San Francisco’s Japanese Tea Garden

The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park is such a gorgeous and tranquil place to relax (despite the throngs of tourists on weekends). I can almost always find a quiet bench to sit and read. My boyfriend likes to park his behind next to me and sketch. If you go M, W, F before 10am it’s free. But I’ve never made it during that time because I have this thing called a job. A friend of mine from grad school was recently visiting, and we met up at the Tea Garden to catch up and snap some shots with our fancy cams. Imagine the sounds of a babbling brook while you look through these…