Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
The Fitzgerald Marine Reserve was such a fun adventure over winter break. It’s just under an hour from our place in the South Bay, so it was a perfect day trip for a few hours. Since it was a little … Read More
The Fitzgerald Marine Reserve was such a fun adventure over winter break. It’s just under an hour from our place in the South Bay, so it was a perfect day trip for a few hours. Since it was a little … Read More
Stanford University has a terrific collection (and free!) spread over several museums. We’ve visited the Cantor a couple different times. It’s open during the day, of course, but also stays open late on Thursday evenings, so it’s great for a … Read More
We were all surprised by just how much we loved the Asian Art Museum. While my family is Indian, I tend to prefer science-y and hands-on museums in addition to those with Western religious art. Still, we all found this … Read More
We were excited to check out some long concrete slides in a tiny park not far from Twin Peaks. Sadly, we didn’t check the hours beforehand…because it never occurred to me that they would have hours. Rookie mistake – city … Read More
Since well before we moved to California, I’d been looking forward to visiting the Academy of Sciences. It’s a fantastic natural history museum that goes pretty in depth in a few exhibits. What I liked about it: it took a … Read More
We loved checking out the (free!) Cable Car Museum a few days after our arrival in SF. It was a great introduction to what is, in my opinion (and certainly that of my children), the most fun form of public … Read More
We stopped into several bookstores during our time in SF.  We lived just a couple of blocks from the infamous City Lights bookstore. City Lights wasn’t the most kid-friendly bookstore in the world (a fairly small children’s section, and, at the … Read More
Might as well get the touristy things done first, right? This day, we walked by Liguria Bakery to pick up some fresh focaccia, down to Pier 39, by Fisherman’s Wharf, and ended up at Ghiradelli Square. From there, it was … Read More
Our first day in the city, some friends texted to say that they were checking it out the Joe DiMaggio Playground and would we like to join? So I looked it up and when I realized it was only about … Read More
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