For a really beautiful beach camping experience, check out the campgrounds at Manresa State Beach near Santa Cruz. The campsites are perched on a bluff overlooking [more...]

If you prefer your campsites to be away from the smell of car exhaust, Northern California is rife with places to backpack. My personal favorite spot is located in the Sierras just past Feeley Lake. Yo [more...]

Most of Big Sur's stunning coastline is reservations-only when it comes to campgrounds, and those reservations get made a year in advance. If you're someone who doesn't plan your weekends that far ahead, check out Andrew Molera State Park. Ca [more...]

Though Mount Tam holds a firm grip on the imaginations of our city dwellers, Bay Area natives have another mountain they can turn to in times of trouble: Mount Diablo. Many aren't aware that in addition to creating a pleasing skyline, [more...]

Whether you're a single parent looking for a date you can bring your kids to, or a longterm couple looking for an outing the whole family can enjoy, One Martial Arts mig [more...]

The Bike Nook in the Outer Sunset is an excellent place to take a date who's into bikes. The knowledgeable staff and high quality stock will impress your little two-wheeler. And maybe they can get your own bike up to snuff for romantic [more...]

The Hapkido Institute will give you a free starter class in any of the several martial arts that they teach. Plus, the website promises that the [more...]

Just because you love ping pong doesn't mean you need to skulk in your dad's basement. Head over to the Marin Table Tennis Club to let loose your inner [more...]

Whether you're a runner, a tourist, a local, or just love playing dress-up, Bay to Breakers is the race for you. This famous marathon takes place every year, [more...]

Everyone knows that gyms are the perfect pick-up joints, and Gold's Gym in the Castro is one of the best. stand outside to slaver over the lovely hard-bodies [more...]

When was the last time you went mini-golfing? If the answer is anything but "just a few hours ago," you and your friends need to pile in the car and head over to Golden Tee Golfland in [more...]

Capture the flag is one of the best run-around games ever invented. Each team has a flag at their base, and the goal is to capture the opposing teams' flags without giving up your own. It is running, hiding, cunning, genius fun, and now [more...]

When you're dating someone sporty, sign yourselves up with Sports4Good, a local non-profit that promotes amateur sports playing in the Bay Area. There are annual [more...]

Like most cities, San Francisco has its share of problems. Unreliable public transportation, a few corrupt city officials, and, of course, a scourge of the undead.

Thank goodness for the San Francisco Zombie Mob, wh [more...]

First of all, Ansura Yoga Studio's building is gorgeous. It's all yellow and sunshiney and has a beautiful original design on the outside: just looking at it makes you [more...]

Leash up your terrier, or borrow one for the day, and head down to Ocean Beach every Thursday and Saturday for the Small Dogs Beach Walk. As many as twenty or thirty people attend the Saturday walks even when the weather is bad; on a [more...]

Men and women alike don cheerleading outfits and kick it into high gear with the Radical Cheerleaders. Smart, hip and full of catchy chants, the Cheerleaders are a fixture at all of SF's many protest marches. You don't need pom-poms to [more...]

Zip over to The Entertainment Zone in Concord for a rousing game of Q-Zar laser tag, "the most technologically advanced laser game ever seen." Fake guns [more...]

Fire paintballs at each other at Paintball Jungle. "Now that's a date of a different color," you'll chuckle, before you glance down and realize you've been smacked in the chest with a gob of cerulean blue.

Usually you want to be a little unique when out on a date -- but not this time. Roll your bicycle over to Justin Herman Plaza at 5:30 pm on the last Friday of the month to join up with Critical Mass, the mass of bikers cluttering up [more...]