Within walking distance (15 minutes) are exceptional places to eat and drink, including Acme Bread, Bartavelle cafe, Whole Foods groceries and Philz Coffee! Within a 5 minute walk of the house is a neighborhood shopping street with grocery store, family-friendly beer garden (perfect on the long California summer days), coffee shops, and a handful of restaurants. One of the U.S.'s finest restaurant districts, Berkeley's "Gourmet Ghetto", is a 25 minute walk away, and Solano Avenue restaurant and retail area is also a 25 minute stroll away.

Use our home as a perfectly-located base to explore everything the San Francisco Bay Area has to offer. Tilden Regional Park is a 15 minute drive away with redwood groves and exceptional hiking. Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda is a 15 minute drive - perfect for toddlers, kids, and all ages. Drive into the city of San Francisco within 20 minutes (or 30 minutes on the BART) and visit the Golden Gate Bridge and more. Napa wine country and Muir Woods can each be accessed in less than a 1 hr drive. Monterey and Santa Cruz are 2 hr drives. Yosemite and Lake Tahoe are 3 hr drives.