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Great Escape: Mother's Day Getaway

Enjoy Mother's Day away! Here are some ways you can show appreciation for the mothers in your life.

Enjoy a Mother's Day Brunch Cruise on a yacht in San Francisco Bay. Board the Chardonnay Commodore MegaYacht with Commodore Cruises and Events and cruise in luxury. Amenities include a gourmet buffet luncheon and dancing. Board at 12:30 p.m. and return at 4.  Call 510-337-9000 for reservations. Adults $72, Children 3-11 $36.

Stay at The Westin on Union Square, 335 Powell St. in San Francisco, and be “Queen for a Day.” The hotel’s Mother’s Day package includes a one-night stay in a lavish guest room, a soothing milk bath (a variation on the luxurious milk baths that originated at the hotel in the early 1900s) manicure and pedicure, champagne and breakfast for two in The Oak Room. Rates begin at $299 per night. Call The Westin for reservations at 415-397-7000.

See “Mrs. Doubtfire’s home” on a special historical San Francisco Victorian Home Walk on Mother’s Day. Receive a commemorative Victorian home magnet. Call 415-710-9336 for tour times and reservations, or email Isaac Wigley at isaacdwigley@yahoo.com. $25 admission for tour, which begins in the lobby of The Westin.

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In honor of Mother's Day, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department will give free flowers to the first 100 moms at the Japanese Tea Garden, Conservatory of Flowers and the SF Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park. The Japanese Tea Garden will host a Shakuhachi and Japanese Traditional Classical Dance at 3:30 p.m. and guests are invited to take a relaxing stroll through the city’s many beautiful gardens. Call 415-831-2700 for more information.

Stop in at Sophie’s Crepes, 1581 Webster St., San Francisco, for coffee and dessert, and discover Japanese crepes!  Open 11 a.m. t0 9 p.m. Sundays. Call 415-929-7732 for more information.

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