Bay Model Visitor Center

Sausalito's famous cash-conscious sustainable seafood shack on the harbor: order at the counter, eat fish and chips at waterfront picnic tables while kids watch the boats.

Sausalito's shady neighborhood playground with bathrooms, picnic tables, lawns and basketball courts - one block off the Caledonia Street cafe strip, so parents can actually get a good coffee.

Pizza and wine on a bayside patio with its own bocce court and a little beach where kids play in the sand steps from the table - go early before the evening bar crowd rolls in.

Sausalito's landmark hillside hotel (a registered Historic Hotel of America) with suites and cottage-style rooms cascading toward the bay - walkable to the ferry, Bar Bocce and downtown.