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John A. Vlahides – Co-founder and Editor A native New Yorker, John lives in San Francisco, where he writes about travel in California and the west. He is a former luxury-hotel concierge and member of the prestigious Les Clefs d’Or, the Paris-based union of the world’s elite concierges. He speaks French fluently and holds a degree in classic French cooking from La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in Paris, where he worked as an interpreter and studied with the same chefs who trained Julia Child.

John’s work has been published by Lonely Planet, Fodor’s, Condé Nast, Sunset, San Francisco, Out Traveler, Genre Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, SF Weekly, Miami Herald, and the New York Times. On television, he formerly co-produced a quick-vacations travel segment, called “One Night Stands with John Vlahides,” on San Francisco’s KRON 4 News Weekend. He has appeared as a travel expert on CNN Live Today, ABC7’s View from the Bay, as well as on various international and local radio programs, including Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s ABC Overnights and the Bay Area’s KFOG Morning Show.

When not talking travel, John sings tenor with the Grammy Award-winning San Francisco Symphony Chorus, one of the few full-season symphony choruses in America. He spends his free time downhill-skiing and hiking the Sierra, touring the West Coast by motorcycle, and sunning on the beach beneath the Golden Gate Bridge.

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