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EDGE with Brandon WhiteSan Francisco's Urban Trails with Urban Hiker SF's Owner Alexandra KeninLearn how Alexandra got into urban hiking, started a company, wrote two books on urban hiking and some cool things to see on San Francisco's urban trails. ABOUT ALEXANDRA KENIN Alexandra is a Studio Chief at Wordsmithie, Inc., a content and design agency that serves clients in the tech, finance, healthcare, and other industries. She also runs Urban Hiker SF, a San Francisco-based tour company that explores the city’s stairways, hills, and trails. Through her experience building her company, she has hiked with thousands of guests and published tw...
2024-02-221h 11
Bay Area Book Festival PodcastTotal SF Book Club Live: Urban Hiking in San Francisco with Alexandra KeninAlexandra Kenin, Heather Knight, Peter Hartlaub Ever wonder where to find a hiker's rugged dream in the big bad city? Alexandra Kenin ("Urban Trails: San Francisco") has meticulously tracked all 70 miles of hiking trails and 220 parks in mainland San Francisco, Alcatraz, and the islands. In this special in-person edition of the San Francisco Chronicle's Total SF Book Club, get the scoop on our city's best-kept hiking secrets.
2022-08-1159 min
Girl Gotta Hike The Podcast23. Melissa "Click" Goodwin, Photographer + Founder of Girl Gotta HikeHello and welcome to Episode 23!This episode sounds a bit different than usual, because I’m the one who’s answering questions, while guest host Alexandra Kenin is the one asking them! Alexandra is the founder of Urban Hiker SF, an urban hiking tour company in San Francisco and author of two guidebooks, Urban Trails: San Francisco, and Urban Trails: East Bay. She is super passionate about getting out and exploring cities by foot, and she also happens to be a big fan of Girl Gotta Hike! Well I’m a big fan of her...
2022-07-0554 min
Travel Business Lounge | For Travel and Tour Entrepreneurs030: Creative B2B Networking Ideas For Any Tour BusinessToday I'm joined by Alexandra Kenin, who is the founder of Urban Hiker San Francisco. Her business model is super interesting because though we've had quite a few tour companies on the show now, their approach has been very different.
Even though Alex does offer her tours directly to consumers, a big focus of our conversation today was all about the B2B market and how she's grown her business through networking. And before you write this episode off because you think networking is a dirty word, I really want you to wait and hear it from...
2022-05-1736 min
The Body ServeSlippy CupIt was a wet, wild, and slipp(er)y first week at Wimbledon, which felled a 7-time champion within minutes and saw some electrifying home country heroes show out for their local fans. The faves in the men's draw have sauntered into week two, while a few top clay performers have continued their good form on the women's side. Special shout-outs to Ons Jabeur's stannable barfing moment, the more-fun-than-is-reasonable Venus Williams-Nick Kyrgios mixed doubles pairing, and great stuff from Shapo, Gauff, Samsonova, and more.
1:20 Upsets of Petra, Kenin, Andreescu, Tsitsipas (hey Frances!) -- were they *su...
2021-07-041h 18
Meant For YouAlexandra Kenin is Hiking and Writing Her Path to a Dream CareerWhen Alexandra Kenin realized her job was not allowing her to fully thrive, she found a way to combine her love of outdoor exploration with writing and crafted herself a dream career. Alexandra is the founder of Urban Hiker SF, Studio Chief and Senior Editor at Wordsmithie, and author of Urban Trails: San Francisco and Urban Trails: East Bay. In our conversation, Alexandra shares how she made her career transition and the strategies she used to get her tour business started. Alexandra also shares the steps she took to quickly and successfully publish her first book. If...
2020-10-0929 min
Total SFThe great stairways of San Francisco, with Alexandra Kenin | Total SFUrban Hiker founder Alexandra Kenin comes on Total SF to talk about her project personally climbing and documenting San Francisco's 900+ public stairways, and sharing some of her favorites. Hosts Peter Hartlaub and Heather Knight also ask Alexandra about coyote sightings, her favorite public restrooms and the most floors she's climbed in a day. See Alexandra's stairway project at Urbanhikerrsf.com.Produced by Peter Hartlaub. Music is "The Tide Will Rise" by the Sunset Shipwrecks off their album "Community" and cable car bell ringing by 8-time champion Byron Cobb. Learn more about your ad...
