DOGGY DAY OUT Alert: Always be sure your dog is well-walked before you head out for a day of adventure! Never leave home without a pooh bag!! (And paper towels!) City regulations dictate "that dogs must be leashed at all times when not on their owner's property."

Mission Street Shopping Areas 16th Street - Go for a stroll along this street between Valencia & Dolores. Many unique shops and unusual eateries. Don't miss La Estrelle's baked goods or Bombay Bazaar's collection of Indian spices. Mission Street between 16th & 24th Streets -- This is a weird and wonderful place to shop, if you can handle being on two planets at once. You'll find sexy cocktail dresses and shiny spiked-heeled shoes right next to pure white confirmation and wedding dresses.

Valencia Street -- A potpourri of all sorts of stuff from used books and new vibrators, to candles for various rituals, antiques and thrift-shop treasures. Might even find some expensive clothes that look like they've already been through the wringer!!