Beard Papa's
I had a cream puff filled with vanilla custard... yummy!
UNION SQUARE
Westfield San Francisco Centre
This indoor shopping mall is connected with Nordstrom and Bloomingdale's. It has a very nice dome in the ceiling.
845 Market St, 94103
Located on the 4th floor, there is a Chinese restaurant specialized in noodles and hand-folded dim sum: M.Y. China. It has one of the best Chinese Chefs.
BART
In SF, there are 2 subway systems: Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and MUNI. BART is faster than MUNI.
MISSION DISTRICT
In the early 20th century, Italian and Irish people lived in this area. Since the late 1960s, it became the Latino neighborhood. The Mission District has vivid murals coloured by the public in the alleyways and on building exteriors.
Taqueria El Farolito
This place is always crowded. 1 Regular burrito shared by 3 friends. As for meat, we selected the beef tongue. Very delicious. Can you imagine what is a Super Burrito?
MaestraPeace (1994)
Women's Building, 3543 18th St.
This mural is painted by 7 artists: Juana Alicia, Miranda Bergman, Edythe Boone, Susan Cervantes, Meera Desai, Yvonne Littleton, and Irene Perez. It celebrates women around the world who work for peace. (I forgot to take the other side of the wall...).
Bi-Rite Creamery & Bakeshop
3692 18th St.
A mix of banana and peanut butter flavours ice cream
Mission Dolores Park
19th and Dolores St, 94114
SF has very fun slides for both children and adults. 2 of the slides are located in the Helen Diller Playground at Mission Dolores Park.
Mission Dolores was the first mission of San Francisco. It was settled by Spanish clerics led by captain Jose Moraga in 1776.
(I actually slid this slide!)
(I need to have a kid with me in order to slide legally.)
On sunny afternoons, Mission Dolores Park is a popular destination for people to gather, play, picnic, walk with their dogs and enjoy the beautiful view of SF's skyline.
The Little Giant
A few steps from the Mission Dolores Park, located on the corner of the 20th and Church streets, the Little Giant was the only working hydrant allowing firefighters to halt the fires during the Great Quake (1906). Locals paint the hydrant gold in celebration each April.
CASTRO
This district is the "gay capital of the world".
HAIGHT-ASHBURY
This neighborhood retains the 1960s counterculture: the hippies! The Haight neighborhood's decline began in 1917. In the 1960s, low rent and good karma attracted groups of infamous hippies to this area. Since then, it became the mecca of Love Generation. In 1967, the Summer of Love transformed the name of this neighborhood to Haight-Ashbury. Due to gentrification, the Haight has been reborn in the past decade.
Toronado Pub
547 Haight St.
94117
415-863-2276
Apparently it is one of the best places to grab a beer with some friends. We entered. We could not stay. Someone was under age. We had a baby with us! Gotta go back next time!
Rosamunde Sausage Grill
545 Haight St.
94117
415-437-6851
Are you hungry? Right besides Toronado Pub, it is sausage time!
Wing Wings
(Lower Haight)
422 Haight St.
94117
415-834-5001
How dare us forget chicken wings? As for sauces, we tried the Angry Korean and the Papalote Salsa. The Pa Paco's Rice Pudding is also delicious.
Painted Ladies
From the Alamo Square, you can view the Painted Ladies on the opposite side of Steiner St. These 6 Victorian houses were constructed between 1870 and 1900 and were painted in the 1960s. They survived the Great Quake. The original colors were neutrals. The hippies embellished these houses by painting them with bright colors (yellow, purple, fuschia). These colors accentuate the architectural details. San Francisco's Victorian houses are in 3 main styles: Italianate, Queen Anne and Sick or Eastlake. The "Six Sisters" were built in Queen Anne style by developer Matthew Kavanaugh.
Source: Art and History San Francisco
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