- Walk through Golden Gate park. (There are live Buffalo!)
- Walk/Bike Across Golden Gate Bridge.
- Drive down the crooked part of Lombard St (or walk, itll go faster)
- goto a show the Fillmore
- Ride a cable car
- Alamo Square park to see the Painted Ladies
- Mission Dolores Park
- Ferry Bldg Marketplace
- De Young Museum / California Academy of Sciences!
- Union Square
- Haight Ashbury
- Exploratorium
- Alcatraz, especially the night tour--get tickets months in advance!
- Marin Headlands, especially the Nike Missile site (see a nuclear missile raise from its bunker!)
- Cathedral of St Mary of the Assumption (especially the Sound Meditation sessions)
- Japan Town, especially the Kabuki theater and mall (great place to find gifts / souvenirs)
- Land's End / Sutro Baths (parking is tough on weekends)
- Hong Kong Lounge Dim Sum
- Enjoy a Morning Bun from Tartine
- Bi-Rite Creamery Ice Cream
- Nopa
- Zazie (Best brunch in the city, call me if you need a seat)
- Lolinda (Amazing Steakhouse)
- El Techo (Great views of the city)
- dumplings at Yank Sing
- Foreign Cinema (plays foreign black and white)
- Octavia
- Bourbon and Branch (nifty cocktails, no food)
- Alembic (Great cocktails, small plate food)
- Comstock
- Chambers (Great cocktails)
- Trick Dog (Great cocktails)
- Get a Mai Tai at the Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar
- Nopa
- Alcatraz
- Dinners on Friday and Saturday.
- 16th and mission bart stop
- Fishermans Wharf.
- Tenderloin
- Never understimate the difficulty of having a car in San Francisco. It's almost always easier / cheaper to use Lyft, Muni, bikes, and/or BART to get around within the city than to pay for a rental car and parking. The city is also very pedestrian friendly, walking is usually the best option for trips of less than a mile or so.