TOP 10 FAMILY FUN ADVENTURES IN SAN FRANCISCO

(from the 9th edition of Weekend Adventures in San Francisco & Northern California)

• Enjoy a short, scenic boat ride over, then wander the prison cell blocks at Alcatraz
• Stroll through Chinatown and lunch in one of the old-time, curtain-enclosed booths at Far East Cafe
• Climb all over the collection of historical vessels moored at Hyde Street Pier
• Sightsee aboard a bright-red 1955 Mack fire engine
• Have fun and learn about science at the same time at the cavernous Exploratorium
• Take a whirl on an antique carrousel in Golden Gate Park, then frolic for a while at adjacent Koret Children's Quarter playground --the first public playground in a U.S. park
• Get a great kid's meal served in a cardboard classic car and play an oldie but goodie for two bits on a mini-jukebox at Mel's Drive-In (did you know jukeboxes were invented in San Francisco in 1888?)
• Spend an afternoon at the San Francisco Zoo , which has a special Children's Zoo and another antique carousel
• Watch the bakers at Boudin at the Wharf make this famous sourdough bread, then purchase a souvenir loaf of bread in the shape of a darling turtle or alligator.
• Stuff yourself with the best ice cream sundae ever at the Ghirardelli Chocolate Manufactory in Ghirardelli Square

Copyright 2009 Carole Terwilliger Meyers