) – (415) 668-1117
Murals at Beach Chalet
Butterflies – www.ConservatoryofFlowers.org
Tea Garden
California Academy of Sciences – A planetarium, an aquarium, and a natural history museum all under on roof – www.calacademy.org – reopens 27 Sept 2008
ASIAN ART MUSEUM – one of the largest collections in the western world – www.asianart.org – 200 Larkin St (at McAllister)
San Francisco Public Library – great architecture – www.sfpl.lib.ca.us – 100 Larkin St (at Grove)
Ferry to Alcatraz – www.alcatrazcruises.com
Ferry to Sausalito – www.blueandgoldfleet.com
Bay Model in Sausalito – www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/
Muir Woods – Original growth redwoods. Muir beach is clothing optional. – www.nps.gov/muwo/
Tomales Bay oyster aquaculture – www.abaloneinn.com
Hike Angel Island, see Immigration Center – www.angelisland.org
Belvedere Island, bike Tiburon
Point Reyes – www.nps.gov/pore/ – kayaking – www.pointreyesoutdoors.com
Marine Mammal Center – www.tmmc.org
Day-trip to Sonoma Valley
Jack London State Park – www.JackLondonPark.com
Luther Burbank home and gardens in Santa Rosa – World’s greatest plant geneticist – www.parks.sonoma.net/burbank.html
Snoopy Museum in Santa Rosa – www.SchulzMuseum.org
Day trip down the Peninsula
Rodin Sculpture Garden – www.museum.Stanford.edu/view/rodin_garden.html
Big Basin State Park – Redwoods, hiking, wildlife – www.bigbasin.org
Elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Beach – www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=523
Tech Museum in San Jose – www.theTech.org
Garden tour – www.filoli.org
Self-guided electric cart tours of the City – www.scootcar.net – 431 Beach St (Fishermans’ Wharf)
Architectural tours – www.sfheritage.com
Art gallery stroll on Sutter Street
Hot tub – $20 per hour per person. Open until 12:30 am on Fri and Sat. 2200 Van Ness (at Broadway) – www.theHotTubs.com
Big hats musical – www.BeachBlanketBabylon.com – Club Fugazi, 678 Green St, North Beach
Hunters Point open studios – www.springopenstudio.com
SF Art Institute – 800 Chestnut St (nr crookedest street in the world) – www.sfai.edu
Shop Haight-Ashbury district
Sex toys – Good Vibrations – www.GoodVibes.com – 603 Valencia St (at 17th St)
Flower Mart – Great start to a Saturday morning – www.sfflmart.com – 640 Brannan St (nr 5th St)
Rent a Harley. – Ride down Skyline Blvd. Visit Duarte Tavern in Pescadero. Come back Hwy 1.
Ride a cable car – www.sfcablecar.com
Baseball – www.Giants.mlb.com – AT&T Park (King St at 3rd St)
Bohemian life, coffee, poetry and gelato – www.theBeatMuseum.org – 540 Broadway (nr Columbus).
City Lights Bookstore – Columbus at Broadway
Café Trieste (coffee) – 601 Vallejo St (at Grant)
Spec’s – 12 William Saroyan Plc (at Columbus)
Vesuvio – 255 Columbus
Tosca (waiters sing opera) – 242 Columbus
Levi Strauss Museum – www.sf.ruggedelegance.com – 250 Valencia St (at Duboce)
Mission Dolores – Functioning Catholic church founded in 1776. – www.missiondolores.org – 3321 16th St (at Dolores)
Chinatown walking tour – www.allaboutchinatown.com or www.wokwiz.com
To see fantastic fresh fish markets visit Sunset Super (2425 Irving St nr 25th Av) and/or Ranch 99 (250 Skyline Plaza – intersection of Skyline Blvd and Westmoor Av in Daly City)
Fort Funston – dogs and paragliders – www.flyfunston.org
Ride horses on beach – www.marvistastable.tripod.com – 2152 Skyline Blvd, Daly City – (650) 991-4224
Walk the Embarcadero
Climb to Coit Tower through parrot groves. Enter stairs at Greenwich St (past Sansome). Charming community. See Works Progress murals.
Pier 39 – Games arcade, street performers, aquarium. – www.pier39.com – Embarcadero (nr Bay St)
Maritime Museum – www.maritime.org – North Point St at Polk. Visit the Balclutha.
Farmers Market – www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/farmers_market.php
Fishing trip out of Fisherman’s Wharf – www.sfsportfishing.com or www.boatingsf.com
Sailing on the Bay – www.spinnaker-sailing.com – (415) 543-7333 – Pier 40, South Beach Harbor
Wax Museum – www.waxmuseum.com – 145 Jefferson St
Zoo, for kids – www.sfzoo.org
Golf at Harding Park – World-class. Open to the public – www.harding-park.com
Events and Entertainment
Costumed footrace middle of May – Sunday morning. Been going on for 80 years. 7.6 miles from Financial district to the ocean. 70,000 participants – www.baytobreakers.com
Art opening schedules – www.sfarts.org
Political speakers – www.commonwealthclub.org
Music, performances, street fairs and festivals – www.sfgate.com/entertainment
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