2020-09-2240 min
Girl Gotta Hike The Podcast09. Alexandra Kenin, Founder Urban Hiker SFOn episode 9, Melissa takes you with her to San Francisco, California where she goes for a hike inside the city with West Coast hiking guide and kindred spirit, Alexandra Kenin, founder of Urban Hiker SF, an urban hiking tour company and author of two incredible guidebooks, Urban Trails San Francisco and Urban Trails East Bay. Since 2012, Alexandra has been helping visitors and locals alike explore the stairways, hills and hiking trails of beautiful San Francisco. Melissa caught up with Alexandra at a coffee shop in the Glen Park neighborhood of San Francisco and from there they went o...
2020-07-011h 22
Making Ways: The Art of MusicOne Year of Making Ways: 50 Creators, Artists, and Entrepreneurs on Navigating Your Creative Career PathIt’s time to celebrate one year of Making Ways podcast! 50 creative minds, 50 career journeys, 50 compelling conversations…50 episodes. Over the past year, host, marketer, and illustrator Rob Goodman has sat down with creatives of all stripes to discuss the winding journeys to their most fulfilling careers. Our guests have navigated unexpected paths and come out on the other side to share pitfalls, lessons learned, and amazing advice. These learnings can help any creative-minded professional pursue a career that will bring them joy—and have an oversized impact on their communities too. In today’s episode, we look back at some of the i...
2018-04-1342 min
Making Ways: The Art of MusicAlexandra Kenin, Marketer and Founder of Urban Hiker SFAlexandra Kenin joins the show to share how she left the corporate track to carve out her own independent path amongst the trees and parks of San Francisco as founder of Urban Hiker. Alexandra grew up in the suburbs of New Jersey before making her way to an MBA from the Wharton School. It was her time at business school that opened up the opportunity to join Google where she worked as a marketing manager for 5 years before ditching the 9 to 5 to start her own hiking company. On this episode Alexandra discusses her debut book Urban Trails: San Francisco and the...
2017-11-1031 min
The Sharing Economy Archives - Side Hustle Nation193: Getting Paid to Show Off Your City: How to Start a Tour Guide Side HustleOn any given weekend in San Francisco, out of earshot from the barking harbor seals at Pier 39 and the clang of the cable cars, a small group of urban hikers are exploring the city from a different vantage point. For three hours, they walk, climb, and even slide their way through historic neighborhoods and scenic outlooks.
They’re led by Alexandra Kenin, or one of her carefully selected guides, and have paid $49 apiece for this unique travel experience. Alexandra runs UrbanHikerSF.com on the side from her day job as a content writer and editor.
More than 1000 people take her ur...
2016-09-1500 min
The Side Hustle Show193: Getting Paid to Show Off Your City: How to Start a Tour Guide Side HustleOn any given weekend in San Francisco, out of earshot from the barking harbor seals at Pier 39 and the clang of the cable cars, a small group of urban hikers are exploring the city from a different vantage point. For three hours, they walk, climb, and even slide their way through historic neighborhoods and scenic outlooks. They’re led by Alexandra Kenin, or one of her carefully selected guides, and have paid $49 apiece for this unique travel experience. Alexandra runs UrbanHikerSF.com on the side from her day job as a content writer and editor. More than 1000 people take he...
2016-09-1536 min
Today's Leading Women with Marie Grace Berg ~ Real Stories. Real Inspiration. Real Take-aways. 7-Days A Week!488: ALEXANDRA Kenin of Urban Hiker SF: Providing Urban Hiking In San FranciscoALEXANDRA Kenin, is the founder of Urban Hiker SF, an urban hiking tour company that helps people explore the stairways, hills, and hiking trails of San Francisco while they learn the history of the City.
Inspired by the Stairway Walks book that her father bought her after buying herself a one-way ticket to the west, Alexandra would take off to explore her new home on foot. One fateful day, a native San Franciscan friend brought her on a walk to the Embarcadero via the Vallejo and Filbert Street Steps.
Alexandra loved the views from by...
2015-06-3000 min