Looking for something  special to do during your next trip to San Francisco?

Check out Beach Blanket Babylon: My brother and I were happy to be invited to experience this very funny, nonstop musical revue filled with satirical skits and over-the-top costumes . Founded in 1974 by Steve Silver, it is now located in the North Beach part of the city.

This year’s performances centered around Snow White meeting pop and political figures while  traveling the world to find her Prince Charming.

Note: You must be 21 or older to attend an evening performance.

Click here for further info on what I thought was a great show.

If you’re a lover of Dutch Art, definitely visit the de Young Museum’s two wonderful exhibits:Girl With a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis and its companion exhibit Rembrandt’s Century.

The exhibition features 35 paintings representing the range of subject matter and technique characteristic of 17th-century painting in the Dutch Republic including Vermeer’s  Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Rembrandt’s Century‘s presents 17th century Dutch artwork that focuses on this master and his peers.

Click here for more info.

Looking for a tour of San Francisco? There are numerous offerings, and my brother and I took a four hour night tour that Urban Safari invited us to experience. Along with a group of vacationing Australians, we rode a zebra patterned open van through various places across the city and over the Golden Gate Bridge.

Click here for more info and make sure to dress warm for the night tour.

My thanks to Laurie Armstrong of  San Francisco Travel for all of her help and advice.