Fog City...

Luckily the first few days in town were BEAUTIFUL with no fog in sight.  Lots of people on the way down the coast had said that the city can be really foggy, so I guess I lucked out.  So needless to say my first few days were filled with sunshine, lollipops and rainbows!  Well not so much lollipops and rainbows but lots of good coffee, beer, baked goods, bike shops and ice cream.

Box Dog Bikes, one of the great shops in the city!  This guy had an inner tube chew toy...

Walking around the districts was incredible.  Turns out, due to the many hills in the city, most of the districts have their own micro-climate!  I was staying in the Richmond/Russian district which was usually always foggier than the neighbouring areas.  

Coit Tower, that street was WAY steeper than it looks here.  Not sure if I would be able to take ginger up that hill.

Chinatown.  Gotta say that the Victoria's was more impressive!

This was the top of the steepest walk of the day, Lombard St...it goes straight down and switchbacks the entire way.

One of the nicer parks in town, Dolores Park.  Bi-Rite Creamery is right around the corner, so the best way to enjoy this park is bringing a cone with you and listening to some sweet tunes.

This is Sausalito, right across the Golden Gate Bridge...and much less foggy than the city.  Beautiful little town, and luckily the bike shop had what I had been looking for my whole trip...

Sausalito is the gateway for lots of great riding just outside San Francisco.  One of these spots is the Marin Headlands...INCREDIBLE RIDING!!  Plus there's lots of great camp spots around that area as well.  So thank you A Bicycle Odyssey for having a wool jersey to remember my trip by!

Once back on the other side of the bridge...what else...fog.  

This was hilarious, there's a bike path called 'The Wiggle'!  It's a path that takes you from the SOMA district (near downtown) all the way through the city to Ocean Beach bypassing all of the major hills along the way...hence the name.  Plus it takes you through Golden Gate Park which is about 250 acres larger than Central Park!  It's huge and incredibly beautiful with tons of stuff to do inside.

And now for some treats I've sampled while in town:

Totally worth it...and it turns out they've got a 'secret menu' you can order from...but you have to know someone that can tell you what's on it.  Luckily Noah, who's a vegetarian, came along and told me to order the cheesburger 'animal style' which was SOOOOO good!

Could have had seconds...but I also just finished an ice cream.

Tartine bakery...realllyyyyyy tasty.  Éclair filled with vanilla custard instead of whipped cream

Mixed fruit tart from Frog Hollow Farm at the Ferry Building Marketplace.

21st Amendment Brewing...pretty good beers and right next to the ball park.  Tried to go to Anchor Brewing right after but it turns out they don't have a tasting room!  So we hit up another one just down the street.  Turns out the city has 10 breweries.

Ahhhh fish tacos in Sausalito.

3rd St Aleworks (Santa Rosa), Anchor Brewing (SF) and Speakeasy Brewing (SF)

My host Lizzie and her dog Milkshake

Last night in the house. Could not have imagined a better place to stay while I was in the city!

...and there was a kitten.