Frank Yan of Sacramento on Things To Do On a 3 Day Weekend

A 3 day weekend is always the most perfect time to enjoy the activities that you most like. If you are like Frank, he typically plans his 3 day weekends 2 weeks prior. Frank Yan will first like to take advantage of leaving his Sacramento home and travel somewhere far. Whether if it’s the Bay Area, Lake Tahoe, a 2 hour driving distance from Sacramento or a 2 hour flight to his favorite destinations Los Angeles, Las Vegas, or San Diego. Frank is up for anything.

If you and your friends have ahead of you a long weekend and still do not know what to do, Frank has a few suggestions and solutions that hopefully will help you take a decision. First of all, you could use the long weekend to sleep. As many of us would say that sleep is something we don’t get enough of. After many hours of work, or study, sleeping without interruption is great. Take it from Frank Yan, he loves his napping. You should do it. You can continue with relaxing activities like reading, getting a massage, go to a show, or even cooking. If you have a pile of books laying round waiting for you to make time to read them, a long weekend is the perfect time to get started. Reading will help you relax once you get lost in words and you discover new worlds, as well as live within what you are reading. If you are sports passionate, you can use your long weekends in an active, yet relaxing manner.


Because sports fill you with energy and excitement, you should take advantage of your free time and energize your batteries. Go to the gym, go jogging, go biking, or simply take long walks in order to make some effort and to relax afterwards. If you enjoy the fun in cooking, a long weekend you will have enough time to try new recipes, cuisines, and to test out new ingredients. You surely will have something new that you would want to try. If you have enough time, you should do it in order to take advantage of many free hours available.


If you consider that your long weekend is not for relaxation, but rather for intense and active activities, you could do to great things, party or travel away. Either one you chose it will be great for you. If you like to travel, like Frank, you can either check some new places in a nearby area, where you can go by tour bus, train, or car or you can opt for a city break away from Sacramento, if you find some low cost airline tickets. Partying will cost you less, but it involves a great need of rest afterwards. If you still prefer it, you can prepare intensively for hard partying and enjoy your long weekend dancing and drinking in or out in town.

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Vietnamese Pho

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One of Frank Yan favorite authentic Vietnamese dishes is the never ending love of Pho. In Sacramento, primarily in the South Sacramento area, Frank Yan likes the restaurant of Saigon. A Vietnamese restaurant that serves plentiful Vietnamese cuisines and including Pho.

From the vast volumes of Pho restaurants in Sacramento, this rice noodle soup consisting of broth, herbs, and meat. With winter around the corner consuming massive amounts of spicy meats and sodium, this dish will sure warm you up.

Frank Yan admits he may be "pholling in love" with this dish, which is packed rice noodles, authentic southeast Asian herbs, and of course some crunchy tripe all come together in perfect harmony.

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Hotel Griffin in San Francisco

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Victorian architecture, Michelin rated fine 5 Star restaurants, clean beaches, trendsetting bars, cutting edge art, it is no mystery why San Francisco draws as much 16M visitors annually and Frank Yan of Sacramento being one of them. One of Frank Yan recommends anyone to escape to Hotel Griffon as it was named Best Boutique Hotel by San Francisco magazine. This Hotel is yet another reasonable excuse to get away to the City of San Francisco.

Whether if you call San Francisco your home or if it may be on your list to visit, you will experience this eco friendly boutique hotel, which faces east over the San Francisco Bay and looks west towards the Financial District, to be a marvelous homebase from which to experience San Francisco.

It is short walk north to the Embarcadero near the Pier as it will lead you to the Ferry Building home to a the local farmers' market and a bundle of fine restaurants. From there, is plenty of access to citywide public transportation, such as trams, buses, horse carriage, and cycle cabs just across the way on Market Street, however there is also are ferries bound for Alcatraz, Angel Island and Sausalito.

While being the among the 16M visitors, other travelers whom decides San Francisco this year, Frank can bet they will be riding the trolley to Pier 49 Fisherman's Wharf and gawking at the sea lions.

San Francisco is an hour and a half from Sacramento on Interstate 80 West.