Urban Girl Almanac: Winter, Summer

It’s been another very busy week in San Francisco. We went to the movies, hosted a dinner party, played ukulele and got a lot of sleep. Pretty much perfect! Here’s what I learned:

• Everyone should visit San Francisco!
• Go see Live Free or Die Hard, it’s fun.
• If you love fall, and it feels like fall, why not just pretend it really is fall.
• Weather is such a unifying topic.
• Skinning chicken makes me feel sort of tough and French-like.
• Coq au vin: Easy and delicious. Even better the next day.
• It’s much easier to walk 1.5 miles to work and back in sneakers than low heels.
• Still enjoying Coupling.
• Black licorice scotty dogs are a good work snack.
• I might have found a buyer for the Miata, keep your fingers crossed.
• I can sort of play Clementine and Amazing Grace on the ukulele with Rob.
• I kind of like washing dishes (we don’t have a dishwasher and Rob usually does them).
• Any city dweller should appreciate this version of Aesop’s fables from the New Yorker.
• Jean and I also love this column on urban botany clubs from the latest issue. Jean, because of the ferns. Me, because I like anything involving “founded in Victorian times.”
• The New Yorker is so great.

Rob and I are going to the climbing gym and then picking up the apartment tonight. Tomorrow, Nicole is coming into the city early, Rob’s friend Seth is coming for a visit and Margaret will be joining us on Sunday. I love a full house!