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Comments (7)Alameda is in the East Bay, but SF is not far away. In the East Bay, is the Berkeley Botanical Garden. In January it will be cool (upper 50's to low 60's. In San Francisco the Stribing Arboretum in Golden Gate Park (9th Ave. and Lincoln Way) is a must--great plants, many sub-tropical, and a beautiful garden. Nearby there are lots of great places to eat or have tea on 9th ave. Also in GG park is the history Conservatory Of Flowers--tropical plants as well as the 19th century architecture of the building itself. GG park itself is also worth driving around--so many neat little hidden meadows ponds and lakes. South of SF on the coast is Half Moon Bay. I am over there all the time. I like to visit Half Moon Bay Nursery--it has a nice greenhouse area of houseplants as well as another greenhouse full of succulents. A nice inexpensive seafood restaurant at the Marina is Ketch Joanne. HMB is very pretty with farms, huge commercial greenhouses and open space making for a good way to visit the Pacific Ocean. Downtown HMB is full of nice shops full of high end art and crafts. My housemate Charles has a shop next to a grove of gigantic rust metal dinosaurs. Our neighbor, who has the dinosaurs, has a great outdoor gardening sculpture and pottery business, but what would you do with a 300 lb fountain? He rarely sells the dinosaurs, because they are so huge; but they are a great stop for tourists with kids, and he just likes having them. He keeps adding more. People are always stopping to check them out and take pictures. Olive trees do well around here but there haven't been local commercial groves for many years. There may be some to the north near Sonoma, another very picturesque town with historic buildings and shops. Alicia might know. A junior college (Canada College) near me is built on land that once was an olive grove. There are many old trees, growing wild, up and down the hillside and in a seldom visited little canyon. I get olive seedlings coming up in my yard all the time as the birds drop the seeds. Jon...See MoreDriving from San Francisco to Humboldt Redwoods
Comments (10)Initial post, howler of a typo 'convential', big fingers typed that but iit was conventional of course. If nothing else, I am really quite enjoying plannning this hypothetical journey, I am already driving down the roads. For some reason, Mendocino County and it's redwoods seem to grab my imagination even more that Humboldt. It may be because of Jeremy Joan Hewe's book and his photos of loggers standing on immense fallen trees around Fort Bragg. I really fancy doing the drive on the 'Tunnel to the sea' along Highway 128 on the Navarro River. It sounds so evocative. This site below is very interesting, Hendy Woods also look very nice. Here is a link that might be useful: Tunnel to the sea...See MoreSan Francisco
Comments (3)The Strybing Arboretum in Golden Gate Park - enter through the main entrance by the library and be treated by the new horticulturally exciting entrance designed by Roger Raiche. The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park You can easily spend an entire day in the park. Giradelli Square usually does a nice floral show , its down by Pier 39 - touristville. If you plan on traveling up north across the golden gate bridge the MECCA for horticultural connoiseurs is Western Hills Nursery in Occidental. If you are planning to travel south of the city - about 35 minutes south is the famed "Filoli Gardenes and Estate ". ( remember that huge brick mansion on the opening scene of Dallas tv show ? ... thats the one , with 17 acres of formal gardens done in the European style of opulent grandeur....See MoreAnother San Francisco tourist thread
Comments (15)The best vinyl shops are in the Lower Haight, a pretty funky but fun area. Jack's Record Cellar and Rooky Ricardo's have been around since I moved here 27 years ago. From there, you can walk west about about eight blocks to Upper Haight where all the hippie shops are. On your way from Lower to Upper Haight, turn right on Pierce Street to stop at Mickey's Monkey, a funky used stuff store. Then walk two more blocks down Haight and turn right on Divisadero. 1 1/2 blocks down on the left is a store called The Other Shop. It has mostly mid century mod stuff with some fun vintage clothes in the back. Golddust mentioned the Goodwill at Mission and S. Van Ness. There is another one in the Upper Haight. The Mission District has several used bookstores and another great thrift store called Community Thrift on Valencia Street. Actually, the Mission District may be fun for both daughters. Used bookstores, used and new hip clothing stores, galleries with works by young artists very influenced by Japanese pop culture, Clarion Alley murals (see link below), and a comfortable lesbian presence on Valencia Street. As marti8a found out, the Mission Street bus can be real (ahem) urban experience. I would recommend taking a cab or BART. You can easily rent a car from downtown for a day to go to Muir Woods. Also, the Dickens Fair mentioned by Fun2BHere is really fun, especially if your daughters have read any Dickens in school. Have a great trip! Lisa Here is a link that might be useful: Clarion Alley...See Morelegomom23
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