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)
9. Hike the Marin Headlands
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. Party bus to Golden Gate Fields in Berkley to $1 day for beers and hot dogs
25. A “Sloppy Josephine” and watermelon ice tea at Brenda’s Soul Food
26. Salteh at Yemeni’s in the Tenderloin, which is apparently Yemen’s national dish (??)
27. Yerba Buena arts district for the Yerba Buena gardens, museums and shopping
28. Indonesian (Balinese) food in San Francisco!!! at Borobudur (January 2012)
29. Russian River Brewing company in San Jose for Pliney the Elder (and younger) – a famous microbrew
30. A “Gouda Good” sandwich from Bite
31. Bocce ball bar – Make Westing – in Oakland!
32. A book (and coffee) at Two Sisters Bar and Books in Hayes Valley
33. Shine On, Public Works’ 80s dance party
34. A secret “Floating Geisha Dessert” from Cafe Hana in Japantown
35. Chef Hubert Keller’s restaurant in SF – Fluer de Lys
36. Garden patio and brunch at Zazie in Hayes Valley (bring your own beer on Tuesdays!)
37. Go on a Dishcrawl
38. A day exploring Berkeley’s bohemia
39. 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
40. The patio at the Four Seasons in Half Moon Bay
41. “The Stinking Rose” – an all-garlic restaurant (December 2011)
42. Explore the Portero Hill neighborhood
43. A spooky evening tour to Point Bonita Lighthouse
44. Track down the “best Chinese” in Chinatown
45. Password entrance to Bourbon & Branch’s secret library with libations (December 2011)
46. “Theater of Sound Sculpture and Space” at Audium
47. Japanese community baths at Kabuki Springs & Spa
48. Drop in on a seisiún (a traditional Irish open music session) at the Plough & Stars
49. A “Riding While Ingesting & Imbibing” mobile dining/drink experience from Stag Dining Group!
50. A day at the San Francisco Zoo
51. Go to a showing of Beach Blanket Babylon (such a famous play in North Beach that a street is named after it!)