Spirograph Dreams, and Needing Travel Advice

I remember sitting on my grandparents couch, feet on the coffee table with the stone top, pinning gears to a piece of cardboard and spinning my pen away. I love to make anything that takes a process and makes something like magic. I’ve been daydreaming about spirographs lately and found this site. It’s not quite as fun as the real thing, but close :)

Also, I’m planning a trip to San Francisco the beginning of June. Things I really want to do are, go to the San Francisco Center for the Book, comb a beach and come back with a collection of cool rocks, see some art, and shop. I’ll be there for 3 or 4 days with Barry while my mom watches the kids. Barry will be at conference meetings during the day–so I can do some exploring and art looking by myself, then we’ll be together in the evenings. What I’m asking of you, dear Internet, is for suggestions of places to shop, art to see, a beach, food, and–do I need a car? Will public transportation be fine? Then money otherwise budgeted for a rental car could go toward shopping. We’re staying somewhere downtown I’m pretty sure…

Anyway–help anyone?

6 thoughts on “Spirograph Dreams, and Needing Travel Advice”

  1. I don’t have any recommendations, sorry! But I would love some insight on taking trips without the kids–I have two, ages almost 6 and almost 2, and have never gone away without them. My husband has a conference in Vienna, Austria this summer (same situation as you have on this trip), and I would love to go with him if we can afford it….

  2. public transportation, especials if youre staying downtown, is so easy here. parking a car can suck up half of your day and when you want to go to multiple places, forget it! one place a day! 😉 save the money for parisan macaroons at the ferry building farmers market!!

    i work 2 blocks away from the center for the book – when you figure out where you are staying let me know what places you might want to go to and i can give you a cheater list for buses and such – to get from downtown to the center for the book you take bart to 16th street, grab the 22 filmore and then get out at de haro and youre there. Or from downtown to the beach you just grab the N Judah or the i forget which letter but it goes to the zoo underground muni train and ride it to the end of the line. just let me know!

    also for art the name is terrible but http://www.fecalface.com is the best place for listings of whats going on in smaller galleries and such.

    also i live here! bug me! :)

  3. That’s great! You should have no trouble getting around the city using public transportation – there are SF Muni buses/trains and BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) to get you around. You can also take BART and connect with another public transportation system called Caltrain to go down to San Jose/Gilroy.

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