"Nearby Bernal Heights Park has the views. But if you prefer to skip the hiking and keep things on the level, Precita Park stretches across three blocks just to the north, creating an easily accessible green corridor, complete with an unbelievable, 900-piece hand-painted tile walkway. There’s a hardworking butterfly garden here providing for local lepidoptera, but those interested in SF flora might be more inspired by a recent phenomena: Now that park-goers are spending a lot of time chilling inside social distancing circles in the meadow, tiny, industrious flowers have sprouted all over the spaces in between them, encouraged by the relative lack of foot traffic through those spots. As they say, life finds a way. What to pack: Reubens from Wise Sons Wise Sons, the Mission’s resident Jewish deli, is only a few blocks away, and ready to pack up bagels with smoked salmon or big meaty reubens, with tubs of kraut and pickles on the side." - Eve Batey, Adam Brinklow, Becky Duffett
