The Assalino Edit

Hi, I'm Sarah — San Francisco based, chronically curious, and always taking notes. I built this site because I got tired of starting every trip from scratch, and because I wanted one place to send friends when they ask where to stay or eat.

Everything here is somewhere I've actually been. I show up, I rate it, and I write it down — the keepers and the ones I'd skip. Nothing's sponsored, nothing's ranked for clicks. Just my running list of what felt worth going back to, from hole-in-the-wall coffee shops to the hotels worth planning a whole trip around.

Can't decide where to go? Ask the concierge. It reads my notes and finds the places that match what you're after.

A personal archive of global discovery