Life With Riv: A DOG's GUIDE to the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND BEYOND

Last July my husband Doug, and I flew to San Francisco to spend a week or so with our son Brett, and his big fluffy Bernedoodle Riv. We don't have grandchildren yet so for now Riv is our granddog. He is a well-behaved and charming eighty-five-pound dog, and he is welcomed in many places in California. Brett takes Riv out in the city all the time.

When visiting San Francisco we often also spend a few days in Napa Valley. One night at Angèle Restaurant in the historic Napa Mill area, about twe...