#57: Run Coyote Point, Edge To Edge.
Greetings from paradise! A runner’s paradise, that is. Sweaty, panting with staggered breaths, rain-soaked, completely butt-covered with pricklies from leaning up against a eucalyptus tree, I’m now wondering what the hell I got myself into this morning. I was craving a run at Coyote Point, a 620-acre national park and protected shoreline jutting into the Bay, south of the airport between Burlingame and San Mateo – an undiscovered haven for runners and early birds alike. Yet, despite…
#55: First Train Ride On The Caltrain.
My favorite train ride ever. Under-rated with over-whelming (and endless) travel opportunities.
#54: Live Outside SF.
Sometimes to start over and make it in a new city, you’ve got to live just outside of it. After four weeks of apartment hunting, searching and tackling like the secret inner offensive linebacker in me, I finally found an apartment. Good news: it had a roof and working toilet. Bad news, it was outside San Francisco in a little quaint town called Burlingame. But, in the same breath I signed my new lease, I…
#53: Visit The Ferry Building Farmers Market.
The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: On any given Saturday in San Francisco, you can feel the entire pulse of the city here. Today is no different. The market is alive, and it’s only 8:17am. It’s still early for this town, but just the right hour for farm-to-table shopping. Being Indian Summer, there are crowds and crowds of colorful people everywhere hopping in and out of booths. There’s about 10 reasons why anyone should wake up early and go to a farmers…
#52: Play Tour Guide In SF.
It’s always exciting have visitors in town. But, a word to the wise, get to know the basics of San Francisco, first. Like the public transit schedule, the good eateries, the top monuments, the cultural facts… The last thing you want to do is be schooled by the tourist. My good friend Allie (circa, 7th grade) was in town last weekend from Washington, DC. With her dying to see all the sights and maximize her week…