City Discoveries
For Summer 2016, Ghirardelli Square opened a 13 week-long community beer garden sponsored by Bay Area-based Lagunitas Brewing Company and Hint Water, located outdoors in Ghirardelli Square’s West Plaza. Ghirardelli Square Beer Garden Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend Thursday through Sunday | Noon to 7 pm Ghirardelli Square’s West Plaza FREE Enjoy a rotating selection of live music more...
In celebration of Cypress String Quartet’s 20th and final season together, and of the great city of SF and its people who have supported them through the years, the Quartet presents the complete string quartets of Beethoven in 16 free concerts all over San Francisco, May 4 through 19, 2016. In nearly 20 more...
Join environmentally conscious people all over the globe by turning off your lights for one hour on Saturday night and instead light candles, or simply enjoy the dark of the night. The Golden Gate Bridge and dozens of buildings, monuments all over the country all turning off their non-essential lighting at 8:30 more...
San Francisco is about to make drinking beer that much easier and better with its hop on, hop off FREE “Drink SF” beer shuttle throughout the city. The San Francisco Brewers Guild – a bunch of peeps who get to drink a bunch of beer then call themselves an association – more...
It’s that time to tune up those bikes and toss those riding duds in the wash, you won’t need them for the 7th Annual World Naked Bike Ride – San Francisco 2016 – So. Hemi Edition. Each year, our turnout is getting larger and larger riding bare through the streets of more...
Sample bite-size bits from a range of dance classes for just $5 at All You Can Dance Day on Sunday, March 6, 2016. Try a selection of 30-minute sample classes reflecting the best of local dance including ballet, modern/contemporary, hip-hop, jazz and more. All You Can Dance for Just $5 Sunday, March 6, 2016 | 11:30 am-5:30 pm Alonzo more...
The White Elephant Sale has been taking one person’s trash and recycling it into someone else’s treasure for more than 50 years. 57th Annual White Elephant Sale Sat-Sun, March 5-6, 2016 | 10 am to 4 pm White Elephant Sale Warehouse, 33 Lancaster St., Oakland FREE The biggest rummage sale in Northern California, the White more...
The newly-dubbed “Robin Williams” tunnel is finally official. The $3,000 signs – on on each side of the tunnel connecting Marin to the Golden Gate Bridge – were paid for using private donations. The signs were installed overnight on February 29th and officially went into service on 101 on March 1st. The more...
What will you do when you turn 60? Rollerskate backwards down California street? When the Godfather was 22 the fun thing to do was to skate backwards down the San Francisco hills. It was exhilarating, they did a lot of TV shows doing it. However now that the GodFather is turning more...
Watch Bay Area residents Neal Gottlieb and Tai Trang try to outlast everyone else from lesser cities when Season 32 of Survivor premieres on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 on KPIX 5 at 8pm From Three Twins to the Big Win? Sausalito residing Ice Cream Entrepreneur Neal Gottlieb survived the business world when more...
Experience botanical bliss as Pier 39 comes alive with the vibrant colors of more than 39,000 blooming tulips and seasonal garden favorites during the annual Tulipmania flower festival. Tulipmania 2016 February 13-21, 2016 – Daily guided tours at 10 am Pier 39, San Francisco FREE Enjoy the flowers’ beauty and learn helpful gardening tips by taking free more...
Just when you thought the line for Bi-Rite ice cream couldn’t get any longer… our favorite little San Francisco grocery store was named one of the Forbes’ 25 best small companies in America. Thanks, Forbes, like we didn’t know that already. Bi-Rite Grocery and Creamery was founded in 1940, but it’s only more...
Being sick sucks. Especially with a disease like cancer where the treatments and medicine can often make you feel worse, as they try to get you better. Thankfully, the good people at Alternative Cure, a San Francisco-based nonprofit entertainment company, have found a way to play a small role in improving more...
The folks at Surfing Magazine spent 36 hours surfing these awesome waves at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. Their glorious photos capture the magnitude of these breaks which are the main reason surfers are addicted to the ocean. Check out Surfing Magazine’s 22 awesome photos of Ocean Beach There persists an underground surfing culture you wouldn’t expect in more...
Local Goats “Pine” “Fir” Post Holiday Feast Instead of leaving your old Xmas tree out on the curb, or burned on the beach, bring them to a place where they’ll be devoured by goats, the adorable garbage disposals of the animal kingdom. City Grazing, a company that specializes in bringing goats more...
