Things To Do

🌊🌊🌊 ALONG THE COAST 🌊🌊🌊

Follow the Coast Down Highway 1

Take a lazy drive along the coast! A favorite route of ours is Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz down Highway 1. Along the way there are plenty of beaches, tide pools, and fruit stands to stop at. Recommended places include tide pools at Bean Hollow State Beach, Davenport Roadhouse, Swanton Berry Farm, and Pigeon Point Lighthouse.

Monteray

See some coastline views as you along the ocean down Cannery Row to Fisherman's Wharf. The Monterey Aquarium is also a good time, don't forget the salt water taffy!

Big Sur

If you have the time make a day trip out to Big Sur for incredible beach views!

🌷🌷🌷 San Francisco 🌷🌷🌷

PIER 39

Can't say you've done SF without pier 39, you'll hear the Sea Lions before you seen them! Short walk to Pier 45 to watch them make Sourdough at the Boudin, and go to the Musée Mécanique for antique coin-operated arcade games.

Chinatown to Little Italy

For the full Gee-Danese/Azzarita experience, it's a 20 minute walk from the Dragon Gate in Chinatown to Little Italy. Get a boba and dim sum on the way!

Alcatraz Tours

Get tickets in advance online, CA residents get tickets BOGO 50% off. There's a ferry that will bring you back if you can't swim back like Nikki.

🌸🌸🌸 OTHER FAVORITES 🌸🌸🌸

Round1 Arcade

We love Round 1 for its Japanese rhythm games! Also a great place to take the family, but be careful they have a lot of claw machines.

Winchester Mystery House

Mama Joyce will go with you if you take the flashlight tour option- leave me out of it!

Municipal Rose Garden

Picchetti Winery

Happy Hollow Park & Zoo

Little local zoo that is perfect to entertain the little ones!

Computer History Museum

Why would you ride roller coasters at Great America when you could go to the Computer History Museum?!

Topgolf

🌿🌿🌿 LOCAL HIKES 🌿🌿🌿

Castle Rock Trail

1.6mi Length 259ft Elevation gain 0.5–1hr Loop This trail loops through the forest and between large sandstone rock formations. The boulders are popular with rock climbers to test themselves on, so expect to see climbers with bouldering pads scattered throughout the forest. The forest is very peaceful with its moss-covered rocks and towering trees.

Deer Hollow Farm Trail

2.8mi Length 252ft Elevation gain 1–1.5hr Loop This is a scenic and short walk out to the Deer Hollow Farm, working homestead and educational farm open to the public. You will enjoy oak woodland and chaparral scrub along the way. Visitors can hike the loop counterclockwise for a gradual ascent on a paved road to the farm. After the farm, the loop takes you on a steady climb on a narrower dirt path that ends with a steep decline on a wide, crushed gravel path. Go clockwise for a steep initial ascent and a gradual descent to close the loop.

Alma Trail & Redwood Springs Trail

5.3mi Length 1,082ft Elevation gain 2.5–3hr Loop The Alma (the Spanish word for soul) Trail is located west of Bear Creek Road and is accessible using the new pedestrian crossing. This trail traverses into densely wooded fir and redwood forests, through bay and oak woodlands, eventually linking to the Madrone Knoll Trail. Be prepared: These trails climb from the parking area located at 1,000 feet in elevation to Madrone Knoll, the highest point, at 2,400 feet.

Windy Hill Open Space Preserve

6.5mi Length 1,400ft Elevation gain 3.5–4hr Loop This loop travels around Windy Hill Open Space on either side of Hamms Gulch. Start by hiking up the Spring Ridge Trail, then follow the Anniversary Trail and Lost Trail closer to Skyline Boulevard. The Hamms Gulch Trail heads back down to the start. The first half is more sunny while the second half is more wooded and shaded.