I am pleased to introduce you to a fellow travel blogger, Cat Lincoln, who has generously offered to share a guest post about her city with us while I’m on vacation. — I love sightseeing, but the pressure to hit a laundry list of attractions can make your vacation feel like a competition, or [...]
America's Top 10 Tourist Attractions
March 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Forbes Magazine recently announced its list of America’s Top Ten Most Popular Tourist Attractions. I know that the phrase “tourist attraction” can be a turn off to many people, but don’t let that label get in the way. These are some sights worth seeing. Here’s the list: Times Square – New York City Las Vegas [...]
Matchbook Monday: Betelnut in San Francisco
March 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Today’s Matchbook Monday features Betelnut, a San Francisco restaurant featuring a Pan Asian fusion menu. It is located in the Cow Hollow section of the city. The restaurant’s bar is a bit of a “scene” kind of place, and is often crowded. Don’t let that put you off trying the dining room, however, or the [...]
Matchbook Monday: Joe DiMaggio's Restaurant
December 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
In San Francisco’s North Beach area (the Italian section of the city), you’ll find Joe DiMaggio’s Restaurant, today’s Matchbook Monday. It’s a chophouse, with a club-ish kind of feel to it. There are leather booths, dark wood, and photos of the Yankee Clipper on the wall. It’s a bit of a throw back to the [...]
Back from BlogHer ‘08
July 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Heading to San Francisco & BlogHer ‘08
July 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I’m headed to San Francisco later this week for a little fun with some of my blogging pals, and to attend BlogHer ‘08. I met some great people last year at BlogHer (in Chicago), and can’t wait to see all of you again. A big thanks to beauty blogger extraordinaire Christina Jones for convincing me [...]
Go By GoCar
May 5, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I’ve toured a city by car, bus, train, moped, bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, and on foot. Each mode of touring offers different options and varying perspectives on a city. Travelers in San Francisco and San Diego now have an additional choice on how to see the city — a GoCar. The GoCar is a talking 3-wheeled [...]
Browse Church Street Apothecary for the Usual and Unusual
March 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade
March 2, 2007 By Leave a Comment
San Francisco’s Chinese New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Boar (Lunar Year 4705), will begin on Saturday, March 3rd at 5:30 pm. The parade will start at 2nd & Market, ending in the heart of Chinatown. This parade is one of the few remaining illuminated Parades in the country, and is consistently named [...]
Top 150 Buildings in America
February 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The American Institute of Architects announced the results of its annual poll and named the top 150 favorite structures across the United States. Here are the Top Ten on the list: Empire State Building The White House Washington National Cathedral Thomas Jefferson Memorial Golden Gate Bridge U.S. Capitol Lincoln Memorial Biltmore Estates Chrysler Building Vietnam [...]
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