My home is tucked away in a quiet corner of San Francisco in a very safe neighborhood and offers a bit of a refuge from the rest of the city. We're a 5 minute walk from Fort Mason which has a farmer's market on Sunday and during the summer we have Off the Grid on Friday nights which is a gathering of food trucks offering food and drinks around fire pits and live music. There's a great view of Golden Gate bridge as well as Alcatraz. Two blocks up is Union street which has shopping, bars, and restaurants and 2 blocks down there's Chestnut street with more shopping, bars and restaurants. About a 15 minute walk up Lombard Street will take you to the famous curvy part of the street that also has great views of Alcatraz and Coit Tower.

Like many places in SF, the parking can be a challenge but the Marina is better than many neighborhoods and if you're patient you'll find what you need. That said, most people get around in the city using the bus system (there's a stop 2 blocks away and another stop 2 blocks away), BART (it doesn't come to the Marina but will connect you to locations throughout the city and across the Bay), and lyft/uber (found all over the city and beyond).