The Mission District

The Mission District has turned into the place to be for young people, artists, activists and people just looking to experience culture. The district has so many different businesses for everyone to enjoy: cafes, thrift stores, produce markets, used book stores, trendy restaurants and boutiques. The area is filled with things to do from enjoying a cup of coffee while people watching to taking in the area’s history and rich Latin culture. (best part is it’s right off the 16^th st/Mission BART stop)

The Best Places To Start Your Visit:

Bar Tartine: A popular bakery that combines Tartine’s Californian-Mediterranean style menu with a wine bar. Dark wood floors and tables and along bar overlooking the open kitchen.  

561 Valencia St.

Yamo: If you love finding those one-of-a-kind and delicious spots to eat, then this place is for you. It’s a small counter-only Burmese restaurant, family run and owned. The food fuses the tastes ofIndia andChina with dishes from delicious rice and noodles to curry. This is the place you want to go if your looking for good food, even if you aren’t a big fan of those dishes, just try it, you may be surprised!        

3406 18th St.

Idol Vintage: Miss the 80s? Then shop here and have all your best memories come alive again. This store has everything you could have in the 80s, from leg warmers, boxy sweaters along with racks of coats, pants, sweatshirts, jeans and dresses. Those things you never thought you’d see again are here, so get your 80s on!                                                     

3162 16th St.

Adobe Book Shop: This book store is a must! It has a backroom gallery featuring local artists; it’s often opens up at night for live music and has a great supply of unique books. It has a cozy feeling to it, while still staying hip and you can even grab a book and relax in a comfortable chair.                                                       

3166 16th St.

Blondie’s Bar and No Grill: This popular bar has purple neon décor, sidewalk seating and an extensive martini menu. It’s always crazy crowded on the weekends, but a good way to have a good time and interact with everyone from everywhere.

540 Valencia St.

**Photograph by Dennis Covey | www.DenisCoveyArt.com
**"Models" and Printing by Let It Ride Design | www.LetItRideDesign.com

When Personality Hotels partnered up with Let It Ride Design, it was a big deal. When a hip boutique hotel group got together with a very creative design team, ideas flowed and things happened! Afterall it takes a pretty brave group to stand in their undies and work with Personality Hotels! That's how we knew it was a great match.

Here is a lovely insert from the LET IT RIDE DESIGN team, that they wrote about us on their blog.

Personality Hotel Collection boasts incredible sophisticated boutique rooms, with custom one of a kind design, charm and accomodations and they have created FOUR distinct, boutique, incredible hotel properties in San Francisco. One visit to any of their spectacular properties ( Hotel Diva, Hotel Union Square, Kensington Park Hotel, The Steinhart ), and you inhale a true essence of San Francisco and the love these people have for the city in every room.

We here at Let It Ride Design are pleased to work with such creative and innovative people, and are proud to collaborate with such free thinking like minded individuals! Here are just a few of the projects we’ve worked on, in the last month for Personality Hotels. With more in the works currently, so keep checking back to see the goods!  You can get your hands on most of these limited edition items at corresponding Personality Hotel locations! 

Here are a few of our projects:

Baby “Onesies”

We made these for Hotel Diva, as a cute and hip way to show off your own precious Diva or Divo, always a fun item to keep your lil’ nugget comfy year round!

“Vintage” Tote Bag

Inspired by the countless thrift, thread, and vintage shops that abound in San Francisco, these nifty totes are a nod to the generations of folks with “Personality” that made the city of San Francisco the wonderful place it remains today.

Let It Ride Design designs and prints custom business cards, postcards, flyers, or pretty much anything you can dream of on any surface, …this is just some one examples of something we did for our friends at Personality Hotels. 

 Thank you Let it Ride for taking the time to write this! Cheers!