San Francisco's Chinatown, my travel guide app for IPhone and IPod Touches, is available now on iTunes. It includes more than
50 places in this historic neighborhood of San Francisco, which has been the heart of the city's large Chinese community since the Gold Rush.
The app contains descriptions of small, tucked-away dim sum parlors, elegant seafood restaurants, the narrow alleyways that locals have used for
generations to quickly wind their way through the neighborhood and avoid the tourist traffic, historic sites, unique and not-so-unique shops, quiet temples and hidden museums.
The app also features interactive maps that you can use as you're exploring Chinatown and more than 150 photographs so that you can plot your
trip before you leave home. The app's for sale for .99 cents, through iTunes.
My Ferry Building and Embarcadero Tour
I spent several Saturdays earlier this summer nibbling my way through the San Francisco Ferry Building and its farmers' market, walking the Embarcadero, soaking up the area's history and discovering some lovely new places to wander.
The result is a download-able program of color photographs and information for a do-it-yourself tour. It was produced by Visual Travel Tours, a California-based company that specializes in these types of offerings, hiring writers and photographers all over the world for their insiders' perspectives of well-known destinations.
I spent several Saturdays earlier this summer nibbling my way through the San Francisco Ferry Building and its farmers' market, walking the Embarcadero, soaking up the area's history and discovering some lovely new places to wander.
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