4.26.02 – come back from san francisco

it’s very easy to be nostalgic for a place that you get to drop in, visit, and escape before dealing with any of the logistical complexities inherent in city life. my trip to the bay area had nearly all the requisite pieces: much eating-of-the-avocado/crepes/sushi/fresh fruit, sunshine sunshine sunshine, i prodded, photographed and generally harassed jellyfish on the shore at stinson beach, talked politics w/ my brother, did the Daily crossword in the shade behind the stanford coffee house, sat up late drinking wine with lauren, had a haircut at glamarama, saw the dr who’s working on my neck, played with lauren’s kitties, rode the MUNI with its usual dose of freaks, did a little damage to my credit card in union square, climbed to the top of russian hill and gazed at the city and the bridge and the bay glittering in the darkness.