Blogs by Destination - San Francisco

Check-In: A Private Alamo Square Home

Check In

North America

San Francisco-based prop stylist Rosy is in the business of creating beautiful spaces–and her Victorian home in the Alamo Square/Lower Haight is no exception. With dark douglas fir floors and architectural elements like curved glass windows in the turret and high ceilings with intricate crown moldings, the interior is awash in bright whites, every shade of ivory and muted earth tones, prov...

HER GUIDE: An Insider's Guide to Marin County

Eliza Sarasohn / 07.26.10 /

City Guides

North America

Vikki and Dianne — founders of super cool San Francisco tour agency Carried Away — know the Bay Area like the back of their hand. Their fabulously unconventional outings lead visitors across the city and beyond to discover the hidden gems, local haunts, and cutting edge new hotspots that give San Francisco its inimitable spark. In this edition of HER GUIDE, the dynamic duo share their top...

Finding Nemo

Kena Frank / 11.11.09 /

Away We Go

Pixar couldn't have dreamed this place up. Featuring one of the world's largest living coral reef displays, a four-story living rainforest dome, a swamp inhabited by an albino alligator, a planetarium and a living roof, the newly re-opened California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park is a must-see. The aquarium alone—housing thousands of fish, sharks, rays, reptiles, amphibians and i...

Pot of Gold: SF’s New Honey Shop

Kena Frank / 05.01.09 /

Away We Go

My daughter was enthralled with the little bee hive we saw on display at the Randall the other day, so I decided to swing by the new beekeeping shop, Her Majesty’s Secret Beekeeper, with her. (To taste honey—we have no grand ambitions of beekeeping in our backyard.) It’s a beautiful little shop in the Mission that sells an array of honey (lots of it is local) and beekeeping gear, alon...