Here’s what I enjoyed on my first visit to Treasure Island
A ferry ride away, Treasure Island is a mishmash of urban development and eerie desolation, nice wineries alongside abandoned military buildings....
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Why I love Russian Hill
If the Mission is hipsters, the Marina is yuppies, SOMA is techies, and the Haight is hippies, Russian Hill is just a bunch of great people coming together....
Disney’s love affair with San Francisco and Tokyo
“San Fransokyo” is friggin’ adorable, from the relentlessly bouncy J-pop beats to the bright Baymax-themed Japanese lanterns strung overhead....
So I visited the last Blockbuster on the planet, and all I got was this t-shirt
If you didn’t know: There is only one Blockbuster Video left on planet Earth. It is in Bend, Oregon, and it’s a relic of a bygone era when the country had more than 9,000 locations....
There’s an exact replica of San Francisco in Japan, and it’s weird
We dive into the eerie replica of our foggy city in Osaka....
Falling For The 1
The new 1 Hotel San Francisco offers a unique sense of calm I’ve been covering travel for awhile now....
Bad Ideas for Metro Growth
Historic preservation? I snapped the above photo on a visit to our nation’s capitol, where height limits for building...
The Secret Story of the Disappeared in the Bowels of Underground Transit
The man who never returned was not there. But when I was lost — almost forever — ‘neath the streets of San...
Ululani’s Serves the Best Shave Ice on Maui
And it’s a family business...
3 Car-Free San Francisco Day Trips That Save Gas
Spoiler alert: You don’t need a car to venture out of SF...
On the Things You Carry and the Things You Leave
The objects and objectives of travel are subject to mysterious forces — and sometimes cosmic jokes...
Big Sur: Beauty and Bliss in My Own Backyard
The world is filled with startlingly lovely places; I’m grateful one is just 90 minutes away...