Ruth CarlsonRuth Carlson is a San Francisco resident who moved to the Bay area 43 years ago. After stints in the newsrooms at KRON-TV and KCBS she became an international travel writer. In this career she explored nakations, allowed her purse to be picked, and dscovered a Kentucky moonshiner in France. Her articles have been published in American Way, the American Airlines inflight magazine, BonAppetit, NUVO magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Jose Mercury News. Read More Read Less