San Francisco is an extremely accessible and varied city. On the days when I want to really embrace the city-life and get lost in the "concrete jungle" I can bike to consenting Union Square and the Financial District. Just as easily, I can walk to The Haight, Hayes Valley, and The Castro to find streets that are uniquely San Francisco, without all the commercial fuss.
And what I love most is all that is available by extension. Wake up on a Saturday morning and want to go on a hike? Just cross the Golden Gate Bridge. A mere 8 miles from my apartment is Marin Headlands. A block up Scott is Alamo Square Park. And four blocks away is the tip of Panhandle Park, which leads into the 1,017 acres of Golden Gate Park... ending at the Pacific Ocean.
A staple stop for friends and family who visit is Lands End. It is a rocky and windswept shoreline at the mouth of the Golden Gate. (With Hamilton in January 2010.)
