Poole - Frommers San Francisco 2012

About the Authors

Matthew Poole, a native Californian and San Francisco resident, has authored more than two dozen travel guides to California, Hawaii, and abroad, and is a regular contributor to radio and television travel programs. Before becoming a full-time travel writer and photographer, he worked as an English tutor in Prague, a ski instructor in the Swiss Alps, and a scuba instructor in Maui and Thailand. His other titles include Frommers California, Frommers Irreverent Guide to San Francisco, Frommers San Francisco Day by Day, and Frommers San Francisco Free & Dirt Cheap. You can follow Matthews weekly blog posts about travel adventures in Northern California at LocalGetaways.com.

A native San Franciscan, Erika Lenkert divides her time between San Francisco and Napa Valley, where she is forever seeking the next best restaurant, hotel room, and fun way to savor the region. She frequently writes Every Day with Rachael Ray party guides and offers up tasty local tips on the region for other various magazines. In her spare time she tours the region with her husband, Colie, and daughter, Viva, and authors books, such as The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining; The Real Deal Guide to Pregnancy; and Healthy Eating During Pregnancy.

From tracking gorillas in Rwanda to scuba diving with sharks during a South Pacific cyclone, there's not much Kristin Luna won't do for the sake of a story. Kristin has written guidebooks for Frommer's and Globe Pequot Press and was a former contributing writer for Newsweek, Forbes Traveler, and the Travel Channel. She also freelances for Islands, Robb Report, Sherman's Travel, Destination Weddings & Honeymoons, the San Francisco Chronicle, Toronto Globe & Mail, Real Simple, Glamour, Self, and more.

Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge the following people for their time and effort in helping me complete this 2012 edition: Kristin Luna, David Lytle, Katy Connor, Erika Lenkert, Yigit Pura, Eugenio Jardim, Heklina, and my unflappable editor, Stephen Bassman.

Matthew Poole

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