Category: Neighborhood Guides

A little piece of my heart and soul will always belong to San Francisco and despite moving out of the area and settling into Phoenix, I will still visit. San Francisco is a thriving, ever-changing city, one that takes...

I get lots of questions about San Francisco so I decided to put together all the posts that I’ve written about one of the best cities in the world so that you’ll have the information in one place. (You’re...

Just because I left San Francisco to go on a sabbatical, doesn’t mean I don’t have this contagious city on my mind. After ten months on the road, the closest thing to quenching my overwhelming desire for the culinary...

Everybody dreams of little by the water and while San Francisco is on the bay and there is access to it from several areas in the city, the best place to be near it up close is to be...

I have been going to Hayes Valley once a month for the last 7 years. My amazing, adorable and very talented hairstylist has his shop in this neighborhood right across the street from SF Jazz. It is an eclectic...

I met Sean Timberlake, Founder, Punk Domestics at Blogher14 in San Jose. I was waiting to have a blog critique from the talented Annaliese Zijderveld (I recently shared her fabulous new book, Steeped in J’adore #60), when in walked...

I know very little about Portola, pronounced Port-o-la if you are a 4th generation San Franciscan like my friend Kathleen or Por-tow-la if you are everyone else! But that’s why I really love this series, I meet locals like...

North Beach is an area of San Francisco that I always seem to be driving through and not actually stopping in. It’s a shame because besides the old-school Italian food and cafe scene (and Chinese as well, as Chinatown...

I have not spent a lot of time in Pacific Heights, just popped in and out a few times to try out restaurants. I would really like to house-sit for someone who lives in the area of San Francisco,...

I love Potrero Hill. For five years I worked at Dolby Laboratories located in this area. Currently, Dolby is moving to the mid-Market area of town, but for many, many years (and when I worked there) the offices were...

Time for another edition of the San Francisco Profiles series and I am really excited about this one! The Mission is an area I have very little knowledge of and yet I know it is one of the most...

It has been so fun doing this series! I am getting to know all my friends’ secret hideouts! San Francisco is such an amazing city, one that is ever-changing and I love discovering a new little corner every week....