After searching the city far and wide for Bubble Tea made like hipster coffee lovers, I finally found the ultimate spot. Off Valencia and 19th Street is the Boba Guys, who make each individual bubble tea to order. You can customize the kind of tea (I opt for classic black milk tea), the type of pearls you want, and the level of sweetness. Everything is homemade and organic, and they only use the finest loose-leaf tea. For people like myself who are a bit of a tea snob, this place is the best spot for bubble-tea enthusiasts.
Boba Guys started as a small pop-up without the intention of turning it into a business, but it became such a success that they decided to open a store. Their mission is to incorporate high quality and local sourcing to provide the best damn cup of bubble tea you will ever drink.
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My neighborhood park is San Francisco is "Mountain Lake Park." It's one of our last remaining natural lakes,
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Custom-built in Italy, it features more than 30 colorful animals and is the only bay area carousel with artistic renderings of all the SF landmarks!
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"Trouble Coffee" in San Francisco is a category of its own. Let's say it belongs to the 'badass coffee' category. Makes me feel like a rough surfer girl!
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It's an easy hike with trees, ferns, and other bits of nature surrounding the trail. If you stop and listen, you will hear… nothing.
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"Hook Fish Co" in San Francisco is deep in the Sunset Avenues and is perfect for when you have a hankering for some scrumptious fish tacos!
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"The Spire" in The Presidio in San Francisco is one of the many reasons to come visit. A natural skyscraper, it reminds me of Where the Wild Things Are...
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I love coming to Alamo Square in San Francisco and getting a yummy park coffee from Lady Falcon Coffee Club and their converted 1940s bread truck!
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"Saint Frank Coffee" in San Francisco feels like an airy museum on the inside. I always leave with a few bags of coffee and an iced latte in hand...
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I've never been to a cafe that made me feel as if I had been teleported to another place than "Stable Cafe" in San Francisco... Felt like I was in Italy!
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"The Mill SF" with its red brick exterior gets one curious straight away! I come here for their awesome toast, especially the cinnamon sugar toast!
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TIme has almost forgotten the "Presidio Pet Cemetery" in San Francisco, with pet hedge stones & names from when this was an active Army base...
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