This weekend in Bay Area: Holiday Lighting & Winter Carnival

The annual building lighting at the Embarcadero Center, San Francisco starts today, Friday Nov 1, 2008.
Embarcadero Center
San Francisco
Friday, Nov 1 2008
FREE

• Ice Show and Building Lighting
• Winter Carnival
• (carnival games, interactive arts and crafts making booths, card making, balloon twisters, musical performances
• PLUS four (4) hours of free parking from 4:00 PM.

We had a lot of fun the last time we went. Lots of free food, vendors would hand out coupons. The kids could make holiday arts & crafts to bring home. My daughter made snowflakes head band, and holiday ornament. We met Santa Claus, watched ice skating performance. Then at the end, we would head out to nearby Hyatt Regency Hotel lobby to see their tall Christmas tree and Snow village collection and lots of Christmas light decoration.
You can check the pictures here.


PIER 39 Holiday Tree Lighting
Sunday, November 23, 2008
1:00 PM to 6:00 PM
FREE

• live entertainment performing holiday traditions from Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa.
  
• face painting, letters to Santa, crafts, and photos with Santa.
• tree lighting will start at 5:30pm in the Entrance Plaza.

Tip: Get for an hour of FREE parking with lunch validation and 2 hour for dinner validation.
OR
Go to their Welcome Center on the 2nd floor, which opens daily from 10am-5pm & get 2 hour FREE parking coupon inside Pier 39 fun pack .
That's a saving of $14 on parking!