Headed to San Francisco

We're headed to San Francisco next weekend! We'll spend a few days visiting with my parents on the peninsula and a few days in the city. If you have any great activities or family friendly restaurant ideas in the area, please send them my way!

I never need to talk up a visit to Granny and Poppa with the kids… I mentioned it quickly to E last week & he's already packing a suitcase with his favorite toys. I asked him if he needed clothes & he brought me one of his shirts and a suitcase of my own and said "you bring clothes!" I also mentioned that we'd be riding a cable car in SF (and showed him a couple of pictures online) and he could not possibly be more delighted. He's probably thinking he'll get to hang off the outside.

To make things easy on ourselves, we keep an extra set of car seats at my parents house. In the long run, it's cheaper than renting them, and we don't have to worry about a repeat experience like the one we had with Advantage Rent A Car. We also keep a few other odds and ends at the grandparent's and borrow a pack and play from my parent's neighbors. All that goes a long way towards enabling us to travel light. I've challenged myself to see if we can travel with no checked baggage for this short trip. I'm not sure whether we'll make it, but the idea sure is appealing. If we do, it will be the first time we travel with carry-ons only since little D was born.

Related Links:

Top Tips for Traveling Light with Kids
Packing Lists and Tips
Preparing the Kids for a Trip

1 comment | Posted on January 19, 2008 | Save to del.icio.us

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  1. Gudrun on January 23, 2008 at 1:57 p.m.

    Hi Debbie, welcome to San Francisco!

    Our favorite places to go with our kids include Yerba Buena Gardens (great slides and playground area, along with Zeum) and the San Francisco Zoo. My kids also love almost any form of public transportation, so taking BART can be a thrill. We have taken them to eat at Ti Couz, a creperie in the Mission, which was lots of fun, especially as we could sit outside and not feel as though we were disturbing the rest of the patrons!

    If you are interested in venturing south, my kids love to go to Hoover Tower on Stanford's campus, ride to the top and look out over everything. We also like Cantor Museum and their cafe is nice for lunch afterwards.

    And for more help with your search for family friendly hotels, I would like to invite you to try out the Kango private beta. I would be interested in your feedback, please let me know if you would like an invitation.

    Finally, love your site! I will be checking back soon, as we are planning to take our kids 7 and 5 to Paris in March and I notice you have a whole section on just that!

    Cheers,

    Gudrun