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The Fall 2015 SF Recreation & Parks Catalog is Here!
For those of you who fill up your days with SF Rec classes, and have been struggling to figure out what to do all summer without the usual bevy of options, relief is on the way! The fall 2015...
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Nature Walks and Brain Chemistry
Did you happen to catch this piece in today’s New York Times Well Section: How Nature Changes the Brain. It turns out there may be a scientific reason I keep having epiphanies on our nature walks....
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Family Fun: First Sundays with Ybike at Picnic at the Presidio
So, not only is Off the Grid’s Picnic at the Presidio every Sunday the most fun you might have all summer…but did you know the YMCA is there every first Sunday (as in, this upcoming Sunday Update:...
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Weekend Escape: A Redwood Hike at Samuel P. Taylor State Park
With Presidio Parkway finally open after years of construction, our eyes are firmly set on Marin and other points north. We’ve been avoiding the weekend construction traffic for so long that we...
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The Temporary Randall Museum at the Mission Art Center is Open!
Good news, everyone. As of last month, the Randall Museum at the Mission Art Center is open! The Randall Museum at Corona Heights will be under construction until late 2016. Until then, you’ll be...
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Heat Wave Survival Guide: A Map of San Francisco’s Public Pools and Beaches
We are really only getting through this heat wave by hitting up San Francisco’s beaches and pools, daily. Here is a handy map to help you figure out your closest public pool or beach. Beach parking...
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All Your 2015/2016 San Francisco Art, Music, and Food Festivals — Fall &...
And here it is! Our Fall & Winter Festival guide. This year, I’ve rounded up 150 festivals all around the Bay Area (and slightly beyond). Happy Festivaling! (A lot of future dates are...
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No, No, I Want to Live HERE: Our Favorite Northern California Towns
The highlight of our trip through Mendocino and Humboldt Counties was certainly all of the small, unexpected towns we passed through. Ornate, Victorian villages manifesting out of thin air? Yes, more...
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Thursday Link Roundup
I’m signing off a day early this week. Yay, self-made four day weekend! What are all your labor day plans? With BART’s transbay tunnel closed, and traffic expected to be nightmarish, and Burners...
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SF Heat Wave Survival Guide: Crissy Field’s East Beach
Our 2015 heat waves continue this week, with temperatures in the 90s. I almost feel like it’s our civic duty to go downtown and usher all the tourists to Crissy Field. With this heat, Crissy Field...
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Cal Academy’s Free Fall 2015 Weekends are Coming!!
Heads up, SF! Cal Academy’s free Fall weekends are coming up at the end of the month. A chance to see their aquarium, hall of African wildlife, and butterfly dome. See also: free air conditioning!...
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Have a Toddler Rock Collector? Time to Head to Rodeo Beach
I have no idea how or when it started, but Bean is a rock collector. We have to limit her to her favorite rock wherever we go. We explain that, well, we need to leave rocks for other children to...
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Finding Autumn at Sonoma’s Ratzlaff Ranch
Whenever San Francisco’s Indian Summers leave me pining for an East Coast Autumn, I head straight for Sonoma. Now, it’s not like Sonoma magically turns into upstate Maine or anything in the Autumn...
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Halloween Fest at the Randall Museum is ON
In case you were worried that the Randall Museum’s awesome, annual Halloween Fest may not be going on due to their construction…worry not! It is ON. Halloween Fest will happen on Halloween this...
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California State Railroad Museum: For the Little (and Big) Train Enthusiasts...
The other day, our librarian asked a crowd of parents and children who’d ever been to Sacramento? No hands. How about the Railroad Museum there, no, nobody? There are plenty of wonderful day trip...
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SF Rec’s Winter 2016 Catalog is UP
Hey fellow San Francisco, just a heads up that the SF Rec catalog (pdf) is up. Registration is on December 12th at 10am. Remember that the Randall Museum is temporarily operating out of the Mission...
View ArticleA Favorite Thanksgiving Weekend Tradition
I’m not sure how many times you have to do something before it becomes a tradition. This Thanksgiving tradition crept up on me — on long, dark Sunday night drives back to college, New York, law school,...
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Where to Get Your Holiday Fix This Year
Is anyone else shocked and amazed at how quickly winter came to San Francisco? With this chill and white sky all around us, it’s time to kick off the holiday festivities. Here’s a round up of the...
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Your San Francisco Bay Area 2015 Holiday Festival and Events Guide
The Bay Area must have the most annual festivals per capita than any other metro area in the US. The holiday events and festivals are a sight to behold, between the light-blasted Holiday theme...
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Have a Restful Weekend
Did everyone make it through the week? Oh, first week of January, you are ever so long. This is the first weekend in months that we have nothing planned. You’ll find us under piles of blankets...
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