Not for you the staid SUV lifestyle, strapping your kid into a carseat every time you leave the house. No, with your trusty baby carrier or stroller, you hit the city streets, enroute to adventures…where? Here’s one possibility: Bugaboo, the maker of fancy strollers, aims to encourage use of its product with its kid-friendly walking maps of cities like Paris, New York, and Chicago. Bugaboo Daytrips‘ fanciful San Francisco map is available in a free PDF file. Download it and print to take a pleasant stroll to a neat toy store, hotspots in Golden Gate Park, and restaurants that welcome children.
Drawn and written by two artists who live in Vancouver and Los Angeles, respectively, the map has some surprisingly accurate local information — rolling down the hills at the Conservatory of Flowers is indeed a blast — as well as a few clinkers — The Canvas Cafe/Gallery Bugaboo recommends is closed (and sorely missed). If you want a bite to eat near the toy store Bugaboo recommends, the worthy Tutti Frutti on Irving Street, head instead to the famed Arizmendi Bakery at 9th and Irving instead and join the queue to get a soft, warm scone or a crisp slice of pizza. If there’s nowhere to sit, hoof it two blocks to the park and sit on the grass; you can continue on the Bugaboo itinerary from there.
Available at bugaboodaytrips.com.