Marina & North Beach

The 10th SF Coffee Festival in a pier pavilion, then sunset on the meadow above it

Cost: From about $58 for two in afternoon tickets; the sunset is free

her kind of night ✓ Marina & North Beach

Afternoon San Francisco Coffee Festival, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd — Sunday Nov 8, an afternoon general-admission session with coffee tastings and live music. Tickets from about $29 each, sold online by session; check session times when you buy.
4:35 PM Sunset from the Great Meadow, upper Fort Mason — Sunday Nov 8; sunset is about 5:03 PM. The meadow is about 5 minutes uphill from the pavilion, free and open, looking west toward the Golden Gate Bridge. Bring a layer: the coast cools fast after 5.

Weather backup: Prefer Saturday? The festival runs Sat Nov 7 too.

Happening in Marina & North Beach

Sat–Sun Nov 7–8; morning and afternoon sessions San Francisco Coffee Festival, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center her thing ✓ The 10th annual festival of coffee tastings and live music in the pier pavilion at 2 Marina Blvd. Tickets are sold online, by session.
Thu Nov 12, 6–10 PM After Dark: Unplug and Play, Exploratorium, Pier 15 her thing ✓ The museum's 18+ Thursday night, this month built around science trivia and trying something new.

Free antique arcade · Fisherman's Wharf · Free · pay-per-play

A century of coin-op machines on Pier 45 — a 'just peek in' that becomes an hour of laughing.

Free · romantic landmark · Marina · Free

Beaux-Arts rotunda over a swan lagoon. The city's classic romantic stroll — moodier in fog, which helps.