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Home » Travel » Local Tourists :: Exploring San Francisco

Local Tourists :: Exploring San Francisco

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Even though we’ve lived in San Francisco for almost four months, there are still a lot of the ‘typical’ tourist things that Pat and I haven’t seen yet. This past weekend, we hopped on our bikes for a tour of San Francisco’s top spots.

Exploring San Francisco - The Presidio

If you haven’t taken the time to become a local tourist yet, I highly recommend it! We had a blast checking out places like Alamo Square, home of the famous Painted Ladies…

Exploring San Francisco - Painted Ladies Alamo Square

…and Coit Tower perched high up on Telegraph Hill. We put the bike route into our GPS and apparently walking up a million stairs was a better way to get there than riding our bikes!

Exploring San Francisco - Coit Tower & Telegraph Hill

And what trip to San Francisco is complete without a stop at Fort Point, at the base of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge? This wasn’t a first time for either of us, but no matter how often I see it (we can see it from our street in the Outer Sunset) it still gives me warm fuzzies.Exploring San Francisco - Golden Gate Bridge & Fort Point

A quick kiss in Crissy Field…Exploring San Francisco - Crissy Field

…and we were on to the Ferry Building. Although we were to late for the Farmer’s Market, we stopped for a coffee flavored macron and a carrot cupcake at Miette and to ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ over the ceramics at Heath.

Exploring San Francisco - Ferry BuildingExploring San Francisco - Ferry Building - Miette MacaronsExploring San Francisco - Ferry Building - Miette CupcakesExploring San Francisco - Ferry Building - Heath CeramicsExploring San Francisco - Fort Mason   Dolores Park in the Mission district is the Madison, WI version of the Memorial Union Terrace. There are always people outside hanging out and they even host outdoor movie nights. It’s high on my to-do list, but unfortunately I don’t think I’ll make it until next summer.Exploring San Francisco - Dolores Park

We also stopped for our second sweets of the day at Bi-Rite Creamery across the street from the park. Per usual, the line was out the door and around the block. Their salted caramel ice cream is legendary! I also saw that they have a cookbook for sale – I am going to buy it and make all of their amazing recipes ASAP!

Exploring San Francisco - Dolores Park - Bi-Rite Creamery

The thing that sparked this adventure was a scavenger hunt hosted by one of my favorite San Francisco Blogs, The Bold Italic. We had to photograph ourselves wearing these tiny blue jeans at all of the spots we visited! Hopefully we’ll be the lucky winners!Exploring San Francisco - Crissy Field Exploring San Francisco - Dolores Park and Crissy Field

Have you ever explored your hometown as a tourist?

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October 1, 2013  •  Filed Under: Travel 2 Comments

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  1. Ash-foodfashionparty says

    October 1, 2013 at 12:02 pm

    You guys are so cool. Loving the jean pics..Have you driven up the mountain opposite to Golden Gate bridge? There’s a tunnel, a very old one and a serene place. The Golden Gate looks stunning from up there.
    We used to go out to try different restaurants, bike in the city so much. WE’ve been slacking off a bit now that the kids have so much on weekends, and ghoshh we get so exhausted and all we wanna do is curl up on the sofa,watch movies or read books together:).

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  2. Kelly says

    October 3, 2013 at 8:55 am

    Lady, I hear you! It’s so tempting to stay in all the time so this was the perfect excuse to spend the day outside!

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