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Single house next to Golden Gate Park (#43144)
San Francisco, California
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Description of the San Francisco vacation home rental
This Edwardian house is our home. We are renting it out while we are traveling from June 23rd to October 31st.
The house has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 2 sunrooms, 1 formal dinning room, 1 huge living room, fully equipped kitchen, a sunny back yard, a laundry space, and a home office with a tatami room for playing Go, having tea, or studying. Total about 2500 square feet. The house has original period gumwood and built-in furniture.
We have an Internet (wireless) connection, telephone, data projector with 10 foot movie screen, DVD player with surround-sound speakers, electric piano, fire place, professional stove with grill for BBQ or grilled fish, huge collection of English/Japanese/Chinese books, a shin-kaya Go-ban in the tatami room, reading corners all around the house, vegetable boxes in the back yard with Shiso plants, and nice and helpful neighbors.
6 to 8 people can stay in comfort.
This is a single house, not a flat, no worry about kids’ making noise.
Numerous summer camps (100+), ballet/arts classes for kids in San Francisco are available. Many still have rooms for this summer. Kids can learn many different subjects, make American friends, get used to native spoken English, and have fun. We can help with your arrangements if interested.
If staying for 2 weeks or more, weekly maid service is included in the cost: our house maid will come in to clean the house and do laundry once a week. It could include cooking a Chinese meal but it needs to be pre-arranged.
Location: Central Richmond district in San Francisco.
Summer weather: Often cool. Sometimes the house is surrounded by the famous San Francisco fog.
Easy access to public transportation: Busses #5, #31, #38, #2, #1, #29 all only short walks away.
Communication: We speak English/Japanese/Chinese and can be easily contacted by phone or email for anything including local tips. A list of relatives/friends/neighbors/utility services will be provided for your convenience. Our warm, wonderful neighbors are keeping an eye out and available for info and assistance as needed. An instruction of how to use the equipments in the house will also be provided.
Area Description
Attractions:
Golden Gate Park: (half block away) walk 1 minute; (The park includes many summer events, the Botanical garden, De Young Museum, Academy of Science, Japanese tea garden, Rose garden, Shakespeare garden, many lakes, Conservatory of flowers, lots of playgrounds and tennis courts, Buffalo paddock, etc. …)
Pacific ocean: drive 5 minutes; (large beaches, The Cliff house, Sutro Baths, the Beach Chalet.)
Land’s End (the best point and trial to see Golden Gate Bridge): drive 5 minutes;
Presidio (Golden Gate National Park): drive 7 minutes; (including Baker beach, Crissy field, Museums under the Golden Gate Bridge, etc. …)
New China towns (Clement or Irvine): drive 4 minutes or walk 15 minutes;
Restaurants (Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Russian, American, Italian, Ethiopian, …) : walk 5 to 10 minutes;
Golf: drive 5 minutes;
Japan town: drive 10 minutes;
China town: drive 15 minutes;
Downtown San Francisco: Bus 20 minutes; (Fishman’s wharf; Union square, cable cars, etc. …)
Golden Gate Bridge: drive 5 minutes;
Zoo: 10 minutes;
Napa Valley: drive 1.5 hours;
Muir Wood: drive 0.5 hours;
Monterey: 2.5 hours.
Summer events in San Francisco:
San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival: August 28 – 30, 2009, Golden Gate Park (within walking distance from our home)
Golden Gate Park events.
Presidio events.
Stern Grove Festival: June through August. Diverse performances and concerts, outdoors in a terraced landscape theater - free of charge
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival: May to October. Free performances in a variety of genres including dance, music, and children's activities - at Yerba Buena Gardens
San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival 2008: June 6 to 28, 2009. Northern California’s most respected dancers and musicians perform in the month-long festival.
San Francisco Pride 2009: June 27 & 28, 2009. One of the largest LBGT Pride celebration in the world. Two-day event, with the Parade along Market Street on Jun 28.
5th Annual Pinot Days Grand Festival: June 25 to 28, 2009. Fort Mason. Taste wines from 185 producers of pinot noir. Meet nearly every winemaker. Consumers will be able to sample up to 400 pinots from every important region in California and Oregon, and to meet the winemakers who create them.
Marin County Fair: July 1 to 5, 2009. San Rafael - Marin County Civic Center
Concerts, rides, fireworks, speakers, films, attractions.
San Francisco 4th of July - Fireworks & Celebration.
Fillmore Jazz Festival: July 4 & 5, 2009. Stages along Fillmore showcase Bay Area jazz talent.
The Crucible's 9th Annual Fire Arts Festival; July 15 to 18, 2009. Crucible's Fire Art Arena - Kirkham & 7th in Oakland. Celebrates creation through fire and light with an open-air exhibition of fire art.
San Francisco Silent Film Festival: July 10 to 12, 2009. Three days of silent films at the Castro Theatre.
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival: Annual July festival bringing independent filmmakers and musicians to the San Francisco Bay Area from around the globe.
The Renegade Craft Fair: July 18 & 19. Fort Mason. Large DIY craft fair with an edge - featuring comic books, to silk-screened posters, to jewelry and reconstructing clothing.
Midsummer Mozart Festival: North America’s only all-Mozart festival.
North Beach Jazz Festival: Celebrates the cultural history of North Beach and includes free jazz performances over the five days of the festival.
San Francisco Indoor Gardening Expo: July 25 & 26, 2009.Festival Pavilion - Fort Mason. Discover the latest cutting edge products and technologies for everyday gardening problems.
San Francisco Theater Festival: July 26, 2009 - 11a to 5p. Yerba Buena Gardens. Free festival showcasing 100 theater groups and solo performers, as well as a children’s program.
San Francisco Aloha Festival: August 1 & 2, 2009. Presidio of San Francisco. Festival of arts from the Pacific Islanders’ Cultural Association.
Nihonmachi Street Fair: August 8 & 9, 2009. Celebration of Asian and Pacific American communities with music, performances, food, drink and community information.
Bay Area Tap Festival: August 10 to 17, 2008. Celebrates the art of tap dance with classes, workshops and performances.
Golden Gate Renaissance Festival: August 22 & 23, 2009. Five acres of entertainment, merchants, sword fighting, jousting, magicians and mistrels, food and drink.
American Sailing League Championship Series: August 29 & 30, 2009.
Single house - kids can make noise.
Best location - right next Golden Gate Park, the Presidio, and the Pacific ocean.
Summer camps all around.
All kinds of restaurants available, local secret tips included.
"You home is extremely safe and comfortable for a family." Ziqing Hu from Beijing.
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This vacation rental has been listed since May 26, 2009
