Located at 68 4th Street in San Francisco’s busy downtown SoMa district, The Keystone’s diverse clientele is a perfect representation of its location. Business people, shoppers, museum-goers, couples, families and conventioneers convene day and night at this American tavern that serves contemporary, sophisticated dishes within its old-school San Francisco interior.

Featuring a rich California Rancho history, Santa Lucia Preserve, known simply as ‘The Preserve,’ is an under-the-radar community with its own environmentally conscious infrastructure. The lucky families who live at The Preserve share a respect for the unspoiled open space; their investments in this sylvan locale ensure that 90% of the Manhattan-sized Preserve will remain undisturbed in perpetuity.

As temperatures drop in the San Francisco Bay Area, our search for sun intensifies, leading us to varying locales across the globe. Hawaii, the Bahamas, the Caribbean – these spots are all lovely and amazing, but a bit too far away to justify a quick weekend jaunt. If you’ve only a night or two to spare, make the Montage Laguna Beach your destination.

Joiner or non-joiner, Hillside Supper Club is a club you’ll want to be part of. Warm, welcoming, and always inclusive, this San Francisco haute spot is the kind of place to return again and again. And that is exactly what customers do once they get their first taste of Nonna’s Meatballs, or the Liberty Farms Duck Liver Mousse

Perhaps you go for the spectacular 360° views. Maybe you like the old-school, nostalgic ambience that evokes the glamour of an earlier time. Whatever your reason for favoring the Top of the Mark, the 19th floor rooftop lounge at the venerable InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco, there are now 12 more justifications for taking a stroll up Nob Hill.

Sessions, the newest restaurant offering in San Francisco’s bucolic Presidio, is a crafter’s dream. Craft beer, craft cocktails, and craft cuisine are served amidst a handcrafted interior by Lundberg Design, the center of which is a large bar tailored to become the sort of place where everybody knows your name.

Tucked away in San Francisco’s Presidio Heights neighborhood lies a destination level restaurant that masquerades as a humble bistro. But having just earned its first Michelin star, Nico will not be able to hide out much longer. The cozy French eatery owned and operated by celebrated French chef Nicolas Delaroque and his wife Andrea is now on the haute dining map.

If its central location isn’t lure enough after a hard day of work or a round of Union Square shopping, the Clock Bar’s seasonal cocktail menu makes the haute watering hole a must stop for libation lovers. Located in San Francisco’s Westin St. Francis, just across the lobby from Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak, Clock Bar features changing themes with drinks to match.

What lies beyond the Four Seasons’ curved glass visage that glistens over Highway 101 in Palo Alto, CA? The hotel, built in 2006 at the rear of a large business park off of University Avenue, offers more than meets the eye. In addition to exceptional service for which the brand is known, the Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley at East Palo Alto, as it is officially called, boasts a small but luxe rooftop pool, a world-class spa, a destination restaurant, and—after recent décor and tech refurbishments—sleek and sophisticated guest and meeting rooms.