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[QUOTE="dollarbill44, post: 1762648, member: 686"]
Rented an apartment with the family last summer a block away from Ghirardelli Square on North Point St. We had a view of Alcatraz and the GGB from our living room - beautiful! I would wake up at 5:30 a.m. everyday as I was still on NY time and went for my strolls between 6:00 and 7:00 before my family woke up. I recommend walking down Lombard St. at 6:30 in the morning. There's nobody there and no traffic, so you can stand in the middle of the intersection of Hyde and Lombard and take pictures in all directions. I also highly recommend the Musee Mechanique on Pier 45. We all had a great time wandering around and playing all of the old arcade games - and I don't mean PacMan, but turn of the 20th century (and earlier) type arcade games. The street performer scene on the Embarcadero  in the afternoon is pretty cool if the weather is good. Grab some light fare at Bodin's and pick up a loaf or two of their sourdough. It makes amazing  toast.
If you like chocolate and ice cream, Ghirardelli's Chocolate Marketplace is excellent.
Like everyone else said, stroll through Chinatown slowly and go into a few markets to check them out. There is some cool stuff. We enjoyed Golden Gate park then strolling through Haight-Ashbury. Amoeba Music is a very cool store with more music, concert posters, memorabilia than I've ever seen in one place. You can also get a free medical marijuana exam and a prescription if you have some pain. From there, you're not far from the famous Painted Ladies (the colorful row houses).

In short, we all loved S.. It's a city I could definitely live in and look forward to going back to.
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