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Family Adventures in San Francisco
- Enjoy lunch at the Presidio’s Burger King, where you get a view of the Golden Gate Bridge thrown in for free
- Take a whirl on an antique Carousel in Golden Gate Park, then frolic for a while at adjacent Children’s Playground - the first public playground in a U.S. park.
- Mel’s Drive-In get a great kid's meal served in a cardboard classic car and play an oldie but goodie for two bits on a mini-jukebox. (Did you know jukeboxes were invented in San Francisco in 1888?)
- Stroll through Chinatown and have lunch in one of the old-time, curtain-enclosed booths at Far East Café.
- Climb all over at the collection of historical vessels moored at Hyde Street Pier.
- Experience a simulated earthquake, watch Blackfooted Penguins swim underwater, and gaze at the nighttime skies in a show at Northern
- Have fun and learn about science at the same time at the cavernous Exploratorium.
- Spend an afternoon at the San Francisco Zoo, which has a special Children’s Zoo.
- Stuff a souvenir bear at the Basic Brown Bear Factory.
- Stuff yourself with the best ice cream sundae ever at the Ghirardelli Chocolate Manufactory in Ghirardelli Square.
