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Watch the weather.
Admire the storm from the confines of the
Cliff House
(p. 149), open daily . The Cliff House Restaurant off ers drinks, decent food,
and amazing vistas . The nearest museum is the
Palace of the L egion of
Honor
(p. 178), another g reat place to wait out the rain. The no. 18-46th
Avenue bus will bring y ou to both locations .
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Seek shelter under a living r oof.
Sure to be a t op attraction for years to
come, the
California Academy of S ciences
(p. 178) pr omises a full af ter-
noon of ent ertainment and learning f or everyone in the family .
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Get some cultur al edifica tion.
No w y ou ha ve an ex cuse t o spend mor e
than 15 minut es in a museum. The
Asian Art Museum
(p. 176) and the
de
Young Museum
are my picks f or having the most k id-friendly exhibits.
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Photograph your shadow.
Try that and other wacky science “experiments”
at the
Exploratorium
(p. 160). You could spend hours at this superb science
museum; just bear in mind that on rain y days everyone else is her e, too.
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Head to S oMa.
The
Metreon
and
Yerba Buena G ardens
make up a one -
stop rain y-day ha ven.
Zeum
will ent ertain y oung k ids and t weens, while
teens will enjo y the ar cade at the M etreon. Take ev eryone bo wling and
ice-skating, or cat ch a mo vie.
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Stay dry on the F-Mark et streetcar.
Grab an umbr ella, then g rab a seat
for a ride t o the F erry Building. Have lunch, buy some sw eets at Rec chiuti
Confections, and jump back on the F-M arket toward
The Cannery.
There
you can check out a f ew fun shops f or the k ids, including Lark I n The
Morning Musique Shoppe , with its wack y c ollection of musical instru-
ments.
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Zeum
All ages.
This fun art/technology center with hands-on labs lets kids cr eate
animated video shor ts with clay figur es; experiment with graphics, sound, and video in
the production laboratory; and even create their own computer graphic animation char-
acters. Students from the American Conser vatory Theater (ACT) also stage dramas in
Zeum's theater. Although the center was initially designed for older kids and teens, I' ve
seen plenty of young kids having a great time there.
221 4th St. (at Ho ward St.).
&
415/820-3320.
www.zeum.com. For information on A CT programs at
Zeum, call the Yerba Buena bo x offic e at
&
415/978-AR TS (2787) or visit w ww.actactortraining.org.
Admission $10 adults , $10 seniors and students , $8 k ids 3-18, childr en under 2 fr ee. Wed-Fri 1-5pm,
Sat-Sun 11am-5pm; mid-June-mid-Aug Tues-Sun 11am-5pm. Carousel open daily 11am-6pm. ($4 f or
2 rides.) Muni: Any streetcar to Powell St. station; 14, 30, 45, 74X bus.
CHINATOWN
The first Chinese arrived in California in the 1800s to wor k as servants. Then in 1848,
gold was disco vered at S utter's M ill, and thousands of Chinese immigrants left the
Opium Wars and famine in their o wn country to seek their for tunes in the California
