Slightly higher-end / may need reservation: State Bird Provisions, Octavia, Izakaya Rintaro

Our go-to restaurants: Tacolicious (Mexican), El Farolito (burritos), Burma Superstar (Burmese); 4505 Burgers (burgers, really!); Namu Stonepot (modern Korean); Mozzeria (Neapolitan-style pizza); Little Star Pizza (Chicago-style deep-dish pizza), Italian Homemade Co. (Italian)

Le Marais, Brenda's Meat & Three, Sparrow, Reveille Coffee Co.

Four Barrel Coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, The Verve, Flywheel Coffee Co., Blue Bottle Coffee

The Castro Fountain, Smitten, Bi-Rite, Humphry Slocombe

- Take a nap

- Go to Ferry Building and walk around on the Embarcadero waterfront

- Learn about science at the Exploratorium (we went there for one of our first dates!)

- Go to Dolores Park on a sunny weekend afternoon

- Take a yoga class at Yoga to the People

- Visit the SFMOMA and the DeYoung Museum

- Spend an afternoon at the Golden Gate Park

- If you rented a car, drive up to Marin Headlands on a sunny day

- If you didn't rent a car, bike the Golden Gate Bridge, have lunch in Sausalito and take the ferry back

- Stroll up and down Valencia Street (between 14th and 20th Streets), and make sure to visit Clarion Alley's famous and politically-charged murals