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Laughter and cement slides! #sewardstreetslides #howsfseessf #sanfrancisco #friendship

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Laughter and cement slides! #howsfseessf #sewardstreetslides #sanfrancisco #friendship

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Day 1 - Downtown & Castro

Start out at the Ferry Building, where you can get local food and wears, there is also an outdoor market some days too - it's not the cheapest but you're paying for location and quality. There is a Blue Bottle Coffee if you're Australian coffee drinker.   A few wharves up is the Exploratorium, which is a science curiosities museum. Something that is striking about the museum is that most exhibits are handmade in house. Tickets aren't cheap but they have free days and cheaper Thursday evenings.      Keep walking along the front of the bay till you get to Musee Mecanique, which is an arcade full of games dating back to the 1920s that have been maintained - free entry, just quarters to play. This area is Fisherman's Wharf, touristy area that you should avoid at all costs apart from this. Near here you'll also find Pier 39, which is where the sea lions have been lounging since the 1989 Earthquake.They don't feed them but they just come onto the marina pontoons for the safe haven. Here is an amazing interpretation by Beth Knight.  

  After this walk around the corner to the F streetcar stop (outside of the Walgreens). It's the end of the line so you can get on anyone of them. They are collected from around the world. If you're feeling keen too there is a free streetcar museum a few stops up.  Stay on the F line until the end of the line, which ends up in the Castro. You know you're in the Castro when you see the rainbow flags. Get off and have a look around, head down Castro Street, past the theatre to the Harvey Milk original office and monument - look up is the mural looking out the window.  This is where you have two options. You can either go to Bi-Rite ice cream and get amazing organic ice cream or head up the hill to the Seward Street Slides, which are some fun concrete slides. You need some cardboard to slide down them, but they'll usually be some available there - strangely also check if they are open the day and time you want to go as close the gates.  If you decide to go to the Bi-Rite option, head across the road to Dolores Park and head to the top of the park (as writing this now I know that half the park is in construction). Hang out near the top of the park and there is a golden fire hydrant - this is gay beach. You get a beautiful view of the city. 

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No adults unless accompanied by children. Good thing we live in a city where no one seems to grow up... #noadultshere #sanfrancisco #california #sewardstreetslides #neverland #race (at Seward Street Slides)