Ocean Beach

If you catch the N-Judah train downtown and take it all the way to the last stop you'll end up at Ocean Beach. It's big and beautiful and always less windy than what I'm expecting. Keep your fingers crossed that it isn't foggy and then go dip your feet in the cold, cold water.

Ritual Roasters

When your dad's in town...





...you'll bring him to Ritual Roasters, where he'll order a strong macchiato for himself and an iced coffee for your mom.




As for me; I’m not a coffee drinker but every once in a while I’ll drink a latte from Ritual; it’s mild, thick and foamy, and it always comes with either a heart or a leave ’on top’. There’s usually a bunch of hipsters here (which isn’t really a bad thing in my opinion), lots of computers and a great atmosphere.
All in all, a great place to bring your coffee hungry dad on a sunny afternoon.


Ritual Roasters
1026 Valencia Street
San Francisco

Chow

When your dad's in town...



...you'll bring him to Chow. You'll order him Quesadillas with Carnitas because you know that that's as far as he'll go in the 'exotic food' department*. He'll love it (who wouldn't! )




by my mom



I'm a big fan of the Organic Pork Carnitas Scramble but their Huevos Rancheros is pretty tasty too. I've only ever been there for breakfast/brunch and only on the weekdays, where it's not super busy. I like the bench by the window in the front but I've heard that their back patio should be pretty great, too.

Chow
215 Church Street
San Francisco


*my dad is not the most adventurous eater and is generally happy eating oatmeal with milk and sugar, ryebread with leverpostej and risengrød.

Also, thanks so much for your comments lately. I wrote a little follow-up on my self-portrait post right here.

Paxton Gate

When your dad's in town...



...you'll bring him to Paxton Gate because you know he'll appreciate all the quirkiness and cool interior design.





This store is one of my favourite places to bring visitors as there's a lot of taxidermy craziness going on in this store. Everything from the penis of a mink to mice dressed up in costumes is here, as well as plant terrariums, fossils, books and plants. It's heaven for lovers of skeletons and other oddities.

Paxton Gate
824 Valencia Street
San Francisco

The Pirate Supply store/ 824 Valencia

When your dad's in town...




...you'll bring him to the Pirate Supply Store. Were he, like you, will be confused and then delighted by the quirkiness on this place. It's like stepping right onto a pirate ship.

The Pirate Store doesn't look or feel like a store. And finding things to buy is sort of like a treasure hunt which, I think, is appropriate in a pirate store. My favourite part is the wall of drawers where I've spent a fair amount of time opening drawers and finding feathers, glass eyes, pirate maps and belt buckles, to name just a few.

But the very best thing about this place is that it's a volunteer organization, a tutoring center, that support children developing their writing skills.

The Pirate Store/826 Valencia
826 Valencia St
San Francisco

Dynamo Donuts

We did a quick pit stop at Dynamo Donuts a couple of weeks ago. David had the Chocolate Rose and I tried the Vanilla Bean, they were both delicious; not too sweet or sticky as I find that so many donuts are. The Lemon Thyme and Chocolate Star Anise are on my list for our next pit stop.

Dynamo Donuts
2760 24th St.
San Francisco