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brimming with hip little dining and drinking venues. The Mission has been redefining itself over the past 2 decades. It s the heart of the Latino community, a little bit funky, a little bit hipper than thou and it s frankly unsafe on certain blocks. Don t linger around the BART stations on 16th or 24th str eets and don t hang ar ound late at night unless you re with people who kno w the ar ea. Do come for dinner , but make sur e to take a cab back to y our hotel. (Parking is nearly impossible here, so driving isn t recommended anyway.) The Precita Eyes M ural Ar t Center offers guided tours of M ission D istrict murals and high points a gr eat way to gain some insight into the community.

Too bad the Argonaut doesn t have a pool. Then again, if it did, the other wharf hotels might go out of business. When you call, ask whether the Neptune s Adventure package is still available. At last check, it granted highest balloon flight a family of four a double queen room, passes to PIER 39 attractions and the H yde Street Pier, clever kids gifts, tickets for the cable car a mere block away, and a full br eakfast at the hotel s Blue Mermaid Chowder House