Asqew is a great place for a quick lunch or dinner. On Steiner in the Marina, the restaurant features grilled entrees on skewers (hence the name) with side orders of starch such as potatoes or rice. Simple fare, but voted one of The City’s best healthy food places as well as a great spot for folks on a budget.

**** (4 Stars)

As a Giants fan, please forgive my long and rambling homage to the beautiful home of the SF Giants. I tour the outside of the park (Pac Bell/SBC/AT&T?) and make a few stops along the way at the statues of Willie Mays and Juan Marichal and even the Acme Chophouse. I then make my way along McCovey Cove and then try and poke my camera inside the right field fence to get a glimpse of the field (which is now set up for the Emerald Bowl).

As my wife said, “This is the earliest I’ve ever gotten to a game.” Yeah, like four months before the gates open.

Editor’s note: I incorrectly state in the video that Juan Marichal was #17 in his playing days. He was #27.

No trip to San Francisco is complete for my family without a trip to Isobune—aka “the boat sushi” restaurant. Located smack in the middle of Japantown, on Post Street, Isobune is the first conveyor belt sushi restaurant in the U.S. The wait for a table can run as much as a few hours; today, we only had to wait 20 minutes.

The sushi comes around on colored plates, each one with a different color border. Each color represents a price per plate. We have spent more than $100 at Isobune, but today we got away for about half that. But then again, it was only lunch.