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Bay Area, California, United States
About Me & My Family
I'm a mother
1 Kids 2-2 years old all boys
1 Kids 2-2 years old all boys
the arrival of O-dogg has completely rocked planet lee. we've always loved to travel and now we just get a better work-out carrying all the extra gear.
Our Family's Travel Personality
adventurous, curious, relaxed, independent, energetic, spontaneous, easy_going
We Just Got Back From
Park City, UT
Our Favorite Vacation Spot
Anywhere with loved ones
A Place We'd Love To Visit
Middle East and New Zealand
Favorite Vacation Memory
Watching the O-dogg dance to techno music at the Starbucks in Hawaii airport.
Worst Travel Moment With My Kids:
Being in a vacation rental with all of our extended family for the holidays. 13 people in all. Was supposed to be a wonderful week of fun, but 10 out of 13 got struck with the stomach virus for a week straight. The lowlights can be summed up in: 4 trips to the ER, 2 IVs for our one year old nephew and a concussion from freeze tag for my brother in-law. What a start to the new year!
10 Must See Attractions with a Tween/Teen in San Francisco
Whether you're just visiting or mom of a tween or teen, these are the 10 places that are guaranteed to be fun for teens and tweens.
Pier 41
San Francisco, California
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Best way to see the city.
reviewed on: June 06 2009
"Great way to see San Francisco"
See San Francisco from a bike. One of the best ways to enjoy the city. Located in Fisherman's Wharf, you can easily bike to Crissy Field and enjoy a view of the Golden Gate Bridge. If your family is more adventurous and in shape, the best route is to take the bike path that goes over the Golden Gate Bridge into Sausalito and take the ferry back to Fisherman's Wharf. There will be some quintessential San Francisco hills, so this route is definitely not for the faint of heart. Blazing Saddles has a lot of options for the various ages of your kids. There are trailers, baby seats, tag-a-longs to help younger kids enjoy the ride without getting too exhausted. Lots of babies and toddlers manage to catch a quick snooze in the trailers.
Great for tweens and teens who love the outdoors. There is a lot of city traffic since Fisherman's Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge are two of the most crowded sections of San Francisco, so not recommended for smaller kids who are just learning to bike.
Great places to stop with the kids while on the bike tour are the Exploratorium/Palace of Fine Arts and the two vista points for the Golden Gate Bridge (one from the city side) and the other one from the Sausalito side (great pictures of SF).
24 Willie Mays Plz
San Francisco, California
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reviewed on: July 07 2009
"Gotta see a Giants game "
I'm not particularly a baseball fanatic, but watching a game at AT&T park is one of my favorite things to do. AT&T Park is right on the bay and if you catch a night game, you can watch the sunset over the water. Absolutely stunning. We took my son here when he was 1.5 years old and he loved all the lights and big screen shots of "ball!" Out in left field,you'll see the huge Coca-Cola bottle and glove. There are actually 4 slides inslde the Coke bottle that slide into "home plate" You can also climb up the baseball glove.
Fun for teenagers, who love the excitement. It's especially fun especially if there's a homerun hit out into the water. During the days of Barry Bonds, folks would wait in the water riding kayaks or boats to catch a homerun shot.
Food! Don't miss out on the garlic fries from Gordon Biersch. Simply deadly, but you'll be fighting over the last one. My son had his first chocolate chip cookie here at 18 months and fell in love.
San Francisco gets cold, so be sure to bring lots of warm clothing and blankets. I've been to games wearing a ski jacket, wool hat, mittens and my fingers were still ice, ice... baby cold.
Downtown San Francisco
San Francisco, California
reviewed on: July 07 2009
"The Real San Francisco Treat"
Your kids probably don't know what the Rice a Roni song, but they've still gotta take a rollercoaster ride on the SF cable cars up and down those crazy hills. If you've got little kids who are afraid of loud noises, this might be too much. Just take the bus and watch the cable cars from the street. For older kids, get on board and enjoy the ride. For your thrill-seeking teens/tweens, have them stand on the trolley off the back and get the true experience of riding the trolley old school style.
Be sure to take it down to the end of Powell and see where they turn the cars around. If you take it to the end of the California line, you can get off at Mason Street near the Fairmount Hotel and head 3 blocks north to visit the Cable Car Museum if you're kids are into a bit of history.
Pier 33 (on Embarcadero and Bay St)
Hornblower Alcatraz Landing San Francisco, California
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Watch the movie "The Rock" and take the kids on a night tour of this island prison. They'll love it.
Lombard Street, between Hyde and Leavenworth
San Francisco, California
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reviewed on: July 07 2009
"Fun free attraction"
Walk it, run it, skip it, drive it. Just don't miss it. It claims to be the crookedest street in San Francisco. It's definitely the crookedest street that's lined with beautiful houses and a great view. But, you want to know a secret? The crookedest street in San Francisco is actually at Vermont Street and 20th.
Best for kids 4 and up. It's not only windy, but it's also steep.
Haight and Ashbury
San Francisco, California
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Free and fun shopping district in the city that used to be hippie central during the Flower Power days.
Embarcadero and Grant Street
Pier 39 San Francisco, California
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Fun place to watch the seals and enjoy some clam chowder in a sourdough breadbowl.
Palace of Fine Arts
3601 Lyon Street San Francisco, California
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reviewed on: August 01 2008
"Can't wait to grow up"
I recently took my ambling toddler to the Exploratorium and was very impressed by the scope of all the exhibits. Definitely a discovery museum geared for older children, but my toddler still had plenty of fun playing with the tornado vortex creator, the levitating bubble maker, and exploring the area on light in the back and many other exhibits. I can't wait for him to grow up be able to enjoy some of the richer exhibits and the Tactile Dome. You have to be 7 to get into the Tactile Dome, but high schoolers even love exploring in there.
55 Music Concourse Drive
San Francisco, California
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Californians love all things green and organic. Check out this new eco-friendly museum with an albino alligator and amazing planetarium shows.
900 North Point Street
San Francisco, California
reviewed on: July 07 2009
"Ice cream and chocolate. Who could ask for anything more"
Most kids and adults I know love chocolate and ice cream. To get the best of both sweets, you gotta go to Ghirardhelli's for best ice cream sundaes in town. Every child from 0-90 has loved it here. My personal sundae favorite is the warm brownie sundae. This used to be more of a unique treat when Ghirardhelli chocolate was a SF specialty. But, it's still darn good. The lines are often long, but it's worth the wait.
