Tag Archives: San Francisco
L is for Lake, Lunch, Light Show
I mentioned dinner, but lunch is also a good time for a date. When I was doing research for the A to Z of San Francisco last year, my husband did me the favor of driving to a few of … Continue reading
A to Z 2021 – Reflection
Welcome to my A to Z Challenge Reflection post. It was certainly a fun one for me as I traveled through San Francisco, a city I have known and lived within a few miles of my entire life but had … Continue reading
A to Z 2021 – Z is for the Zoo and Zuckerberg SFG
We are lucky to have the San Francisco Zoo so close. I can remember visiting when I was a child and I revisited several times when the kids went on school field trips. Our next door neighbor works there and … Continue reading
A to Z 2021 – Y is for Yerba Buena Gardens, the Year of the Ox and Yoda
There is so much going on in the Yerba Buena Gardens! In addition to the gardens there is a children’s carousel and museum, an ice skating rink and bowling. I walked around the block to see what I could fiind. … Continue reading
A to Z 2021 – X is for Xeriscape and X-tras
I had no idea what Xeriscape was until I saw this coloring page. Apparently Xeriscape is a type of drought-tolerant landscaping using plants native to the area requiring little or no watering or maintenance. For a state like California, that … Continue reading
A to Z 2021 – V is for Vaillancourt Fountain and Valleys
At first I was going to use the Vaillancourt Fountain as my “Q” since it has also been called “Quebec libre!” but then I found Queen Wilhelmina’s Tulip Garden and I was free to use the fountain in it’s natural … Continue reading
A to Z 2021 – O is for Ocean Beach and the Orpheum Theater
Ah, the ocean. Being a Pisces, it really is one of my happy places and I am ashamed to say that I don’t get there as often as I could. For a while during the pandemic even the parking lots … Continue reading
A to Z 2021 – N is for North Beach and Nob Hill
Being Italian it was natural for me to want to include North Beach in this A to Z and I was happy to see there was a coloring page for it. “Little Italy,” as it is called, is known for … Continue reading
A to Z 2021 – M is for McCovey Cove and Museums
If you’ve read my posts you may know that I am a San Francisco Giants fan and probably should have figured that I would try to get them in this A to Z somehow. Since the coloring book had McCovey … Continue reading