From Golden Gate Park to Union Square
The beautiful weather is continuing in San Francisco, and on Tuesday I joined a segway tour in Golden Gate Park. I actually had a nice ride on a city bus for once: #28 which passes […]
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A visit of the Castro and Dolores Park
The Castro On a sunny Saturday morning, I joined another San Francisco City Guides tour, this time to the Castro Village. (I did Chinatown with them last week.) The Castro Village was one of the […]
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The San Francisco Ferry Building
At the stroke of noon on Thursday, I arrived at San Francisco’s Ferry Building, located along the Embarcadero at the foot of Market Street. The historical Ferry Building is now a public marketplace which houses gourmet shops […]
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A walking tour of San Francisco’s Chinatown
San Francisco has the largest Chinatown outside of Asia, and the oldest in North America. On Saturday morning I joined a City Guides walking tour through San Francisco’s Chinatown. City Guides is a non-profit, primarily […]
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House-sitting in San Francisco
Alex, Amelia and I share a two-bedroom condo apartment in Pacific Heights, an upscale neighbourhood of San Francisco. Alex is the explorer, while Amelia is more shy and quiet. But they both stare at me […]
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Lokafy this! Rent a friend in Toronto
On a cool and blustery afternoon that felt more like October than August, I met Nicolas, my Lokafy guide, in the middle of Toronto’s financial district. Despite the choice of meeting point, Nicolas looked nothing […]
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My favourite cheap eats in Old Town Toronto
Old Town, in the southeastern corner of downtown Toronto, is where the city was born a couple of hundred years ago. It is home to many historical buildings such as the St-Lawrence Market and the […]
