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Mom & Dad's San Francisco Weekend

June 19 – 23, 2026

Five days in the city — paced gentle, with a bench always nearby.

The essentials

🏡 Staying: Airbnb on Steiner, overlooking Duboce Park — a 4-min walk from Emma's.
🚐 Getting around: the van + Waymo. Bring Dad's disabled placard — free metered parking & extra time in California.
🌿 Pace: one main thing a day, rests built in. Nothing is mandatory — we trim or take it easy whenever energy is low.
☕ Gathering spots: the Airbnb, Cafe du Soleil, or out (Emma's is a 3rd-floor walk-up).

Day by day

🎂FridayJune 19 · Phoenix's birthday

Morning · easy

Drive around and ease into the city. Quick errand: pick up Phoenix's cake at Schubert's Bakery, 521 Clement St.

Optional view: Twin Peaks / Christmas Tree Point drive-up (a confirm-it's-open call out — construction underway). Skip freely if energy's low.

12:00 · Lunch

Phoenix's birthday lunch — Zazie, 941 Cole St · with Linda.

reserve (brunch party)

Afternoon · as energy allows

Haight-Ashbury: slow drive past the landmarks (710 Ashbury, the Haight & Ashbury sign) → Amoeba Music ('60s vinyl) → Koret playground & carousel for Phoenix.

step-free · benches

Dinner

Bar Crudo, 655 Divisadero → dessert at Powder (Taiwanese shaved snow).

reserve Bar Crudo

🎭SaturdayJune 20

Brunch

TBD — open! Ideas welcome.

help us pick

Daytime · relaxed

Easy — Airbnb / Duboce Park with the kids.

~5:00 · Early dinner

Hog Island Oyster Co, Ferry Building · oysters + chowder & cooked dishes. Walk-in — arrive ~5.

step-free · flat

7:00

Emma to Bacchae (Victoria Theatre). Grandparents + kids home for the evening.

🥞SundayJune 21

Brunch

Crepes on Cole, 100 Carl St · with May.

step-free · accessible restroom

2:00 · the split

Mom & Dad → Bacchae matinee (Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th St; ~1h40, no intermission). Emma & Phoenix → birthday party at Crissy Field (2–5).

~3:45

May brings Mom & Dad from the theater to Crissy Field for the last of the party.

Dinner

Zuni Café, 1658 Market St · early seating, the famous roast chicken.

reserve — call (party 7+)

🌲MondayJune 22

Breakfast

Cafe du Soleil, downstairs.

Morning · indoors

Walt Disney Family Museum (Presidio) — elevators, loaner wheelchairs, and right by the bridge.

very accessible

~Noon · lunch

Light bite, then north over the Golden Gate Bridge.

1:30 · the redwoods

Muir Woods — flat boardwalk loop among the giants. Benches throughout; loaner wheelchairs on site.

✓ parking bookedflat boardwalk Heads-up: the road in is windy — go slow, easy on car-sickness.

Golden hour · dinner

Scoma's of Sausalito, 588 Bridgeway — on the water. Then home.

confirm reservation

👋TuesdayJune 23 · farewell

Morning

Easy breakfast at Cafe du Soleil + goodbyes. Depart ~10 am.

Still to lock — your input welcome

🍳 Saturday brunch — still open.
🦀 Scoma's (Sausalito) — Emma confirming the reservation.
🌄 Twin Peaks — confirm it's open during construction, or swap in a Lands End ocean overlook (right by the cake errand).

Good to know

Numbers: Zazie (415) 564-5332 · Bar Crudo (415) 409-0679 · Hog Island (415) 391-7117 · Crepes on Cole (415) 664-1800 · Zuni (415) 552-2522 · Powder (415) 923-8183 · Schubert's (415) 752-1580 · Victoria (415) 863-7576 · Walt Disney Museum (415) 345-6843
♿ Dad's placard = free metered parking + extra time, anywhere you drive.
💛 Nothing is mandatory — rest, trim, and cut freely. The point is the people, not the checklist.