San Francisco is it's OWN treat - take THAT Rice-R-Roni!  I honestly hate that something with an "R" as a word is associated with San Francisco, which is just the sweetest West Coast city ever.  It's busy, and kinda bustling - for California, anyway - and it's home to Ghirardelli chocolates.  Need I say more?

I need?

Okay. 

San Francisco is a beautiful city, with spectacular views of the bay, steep, picturesque hills, and more options for Chinese food than you can shake a chopstick at.  There is wicked shopping, dazzling art, intriguing history, and the proximity to California wine country is unbeatable.  I would say "you can't beat it with a stick", but I already used the chopstick-shaking idiom, and am starting to feel slightly aggressive.