What words say and mean are important, but how they are presented with images and beautiful photos truly make them stand out. Such in the case with The Bold Italic – one of the web’s premiere sites for exploring what makes San Francisco tick. With a keen eye for graphic design, illustration and telling one […]
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San Francisco’s Bold Italic
February 19th, 2013 · No Comments · Reviews, Travel News
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San Francisco on the Blogs
November 12th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Reviews, san francisco, Travel News
This week, we dived into a few excellent blogs that have some wonderfully useful and interesting posts from halfway across the world to right in our San Francisco backyard. Knowing where to look is key to getting the best travel tips, trick and stories out there. Jetting Around It’s always great to get the perspective […]
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Spotlight Review: Best Kids Apps for iPhone / iPad
October 4th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Travel Apps, Travel News
As any parent with small children knows, traveling can be a real headache. With flight delays, long hours in the car and not much to do, kids grow bored quickly, leaving many of us scratching our heads looking for answers. Luckily, with the arrival of smart phones, parents have a few more tools at their […]
Tags: android·applications·apps·ipad·iphone
Choosing between LA and SF: 9 Reasons to Head to San Francisco
September 4th, 2012 · 10 Comments · Travel News, West Coast Cities
So, I hear some of you are wondering whether to head to LA or San Francisco for your next family vacation. I’m not gonna say it’s a no brainer — I don’t know your life. Maybe you want to see Disneyland, in which case why not just go full throttle and head to Disney […]
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Visit Star Wars Lucasfilm in San Francisco
January 24th, 2012 · 15 Comments · Activities, One Day Tours, Presidio, Travel News
Attention Star Wars nerds – I have found the mother land, and it is in the Presidio. Taking up three square miles on the northern coast of San Francisco, the Presidio is an old army post that dates back to 1776. You may have hiked along its ragged cliffs to Baker Beach or driven through […]
Top Ten San Francisco Travel Websites: 2011 Edition
January 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Travel News, Travel StartUps
If you Google for “San Francisco travel”, you’ll find so many millions of sites that your brain might crash just looking at them. However, there are only a handful of sites that are truly high quality, unique, and comprehensive for people who are seeking useful travel information. We ranked sites based on their overall […]
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Keeping Kids Happy on Long Airplane Flights
September 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Travel News, Traveling with Kids
As both a father and frequent traveler, it’s fun to share the magic of travel with our children – and a challenge to keep them happy and amused. Having experienced the spectrum from sleeping children on a flight cross-country to screaming children on a flight cross-continent, I am always searching for ways to keep kids […]
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San Francisco’s Experience of a Lifetime…
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · san francisco, Travel News, Travel StartUps
For years, tour bus companies have driven a rut through the same San Francisco attractions. From the Golden Gate Bridge, to Muir Woods and Napa Valley – commoditized, often boring tours have become the norm. For visitors to San Francisco looking for something different with a personal touch – a new service called Skyara is […]
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Seventh Grader Writes Popular Book on Twins
January 16th, 2011 · No Comments · san francisco, Shopping, Travel News, Traveling with Kids
Danville, Calif., February 14, 2011 – The fifth book in the My Friend Paris Series, Paris Goes to San Francisco, is now available at booksellers nationwide. It joins “I’m Having Twins” , “My Twins Are Coming Home”, “My Twins’ First Birthday” and “Paris Goes to Lake Tahoe”. These books are based on the real-life experiences […]
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Hotel Overbooking: Don’t Let It Happen To You
May 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Hotel Reviews, Travel News
Have you ever arrived at your hotel only to be told that you didn’t really book a room there? If so, you might have thought that you were getting forgetful, thinking that you’d secured your room when really you hadn’t. The truth may be something else entirely. You might be a victim of hotel overbooking. […]