My friend Luke was in town this weekend for his brother's wedding, so we took advantage of the last couple of days to hang out and catch up. We first met at NC State in the computer science department -- he has taken the academic route by working on his PhD at MIT in computer science, while I came out west to make my fortune in the dot-com craze. Who was the smarter one? (ha!)
We had a very San Francisco weekend the last two days: Went to a BBQ for Nick's birthday at Crissy Field (a beautiful day which gave us great views of the Golden Gate Bridge and downtown SF and sunburned faces to show for it), then bar hopping in the Casto (Badlands, Cafe, Midnight Sun, Whisky Bar), dinner at Cha Cha Cha in the Haight (sangrias and tapas... yum!). Today we took a load of boxes and furniture over to my storage place in Alameda (free labor), then had lunch at Sam's in Tiberon (still sunny, but with sunblock this time), and visited Muir Woods (giant redwoods and tourists from Kansas).
So the last 24 hours have held a lot of "San Francisco Moments" for me. I know I will miss SF enough that I will eventually want to come back after my upcoming detour. Who I will be, when it will be, and what will be waiting for me remains to be seen.
