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Wildcat Canyon - Exploring the trails of the dog-friendly East Bay
Distance: 6.8 milesElevation Gain: 1,055 feetHigh Point: 1060 feetDifficulty: Moderate to ChallengingTime: 2 hours 45 minutesFitness: Walkers, hikers, runnersFamily Friendly: Parents with small...
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Tilden Regional Park - The Seaview and Big Springs Loop
Distance: 3.6 milesElevation Gain: 740 feet High Point: 1,630 feet Difficulty: Moderate Time: 1 hour 15 minutesFitness: Walkers, hikers, runners Family Friendly: Yes Dog Friendly: Yes, off-leash...
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Visiting San Francisco's SIX Mosaic Stairways
San Francisco is home to six beautiful mosaic stairways (see map here), but they were all inspired by one. The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps Project (2005)The16th Avenue Tiled Steps project began in early...
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Five (Plus) Books for People Who Live in and Love San Francisco
When I moved to San Francisco in 2007, my dad got me a copy of that year's San Zagat restaurant guide and a copy of Stairway Walks in San Francisco. These books became part of a growing collection of...
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Tilden Nature Area: Laurel Canyon Trail to Wildcat Peak
Distance: 3.2 milesElevation Gain: 700 feetHigh Point: 1,180 feetDifficulty: Moderate Time: 2 hoursFitness: Walkers, hikersFamily Friendly: Yes, families who can’t hike too far can still visit the...
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Redwood Regional Park - West Ridge Trail, Stream Trail, East Ridge Trail
Distance: 3.5 milesElevation Gain: 690 feetHigh Point: 1,330 feetDifficulty: ModerateTime: 1 hour and 45 minutesFitness: Hikers, walkers, runners Family Friendly: Dog Friendly: Dogs are allowed under...
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Oakland Urban Wine Trail
Distance: 3.0 milesElevation Gain: 10 feetHigh Point: 30 feetDifficulty: EasyTime: 2 ½ hours including stops at wineriesFitness: Walkers, hikersFamily Friendly: Yes. The tasting rooms allow children in...
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Quarantine wanderings, i.e. getting reacquainted wtih your neighborhood...
It's been a LONG time since I posted. So long that in fact that since that last post, I have given birth to two babies: one human and one paperback. Being a mom has been wonderful, but I do feel like I...
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Play tourist in your own town: Go on a sea lion "hunt."
Lockdown day 1,000,000. Let's face it, it's going to be a long time before any of us go on a vacation with a plane, so I'm trying to get good at being a tourist in my own town. On the Sunday before...
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The Best Places to Take Photos of the Golden Gate Bridge: SF Edition
Whether you're a tourist, an SF noob, or an old-timer (like I'm becoming 😱), we all want the same thing: killer photos of the Golden Gate Bridge 🌉. After 13 years in this city (and 8 of them guiding...
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My Corona Quest: Documenting all of San Francisco's ~1000 public stairways.
In mid-March 2020, the coronavirus began spreading rapidly across the United States, and here in San Francisco we were the first city in the country to go into lockdown. We were supposed to stay at...
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Three hiking podcasts to check out now
I hike by myself...a lot...especially during COVID. While sometimes I like to just take in the surroundings, many times I like to listen to podcasts. Luckily for us there are a number of great hiking...
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The top 14 sights I visited and re-visited in 2022
December's always a good time to reflect on the past year and see how much you've learned, seen, and done. In this post, I'm sharing 14 places I visited or re-visited over the past year to motivate you...
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