Back in 2005 when I had that internship where I learned about making copies and was living in Southern California, I decided to make a list of things I wanted to see in LA/Orange County. I was only there for ten weeks so having a list helped me prioritize what I wanted to see and do. And since I didn’t know anybody in the area (and didn’t have a huge interest in making new friends for such a short stay), my list gave me something to do every weekend.

When I first moved to the Bay Area, I was pretty motivated about going and seeing new places. But after a few months, I got wrapped up in life and I sort of took living here for granted. I’ve always sort of had a mental list of things that I wanted to see but I figured since I live here, I’ll have time to see them later. But later never seems to come around! A few days ago, I decided to come up with a list of places that I wanted to visit (in no particular order):

1. San Francisco Zoo
2. Haight Ashbury
3. Computer History Museum (Mountain View)
4. Presidio
5. Conservatory of Flowers
6. Bodega Bay
7. Ride a cable car
8. Winchester Mystery House
9. Coit Tower
10. Union Square
11. Exploratorium
12. MoMa
13. Yerba Buena Gardens
14. Amoeba Records
15. Timbuk2 store
16. Contemporary Jewish Museum
17. Legion of Honor
18. Twin Peaks
19. Stinson Beach/Point Reyes
20. Santa Barbara
21. California’s Lost Coast
22. Run Bay to Breakers
23. Watch a movie at the Stanford Theater
24. Metreon
25. Hike Mt. Tam
26. San Jose Museum of Art
27. Big Sur
28. Hike Land’s End
29. Japanese Tea Garden
30. Crissy Field
31. Haas-Lilienthal House
32. Tiburon
33. California Academy of Sciences
34. Stanford Museum of Art
35. Walk inside Mission Dolores
36. SF Main Library
37. Folsom Street Fair
38. Pride
39. Carmel
40. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
41. The 49-mile scenic drive
42. Grace Cathedral
43. Lafayette Park
44. Cow Hollow
45. San Francisco Art Institute
46. Fairmont Hotel
47. Angel Island
48. Duarte’s in Pescadero
49. Egyptian Museum
50. Mendocino
51. Lake Tahoe
52. Redwood National Park
53. San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

So, what am I missing? Is there anything else that you’d recommend I see or do in the Bay Area?