After another day of hiking and relaxing, I said my farewells and took the Caltrain to the big city of San Fran. Am I the only one for whom San Francisco and Rice-A-Roni are inextricably intermixed? Anyhow, I met Jamie, my old neighbor on Bainbridge, who has had a fabulous career as an environmental engineer — her research takes her to exotic locales to study their coral reeds. She and her partner Chris are avid triathletes, so it was great to meet people who actually brought up barefoot running before seeing my toe-shoes, and who are not daunted by a 20 minute walk to their favorite restaurant! Unfortunately the restaurant was closed, so we walked right back again and feasted at the Thai place in their apartment building.

They kindly gave me a lift to Iggy’s lovely townhouse (vaguely) near the Mission, and we spent a mellow evening watching TV shows on Iggy’s computer. He introduced me to the geek-spy show Chuck and the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which features Doctor Horrible and Willow, and in this particular episode, the hypnotically cute teacup pig. Girls cannot resist the teacup pig! ALL GLORY TO THE TEACUP PIG!