Alcatraz... The island where only three men escaped - although nobody knows if they really made it. Well, if you found them today, they would be worth $1 million! So go ahead, this should be motivation enough.
San Francisco's skyline.
And the sea lions on Pier 39. Amazing!! You should hear the sounds they produce...
Surfer-Susel on Baker's Beach - where the water is freaking cold, the waves are fairly big and where California Dreaming begins. It was pretty frosty, so we didn't bother to rip off our clothes and jump in the water. It probably wouldn't have been too healthy anyway because the
drift / current out to the pacific ocean was pretty tight and the warnings everywhere were unambigious. 