As someone who embarked on numerous solo adventures during my twenties, I can attest to the enriching journey that awaits. Traveling solo as a twenty-something can be one of the most transformative and liberating experiences of your life.

Whether you're a visitor or a resident, watching the sun dip below the horizon in San Francisco is a truly magical experience. As a Bay Area child, I have found these five places to be the most perfect locations to catch a mesmerizing sunset in this picturesque city.

Growing up in Saigon before the surge of foreign dessert trends like milk tea, cheese tarts, and bingsu, the humble and affordable Milo powder found in almost every grocery store and street vendor was the pinnacle of my childhood dessert universe.

Before the birth of TikTok and food review channels, many Saigoneers already grew up with their own set of staple food gems. Even though many stalls do not exist on Google Maps, thanks to word of mouth, they are always lively and crowded from opening to closing.

“Every restaurant is a miniature society,” says Frank Phạm, a Melbourne-based Vietnamese chef and famous YouTube food blogger who recently returned to Saigon to open his passion project, a cafe restaurant named Society Cafe & Dining.

Growing up in Northern California, pathless trails and cloudy mountain peaks were my safe havens, and when returning home on break from college, it was a tradition to visit my favorite hideout place: a curvy hill near my old high school.