Want to venture beyond Fisherman’s Wharf and the cable cars on your family’s vacation to San Francisco? Here is a map I put together of a driving tour “loop” you can do with your family if you’d like to see the beautiful beach at Crissy Field I posted about over the weekend, and some other scenic and fun sights…
The sand beach and picnic area at Crissy Field, San Francisco. I just wrapped up a fantastic week where I got to play host to out-of-town and out-of-country guests, sharing with them many of my favorite places to take the kids in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. Let me tell you, we put some…
When I recently discovered www.bayareaonthecheap.com, I knew this site could have as much value to those of you planning family travel to San Francisco and the Bay Area as it could for those of us calling it home. This comprehensive site is a great first stop to find coupons and special deals on everything from…
This post is part of my “Cheap and Free San Francisco” series. Just between the dazzling Romantic Revival homes of San Francisco’s Marina District and the entrance to the Golden Gate Bridge lies what I consider to be one of the wonders of the modern world: The San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts. It is…
Here they are: 1. Think outside the recession. Continue to find meaningful outings and adventures for my family and yours that cost little or nothing (see Point Bonita and Fort Funston posts for inspirations at San Francisco, and Dennis the Menace at Monterey, CA). Camping is also always on the radar for the Rivoli family…
Few visitors make it to the west-most edge of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, but those who do are often startled by the sight of this enormous windmill facing onto the Pacific. Queen Wilhelmina’s Windmill is one of two enormous windmills that were built in 1902 to help bring water into Golden Gate Park and…