Jenna Scatena, Condé Nast Traveler

Jenna Scatena

Condé Nast Traveler

San Francisco, CA, United States

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • Condé Nast Traveler
  • Modern Luxury Manhattan
  • Travel + Leisure
  • SF Chronicle

Past articles by Jenna:

Post-Lockdown, Istanbul's Residents Are Embracing Empty Palaces and Sunset Dance Parties

The Turkish city is looking ahead—and hoping to lure travelers that can't make it to Europe this summer. → Read More

For Americans Abroad, the Level 4 Travel Advisory Could Impact Insurance

The U.S. has effectively deemed every country in the world high-risk. → Read More

The Unlikely New Dance Scene Sweeping Istanbul

Istanbul is home to a booming swing dancing revival—and the trend is now starting to spread across the rest of Turkey. → Read More

Why Doha Is Much More Than a Stopover Destination

Here's where to eat, drink, stay, and play in Qatar's capital. → Read More

14 Best Seafood in San Francisco

Our top recommendations for the best seafood restaurants in San Francisco, California, with pictures, reviews, and details. Find the best in dining based on location, cuisine, price, view, and more. → Read More

15 Best Places for Chinese Food in San Francisco

Our top recommendations for the best Chinese restaurants in San Francisco, California, with pictures, reviews, and details. Find the best in dining based on location, cuisine, price, view, and more. → Read More

Six Sonoma Day Trips That Bring Paradise to the North Bay

Six Sonoma Day Trips That Bring Paradise to the North Bay → Read More

Inside San Francisco's Industrial Mission District

For decades, the eastern side of San Francisco’s Mission District has housed industrial warehouses, wedged between the trendier parts of the Mission and residential Potrero Hill. But recently, many of the city’s craftspeople and artisans have been moving in. → Read More

Oman holiday: Road trip reveals culture shaped by the land

The dune I’m sitting on is the color and consistency of sifted wheat flour. In its grooves are impressions from everyone around me: the long bare feet of my bedouin guide; the deep crescent hoofs of his camels; tick marks from small desert birds, beetles and iridescent scorpions. Nothing comes through this desert without leaving its mark,” my guide says, refilling my cup with saffron tea, “Not… → Read More

Trendy district is Santa Rosa’s newest destination

Just west of Santa Rosa Avenue’s long drag of psychics, tattoo parlors and car lots is Sonoma County’s next big destination neighborhood. “I wanted to bring a community restaurant to the neighborhood, with an open kitchen and a rectangular bar that let people talk to their neighbor instead of staring at a wall of liquor,” Liza Hinman says, sitting on a bench in front of her restaurant, the… → Read More

San Francisco’s Best Under-the-Radar Beach Escapes

Five awesome under-the-radar beach towns an hour from San Francisco. → Read More

Five Ways to Recover from 2015 in San Francisco

As the new year starts, it's all about the R&R in the city by the bay. → Read More

Nine Totally Free Things to do in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve

Ringing in 2016 doesn't have to mean breaking the bank. Here are totally free ways to celebrate New Year's in San Francisco. → Read More

The Seven Most Underrated Things to do in San Francisco

Our picks for San Francisco's most underrated things to do. → Read More

How to Spend a Perfect Christmas Day in San Francisco

In town for the holidays this year? Here's how to have the perfect Christmas Day in San Francisco. → Read More

San Francisco’s Eight Most Over-Rated Things to do

San Francisco is no stranger to tourist traps, but some on this list might surprise you. Read on for our picks. → Read More

Designer Jonathan Rachman On the Travel-Inspired Goods in His New Store

San Francisco designer Jonathan Rachman talks his travel store, and the international home goods he's selling in his new store. Read on for details. → Read More

New San Francisco Bar Has Largest Gin Selection in North America

This week San Francisco opens Whitechapel, a new bar in the Tenderloin that claims to have the largest gin selection in North America. Read on for the details. → Read More

San Francisco Is All About the Day of the Dead

Come this weekend, San Franciscans will be coming out in droves to celebrate Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday. Read on for details on where to go and what to do. → Read More

Seven Seasonal Cocktails that Celebrate Fall in San Francisco

Popular as it is, the pumpkin spice latte is not the only drink that signals fall. We’ve found seven local, seasonal cocktails in San Francisco that celebrate autumn perfectly. → Read More