A Day in Mission District | San Francisco
I wanted to share with you pictures from my day in an area of San Francisco many of you may not know of. Mission District is a part of San Francisco that even I rarely find myself in. I am a major foodie, so the few times I did go was solely to eat at one of the restaurants or bars. In fact, I never spent time looking around or even visited Mission’s Dolores Park before today. It’s kinda rare for a San Franciscan to not have visited Dolores Park at least once. And I can’t believe I was missing out on this skyline view until now!
Just like other large cities, San Francisco is split up into different districts. These districts each have a different subculture and look to them. It’s funny how walking from one part of a city to another can feel like a new place even though you’re technically in the same city. The buildings look different, the people are different, and even the way of life can be different.
Of course, we had to stop at a boba shop right when we got here. Since I can’t go to San Francisco without getting some milk tea.
I really enjoyed seeing the random murals on our walk. If you’re someone like me who loves to look at street art, and just art in general, check out Clarion Alley in Mission District. There you’ll find some bold and colorful political murals.
After the long BART(Bay Area Rapid Transit) ride to Mission District, and walking around different streets, we started to get hungry. The restaurant I was wanting to go to on this day was closed until 5pm so we decided to get a snack from Tartine Bakery while we wait. There are ENDLESS amounts of delicious food options in Mission District, but this bakery was saved on my Instagram for a while.
We got the Lemon Cream Tart and Morning Bun. Both were absolute perfection. The best lemon tart and croissant I have ever had. And you know what made this bakery EVEN BETTER? It was located right by a market with gorgeous flowers. You guys should know I love flowers by now.
After finishing our pastries, we walked around Dolores Park then headed to Farmhouse Kitchen. I have seen fellow SF Foodies posting pictures of this place for YEARS. I was happy we were finally in the area and I could try their food myself.
The restaurant was decorated so beautifully. From the lights on the ceiling to the plates on the table, it was a sight to see. Even the food was beautiful!
We ordered the Hat Yai Fried Chicken and Kao Soi Naau. The fried chicken was something I’d seen a lot of people order on Instagram and decided to get that since it was popular. It was all delicious! The chicken was boneless (love that) and the curry was perfect. I wasn’t sure what the Kao Soi Naau was or if it was good since I didn’t see it on Instagram. But, oh boy! I tried about a quarter of it since we were sharing and it was incredible too! I would love to go back just to order the Kao Soi Naau again and eat the whole thing myself. There’s another Farmhouse Kitchen location in the Bay Area, which probably means I should visit that one too and order it again. 😉
I hope you enjoyed this post on beautiful San Francisco. Sometimes I forgot how special and colorful this city can be. Looking through the pictures for this blog post brought me back to how I saw SF as a little girl. Back to when everything we saw felt like a movie. 🙂
I apologize for being so behind on my blog (and all my other social media) lately. I was feeling a lack of passion, and I guess fire, within me to make more content. When I started my blog, I had so much to share, and I was excited about the places I could visit and share with you all. Since the lockdowns and all this other craziness, I feel like so many possibilities to travel were ripped away from me. I’m sure a lot of you following my blog can relate to that. I am glad some international travel is opening up to the US with minimal restrictions. But with everything being so uncertain, I’m scared to book flights and get my hopes up… It’s been so long since I’ve left the United States I don’t even know where my passport is. I should probably go find that now…
-Ayla♥
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a lovely post with beautiful images.
Thank you so much 🙂
international travel may not be easy during a pandemic – but that means we can explore closer to home – and you definitely found a good place to feature here! Making me hungry, though –
Hahaha apologies for making you hungry 😆 & yes, that’s true ❤️
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One of my college acquaintances recently moved to SF, and he’s always sharing photos of the Mission District; I can see why, as the views are spectacular! I’m with you on the slow reopening of travel: I just returned from a domestic road trip, which was fun, but I won’t be comfortable traveling internationally (i.e. getting on a plane) until next year, and I actually just booked my first international trip for next year; it’ll be surreal getting out of the country, especially since 2019! Fingers crossed things continue to look up. 🙂
I recently booked an international flight for next year! I’m nervous that the flight will get cancelled or we’ll have other issues. It’s been since 2018 for me so I won’t believe it’s real until I’m in the country 😂 I had to get a new passport for this trip this week bc I can’t find mine anywhere!! lol May I ask which country you are going to?
I’ll be going to Argentina/Antarctica! A big investment, for sure…I also hope to tack on Uruguay and Brazil. Where will you go?
Omg I’ve never been to ANY of those places. I can’t wait to read about them when you get back! 🙂 I’m going back to Moscow but this time to see it covered in snow. 😍
To be fair, I’ve not been to Moscow (only Saint Petersburg). Very envious, as it’s on my bucket list!
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Looks lovely – I really like the murals on the houses 🙂
Me too 😍 I wasn’t expecting them to be so beautiful
I loved exploring Mission district when I visited SF. Lucky you to be living in the city!
I do feel lucky ☺️ thank you for stopping by ❤️
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Lovely blog and photos, Ayla. I’m also concerned about traveling internationally, but hopefully we’ll get there soon.
A nice post. If I get back to San Francisco, I would like to visit the district.
I hope you do <3 Thank you for checking out my posts!
We had the same feelings about travel during the pandemic. We visited a lot more of the UK than we usually would and wondered why we go abroad 🤪.
NYC was our first venture to test the waters. Lots of hoops to jump through and still requirements changed in the few days we were there, but it felt sooo good getting on a plane again🥰
UK has so many great things & towns to see! And it’s easily drivable! I hope to go back again & visit Scotland 💙
That’s the main thing I’m worried about rn when flying international! Rules will suddenly change for departure or restrictions will get tighter and I’ll be stuck somewhere 😅
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Lovely pics!!
Beautiful photos. I love San Francisco, my favorite town in the US. New Orleans is second. Thanks for sharing.
I still need to go to New Orleans! Hopefully soon 🤩