SF Bucket List

By Je on 9th November, 2011

Since moving to San Francisco in May 2011, I’ve had an ever-increasing bucket list in my head for this fabulous city. (Most of it is food, so here’s hoping I don’t get fat). Just like my general Bucket List for life that I’ve been keeping the last three or four years, I’ll bold an item and mark a date next to it once it’s completed. Cheers!

My SF Bucket List
  1. “Best dim sum” in San Francisco at Yank Sing
  2. Midnight tour of Alcatraz Island
  3. Nightlife event at Cal Academy (October 2011)
  4. Track down the Bacon Bacon food truck
  5. Aligator-skinned bar stools and cajun creole food at The Boxing Room (November 2011)
  6. Rooftop patio at Medjool in the Mission
  7. Ice skating in Union Square (December 2011)
  8. Rooftop patio at Bluestem Brasserie & the “Hawaiian Hangover” cake (chocolate cake, alternated with a coconut-rum pudding, topped with brown sugar and coconut syrup, frosted with a light, fluffy coconut marshmallow meringue and sprinkled with toasted bits of coconut) (February 2012)
  9. Hike the Marin Headlands (January 2012)
  10. Drinks at Top of the Mark
  11. SFMoMA
  12. Dress up and run Bay to Breakers
  13. Enjoy hipster viewing at Zeitgeist’s famed outdoor patio (October 2011)
  14. Camping in the Bay Area
  15. A play in the “Theater in the Woods” in the Redwood Forest
  16. Weekend trip to Santa Cruz
  17. Restaurant 1833 in Monterey and order Absinthe!
  18. Brunch Box (now Bandit) food truck for breakfast
  19. Road trip to the Grand Canyon
  20. Snowboarding in Tahoe
  21. Carnival food (such a burger served between two glazed donuts) at Straw in Hayes Valley (November 2011)
  22. The infamous “South Vietnamese” Pho at Turtle Tower
  23. Candlelight tour of San Francisco’s Fort Point
  24. Vodka tasting at Hanger 1 in Alameda
  25. Party bus to Golden Gate Fields in Berkley to $1 day for beers and hot dogs
  26. Day trip to Tomales Bay and a smore’s kit by the fire at Nick’s Cove
  27. A “Sloppy Josephine” and watermelon ice tea at Brenda’s Soul Food
  28. Salteh at Yemeni’s in the Tenderloin, which is apparently Yemen’s national dish (??)
  29. Yerba Buena arts district for the Yerba Buena gardens, museums and shopping
  30. Indonesian (Balinese) food in San Francisco!!! at Borobudur (January 2012)
  31. Russian River Brewing company in San Jose for Pliney the Elder (and younger) – a famous microbrew

  32. A “Gouda Good” sandwich from Bite (May 2012)
  33. Bocce ball bar – Make Westing – in Oakland!
  34. A book (and coffee) at Two Sisters Bar and Books in Hayes Valley
  35. Da meat at Tommy’s Joynt
  36. Shine On, Public Works’ 80s dance party
  37. A secret “Floating Geisha Dessert” from Cafe Hana in Japantown
  38. Chef Hubert Keller’s restaurant in SF – Fluer de Lys (March 2012)
  39. Garden patio and brunch at Zazie in Hayes Valley (bring your own beer on Tuesdays!)
  40. Go on a Dishcrawl
  41. A day exploring Berkeley’s bohemia
  42. Bruno’s for “Brunch Drunk Love” to order a War Pig (bacon-washed bulleit bourbon, apricot liqueur, maple,
    lemon, egg white, caramelized bitter) & other bacon goodness (Closed down before I could go)
  43. The patio at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay
  44. “The Stinking Rose” – an all-garlic restaurant (December 2011)
  45. Explore the Portero Hill neighborhood
  46. A spooky evening tour to Point Bonita Lighthouse
  47. Track down the “best Chinese” in Chinatown
  48. Password entrance to Bourbon & Branch’s secret library with libations (December 2011)
  49. “Theater of Sound Sculpture and Space” at Audium
  50. Japanese community baths at Kabuki Springs & Spa
  51. Drop in on a seisiún (a traditional Irish open music session) at the Plough & Stars
  52. A “Riding While Ingesting & Imbibing” mobile dining/drink experience from Stag Dining Group!
  53. A day at the San Francisco Zoo
  54. Go to a showing of Beach Blanket Babylon (such a famous play in North Beach that a street is named after it!)
  55. Dinner at Yamo (Mission) and Burma Superstar (Inner Richmond) to hone my Burmese food palette
  56. Mission Bowling Club
  57. Air Sex World Championships at the Elbo Room (March 2012)
  58. Berlin Style Ping Pong with American Tripps (April 2012)
  59. Margaritas at the Latin American Club
  60. Coffee at Four Barrel
  61. Ice Cream at Humphry Slocomb in the Mission
  62. Brunch at St. Francis Fountain
  63. Pork Belly Donuts and mimosas at The Sycamore
  64. Dancing at Little Boabab (Senegalese dance club)
  65. Make my way through this list of bacon goodness in SF (BLT Bloody Marys and bacon ice cream!)