bay area bucket list

•• San Francisco Bucket List ••
Rowboats on Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park ?
Bike across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito ?
Take the ferry together from Sausalito —> San Francisco ?
See the Full House house ?
See the Blue Angels fly during Fleet Week ?
Nike Women’s Half Marathon ?
Giants Half Marathon ?
San Francisco Marathon ?
Thai cooking class with Sunshine ?
Sail in the bay ?
Ice skate in Union Square at Christmastime ?
Kiss on top of Twin Peaks summit ?
Get fresh-baked foccacia at Liguria Bakery in Little Italy ?
de Young Museum ?
Run along the Embarcadero ?
See the Boudin Sourdough Factory + Museum ?
Try the famous 18 swedish pancakes at Sear’s restaurant in Union Square ?
Get Bob’s donuts in the middle of the night ?
Visit the SF Yacht Club ?
Dinner at the top of Union Square ?
Eat Golden Gate Bakery egg tarts in Chinatown ?
Cable Car Museum ?
Take a trolley ride ?
Hike lands end out to the sutro baths ?
Cross the Drum Bridge at the Japanese Tea Garden ?
Learn about the Coit Tower murals ?
Tacos in the Mission ?
See Coit Tower and City Hall lit up orange in October ?
Run the Lyon Street Steps ?
California Academy of Sciences ?
Try every sample at the Ferry Building (& farmers market) ?
Twirl & Dip ice cream truck ?
Slide down the Seward Street Slides ?
Go to the San Francisco Ballet ?
Play tennis in Golden Gate Park ?
Try pie shakes ?
Have french toast at Mama’s ?
Clam chowder on the Wharf
Spot the sea lions on the Wharf ?
Visit Baker Beach ?
Ride the St. Francis Hotel glass elevators to the top in Union Square ?
Fortune Cookie Factory in Chinatown ?
See the bison in Golden Gate Park ?
Batteries to Bluffs trail ?
Presidio Promenade ?
Spend a sunny day at Dolores Park with Bi-rite ice cream in hand ?
Giants game ?
See the giant Fairmont gingerbread house at Christmastime
Have a morning bun at Tartine + a cruffin at Mr. Holmes ??
Climb the mosaic steps at Grand View Park ?
Visit Ocean Beach and The Cliff House ?
Alcatraz at night ?
Walt Disney Museum ?
Exploratorium ?
See a show at Castro Theater ?
Off the Grid food truck market (a Señor Sisig burrito is a must ?
Eat dim sum in Chinatown ?
Mt. Davidson: SF’s highest point ?
Do the Barbary Coast trail walking tour ?
Billy Goat Hill tree swing ?
Browse the famous City Lights Bookstore ?
Mile Rock Beach ?
Have an ice cream sundae (or hot chocolate on a cold day) at Ghirardelli ?
Run in //or at least spectate Bay to Breakers ?
Drive down Lombard Street ?
Wave organ at Fisherman’s Wharf ?
Filbert steps…and all of these steps ?
Seafood at Swan Oyster Depot ?
Art classes on the Embarcadero ?
SF opera, Ballet, & Symphony ???
Spot a parrot on Telegraph Hill ?
Go to movie night at the Top of the Mark ?
Sourdough class at Boudin Bakery ?
Fillmore Street Jazz Festival ?
Bike to Tiburon ?
Afternoon tea at the Rotunda … and The Palace ?
Rent the little yellow gocars for a day ?
Visit SFMoMA ?
Picnic at the Palace of Fine Arts ?
Go to a show at Cow Palace ?
Bay Area Discovery Museum ?
Marine mammal center
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Bonfire on Ocean Beach
Midnight Rollers in SanFrancisco
Miwok Trail
See a concert at The Fillmore
Lands End labyrinth
Drive the 49-mile drive
Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival ?
Muir woods ?
Monterey ?
Carmel-by-the-Sea ?
17-Mile drive ?
California State Capitol in Sacramento ?
Napa/Sonoma ?
Dipsea Trail ?
Facebook HQ ?
Go whale watching in the Monterey Bay, + Monterey Bay Aquarium ?
Downtown Sunnyvale & Mountain view ?
Hike in Rancho San Antonio Preserve ?
Capitola ?
Vasona Park ?
S’mores at the Ritz in Half Moon Bay (you don’t have to be a guest!) ?
Russian River ?
Lake Merritt ?
Ride the oldest wooden roller coaster in the world in Santa Cruz ?
Hidden Villa on Rhus Ridge Road ?
Lake Anza and Lake Temescal ?
Hike the Stanford Dish ?
Summer concert at Saratoga Mountain Winery ?
Cal game ?
Downtown Redwood City ?
Cañada Road bike path ?
Woodside ?
Goat Hill Farm ?
Downtown Menlo Park ?
Berry picking at Swanton ?
Visit Sebastopol and pick blackberries + Gravenstein apples ?
Brunch at Howard’s in Occidental ?
Eat lunch at Alice’s restaurant in La Honda ?
Gilroy Gardens! ?
Visit It’s-its ice cream sandwich factory ?
Parkside Aquatic Park ?
See the TESLA factory in Fremont ?
Burlingame ?
Niners game ?
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo ?
Oakland Zoo ?
Felton Covered Bridge Park (tallest in U.S.A.!) ?
Sharks hockey game ?
Downtown Walnut Creek ?
Filoli Gardens ?
Paddleboard / feed the ducks at Shoreline Park ?
Stevens Creek County Parks ?
Children’s Discovery Museum ?
Do a tasting at Martinelli’s Factory Store ?
Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve ?
Humboldt/ Redwoods ?
Petaluma {Cowgirl Creamery} ?
Lake Tahoe in the summer ? and winter
Cowell Ranch Beach
Castle Rock State Park
Alamere Falls
Eucalyptus Street lights in San Carlos during the holidays
Emeryville horse races
A’s game
Warriors game
Eating tour through Berkeley’s “gourmet ghetto”
Run the wharf to wharf 10K in Santa Cruz/Capitola in July
Point Reyes
Climb to the top of Hoover Tower at Stanford
See the monarch butterflies at Natural Bridges State Park
Eat at Zachary’s Pizza in Oakland
Ride horses on the beach at Seahorse ranch in Half Moon Bay
Hiller Aviation Museum
Safari West in Santa Rosa
See the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot
Horseback riding at Garrod Farms in Saratoga
Horse races at Golden Gate Fields
Tidepools at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
Ardenwood Historical Farm
The Inkwells swimming hole
Henry W. Coe State Park
Dennis the Menace Park in Monterey
Chabot Space and Science Center
Watercourse Way Bath House Spa
Go ziplining in the Santa Cruz mountains
Begonia Festival in Capitola
Agaccio Farms
Hike Mt. Diablo
Eat at Nepenthe in Big Sur
See a movie and have dinner doing it at Rialto
Moffett Field Historical Society
Backpack the Lost Coast
Arroyo Seco river float
Philo Apple Farm
We’re so lucky to live in such a beautiful place with so much to do.
We’ve done a lot in the time we’ve lived here, but there is still so
much to see & do. We can’t wait to check more items off this list!
**See our guide to San Francisco here**
xo