Saturday morning put on your walking shoes and take Bart to the Embarcadero terminal to sample California’s natural bounty at the Ferry Building Farmer’s Market. Hundreds of local farmers gather outside of the historic Ferry Building Plaza to sell an impressive cornucopia of seasonal fruits, flowers and vegetables, as well as artisan cheeses, smoked meats, pastries and breads. If you get a late start and are looking for lunch, indulge at one of the prepared food stands and treat yourself to homemade tamales or lox sandwiches on fresh San Francisco sourdough still warm from the oven.
Once you’d had your foodie fix, hail a cab or take the N-Judah line from the Embarcadero Muni Metro station at Market and Main Streets to Golden Gate Park to check out the recently renovated California Academy of Sciences. A state-of-the-art aquarium, natural history museum, and planetarium wrapped into one, the Academy of Science is an interactive and educational experience will wow all generations of visitors. Highlights of the Academy include hourly penguin feedings, a four-story indoor rain forest, and Claude, the albino alligator. In true San Franciscan spirit, the Academy of Science building is the world’s ‘greenest’ museum.
When you’re done with the museum, take some time to soak in the natural beauty of Golden Gate Park. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the same man who designed Central Park in New York City, the park is much too large to cover entirely in a single afternoon (especially with children). Pick one or two sections to explore and enjoy. If you want to see more wildlife, the Bison Paddock in the western part of the park has hosted bison since 1891 when the species was on the brink of extinction. Keep heading west and you’ll eventually end up at sandy Ocean Beach, a prime spot to fly a kite and watch surfers tackle the Pacific’s waves.
Top the day off with a family-style diner in North Beach, San Francisco’s Italian neighborhood. Authentic trattorias abound off of the streets surrounding Columbus Ave. A stop off at a gelateria is a must for ice cream lovers.
Union square is a convenient and central location to start Sunday morning. Best known for its world-class shopping, Union Square boasts one of the largest collections of retail stores in the western United States. Once you’ve had your share of retail therapy, walk a few blocks to the corner of Powell and California to catch a ride on one of San Francisco’s iconic cable cars. The California cable car line will take you through historic Chinatown. As the oldest Chinatown in North America and the largest Chinatown outside of Asia, it is worth getting off the trolley to explore this culturally rich neighborhood in more depth on foot.
Close the weekend out in dramatic style with a matinee showing of Wicked at the Orpheum Theater. The show is especially memorable under the luster of the Orpheum’s ornate gilded interior.
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