Trendy neighborhood in San Francisco with plenty of cool cafes, retail stores and restaurant choices to explore.

Downtown store especially known for its collection of art and architecture books.

This area of North Beach contains several chic clothing stores as well as worthwhile cafes and restaurants.

Bookstore specializing in works of fiction and non-fiction regarding Russian history and culture.

Series of hiking trails that connect the Legion of Honor with the Golden Gate Bridge.

Brick stairway leading up Telegraph Hill.

East Bay offers stunning views from the Berkeley hills, including Grizzly Peak Park, Inspiration Point and Tilden Park.

The area is a haven for birds. The North Lake is stocked with trout and bass.

Building designed by Timothy Pfleuger in the same art deco architectural style that was used for the Paramount Theatre.

Mount Hamilton and the James Lick Observatory offer wide views of the South Bay.

Scenic drive along coastal Highway One through Sonoma and Mendocino counties.

A popular dance club offering patrons variety in both music and beer selection.

Chic and trendy designer denim apparel for both sexes can be found at this Castro District shop.

This museum makes its home in the California Academy of Sciences.

Fine, upscale department store shopping in a classy venue.

This mall, with ten stories of upscale shops anchored by four floors of Nordstrom's, is located near the downtown end of the trolley line.

The Booksmith is a clean and friendly independent bookstore located in the heart of San Francisco's famous Haight-Ashbury district. It is, however, by no means the only independent bookstore in a...

Take Highway 84 through La Honda and you won't regret this scenic coastal drive.

Sierra towns featuring Gold Rush-era antique shops, historic buildings and many other points of interest like museums and caverns.

Not your run-of-the-mill pool hall, this billiards bar comes complete with pro shop and sophisticated masculine decor.

A hilly San Francisco neighborhood.

For walkers: a scenic neighborhood hill in San Francisco.

Ducks, grebes, geese and loons, sandpipers, plovers and terns - you're sure to catch sight of at least one of the 80 species of waterfowl that feed and frolic in this refuge.

Sip a drink and contemplate the huge Maxfield Parrish painting, "The Pied Piper," hanging by the bar.

The "Painted Ladies" - find this row of colorful Queen Anne Victorians on the 700 block of Steiner Street.

House in which the band, the Grateful Dead, lived from 1965-1968.

Five-acre downtown park with a waterfall memorial dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A scenic walkway along the bay in the Embarcadero area.

Faux beauty parlor featuring pink cosmopolitans and 1950s kitsch.