Things To Do
Best Beach: Stinson
Best indoor cool place for kids: Bay Model
2nd: Discovery Museum
Best Trail: Steep Ravine on Mt Tam
Best Nearby Hike: Tennessee Valley to the Coast
Best Tunnel: Alexander Avenue to Ft Cronkite
Best Place for a Secret Rendezvous: Presidio Officer’s Club on weekend nights
Best Nearby Drive: Conzelman Road (45 minutes)
Best Northern California Drive: Alexander Valley to the Coast. Return along Hwy 1. Takes on one long or two shorter days.
Coolest Surfing Wave: Ft. Point
Best Beginner Wave: Bolinas – they have lessons and rent wet suits and boards
Best Picnic Spot: Can’t tell you.
Best Place to be Blown Away by Amazing Trees: Muir Woods
Best Baseball Field in America: AT&T for the Giants.
Best way to Get to the Ball Game: Take the Ferry from Larkspur Landing
Best Art Gallery with Wine: Hess Collection/DiRosa
Best Island Journey: Ferry to Angel Island
Best Audio Tour: Alcatraz
Most Overrated Tourist Trap: Fisherman’s Warf
Most Underrated Tourist Trap: Coit Tower
Best Meal of Your Life: Tasting menu at Benu on Hawthorne Lane, San Francisco
Best Underrated Golf Course: Mare Island
Best Local Golf Courses: (1) Stonetree Golf Course(upscale), Indian Valley(municipal)
Best Places for Live Music: Mystic Theatre, Petaluma....Elbo Room, SF...new Sweetwater, Mill Valley
Best Place to Watch Birds: The Yellow Ferry and Rodeo Beach Lagoon, Hawk Hill (October)
Best Movie Theaters: Rafael Theatre(art house) and Regency on Smith Ranch Road
Best Burger: Original Joes on Washington Square
Best Cheap Burger: In and Out
Best Surprise Your Girl Picnic: Crab Louis from Swans. Eat it on the hill behind hostel in Fort Mason
Best View: Conzelman Drive looking back at San Francisco
2nd: The secret picnic spot
Best Sourdough: Raymonds
Cheapest place to buy seafood: Chinatown. Unless you speak Mandarin, you need to point.