SF -> LA -> NYC Itineraries

Cliffnotes:

  • 15-day trip to 3 cities and staying at friend’s houses in SF/LA

  • Skip Pier 39 altogether, there is always better food elsewhere in the city

  • Biking on the beach at sunset with a friend was a highlight in LA

  • Packed 1 suitcase and did laundry halfway through trip

  • 6 days in SF, 6 days in LA, 3 days in NYC

  • Trip started in early November and ended in mid November

Saturday - day with friends

  • Drive SF to Sonoma

  • Cine for zinfandel

  • Domaine Carneros for champagne

  • Gott's burgers

  • Off to a friend of a friend’s birthday party

Sunday - day with friends

  • Breakfast at Lemonade

  • Turo rental

  • 49ers game at Levi Stadium

  • Dinner at friend’s family

Monday - morning and evening with friends, Alcatraz was solo adventure

  • Drive to UC Berkeley for the views

  • Acai bowl at Vitality Bowls

  • Alcatraz

  • Lunch at Hook's in Pier 39

  • Walked through Nob Hill and Union Square

  • Golden State Warriors at their Oakland arena

Tuesday - solo adventure day until dinner

  • Muni to Golden Gate Park

  • Conservatory of Flowers

  • Academy of Science

  • Hellman Hollow

  • de Young tower & museum

  • Haight Ashbury

  • Sweater at Crossroads

  • Dinner at Otoro for sushi

  • Ice cream at Smitten

  • T-shirt vending machine at Marine Layers

Wednesday - solo adventure day until dinner

  • Hayes Valley

  • The Boulangerie

  • Alamo Square

  • Painted Ladies

  • Exploratorium

  • Aquarium

  • Sushirito

  • 111 Minna Gallery

  • Union Square

  • Cable car ride (2 or 3 times)

  • Lombard street

  • North beach

  • City Lights Bookstore

  • Hayes Valley

  • The Grove for dinner

Thursday - day with friends

  • SOMA

  • Acai bowl'd food truck

  • Rented another Turo

  • Palace of Fine Arts

  • Sol Food

  • Muir Woods & Muir Beach

  • Twin Peaks

  • Upper Douglas dog park

  • Everlane

  • Tour of Lyft with friend of friend

  • Tour of Stripe & dinner there with roommate of friend

Friday - afternoon with friends

  • Fly SF to LA

  • Rental car pickup at Midway Car Rental LA

  • Stop at USC

  • The Grove & Original Farmer's Market

  • Dinner at Hugo's

  • Ice cream shakes at Swinger’s

Saturday - day with friends

  • Hiked from Griffith Observatory to Hollywood Hills. Ate at Griffith Observatory (yum). Total trip 6 hours, about 5 hours of hiking

  • Dinner in Sherbourne Oaks at On the Thirty

  • Ice cream in Studio City at Salt and Straw

Sunday - day with friends

  • Smorgasborg (acai bowl, taco, mofongo)

  • Last Bookstore

  • Hermosa Beach

  • Rented bikes at sunset

  • Dinner at Mercado in Santa Monica. Amazing! Elote, guac, carnitas, flan 👌

Monday - solo day

  • Laundry

  • Warner Bros studio tour (dobby's animation was the favorite)

  • Lunch at Tender Greens near ELA

  • Melrose shopping

  • Dash (store owned by Kardashians)

  • Google popup shop

  • Restoration hardware rooftop with views of downtown

  • Urth Cafe for quick dinner

  • Clippers vs 76ers - 😍 Blake Griffin

Tuesday - solo day until dinner

  • Spin & yoga at YAS with a fellow Amanda leading the class

  • Breakfast at Village Bakery near Glendale

  • LACMA

  • Falafel food truck

  • Dinner at Americana at Brand

Wednesday - day with family

  • Flower market

  • Getty Museum & Restaurant with family

Thursday - solo day of travel

  • Grand central market

  • LA 🛫🛬NYC

  • Stay at Pod51 in Hell’s Kitchen

Friday - solo day until Smogasborg, hanging out with friends afternoon and evening

  • Taping of “Live with Kelly & Ryan” with Reba McEntire as guest

  • Columbus Circle

  • 5th avenue window shopping

  • Smorgasborg - mozz sticks & tacos & cider

  • Moleskine store

  • Strand bookstore

  • Union Square market

  • Barn Joo

  • Eileen's Cheesecake

  • Little Italy

  • Chinatown

  • SoHo

Saturday - friends in morning, solo in afternoon

  • Observation session of coaching program

  • Grand Central Station

  • Market - Ceviche

  • Chelsea, Chelsea Market, and the Highline

  • Shopping in West Broadway

  • Morgenstern's Ice Cream - Black Shaved Coconut with toasted coconut

  • Roasted almonds

  • Rockette's (AMAZING!)

  • Vinyl diner (met mosaic Beyoncé in the bathroom)

Sunday - solo day from NYC to Boston

  • SoHo

  • Chobani & Joe's Juice

  • Everlane Store

  • Washington Square Park

  • Stationary Store

  • Times Square

  • To Boston

What I still had on my list for the next trip:

SF

  • Legion of honor

  • Rolled ice cream

  • MOMA

  • The Mission

  • The Castro

LA

  • Santa Monica/del Rey

  • Runyon

  • Old Pasadena

NYC

  • The Rooftop at 50 Bowery

  • Aladdin

  • Washington Square Park (more time there)

  • Stacked Ice Cream

Amanda Tessier