Great Birthday Present Ideas for Someone in San Francisco
You'll never run out of great ideas for family and friends in San Francisco. The "City by the Bay" has it all from sightseeing to local restaurants -- making gift giving a simple task. Whether you want to acknowledge an adult or to a child, you'll always find something interesting and exciting to give in San Francisco.
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Tours
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Give someone a sightseeing tour as a gift. Whether it's a tour by land, sea or air, the recipient of a gift of a tour of San Francisco will have a good time. Purchase a gift certificate from Golden Gate Helicopters for a helicopter tour or aboard a zeppelin with Airship Ventures to see San Francisco by air. You can give a gift of a one-and-a-half hour sail aboard a catamaran on San Francisco Bay with Adventure Cat Sailing Charters or Alcatraz Excursions, or a bike tour of the city with Bike and Roll or Bay City Bike.
Food
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Take someone out to eat in a local restaurant. Take the birthday celebrant out to eat in places that you'll only find in San Francisco. You can eat at The Grove on Mission, where you can have coffee, tea and sandwiches; Henry's Hunan Restaurant, which serves hot and spicy Hunan dishes; and Bistro Boudin, serving specials such as sourdough breadbowl and sourdough tortilla tacos. Stop by the Ghirardelli Ice Cream and Chocolate Shop in Fisherman's Wharf where you can have a sundae topped with hot fudge sauce made fresh daily with Ghirardelli chocolate.
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Craft Classes
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Give the gift of an arts and crafts lesson. Enroll a child or an adult in craft classes in Sharon Art Studio, a public community art center where they can take classes in anything from ceramics, drawing, painting, jewelry making, clay and metal arts. Classes once a week for four to 10 weeks for one to three hours of instruction. Adult and teen birthday celebrants can take art classes in painting, photography, drawing, sewing in Root Division, a community arts and education organization. For a child's birthday, sign them up for a class in the San Francisco Children's Art Center, where they can build 3-D structures; use charcoal, pastels, pen and ink, acrylic and water-color; or sculpt with clay.
Memberships
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Gift a museum or performing arts membership. Whether the person celebrating a birthday is into the arts, history or science, you can get them a membership as a gift. Most benefits for members include free unlimited daily admission, members-only entrance hours and special discounts for programs and in museum stores. In San Francisco, you can purchase a membership from many places including the California Academy of Sciences, the Exploratorium, San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Zoo. Most museums have different membership plans including individual or family.
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