Everybody who has ever lived in San Francisco has at least one story about an adventure on the city’s public transit. I, of course, have tons – many of them feature an inebriated co-passenger. For example, there’s the time a drunken octogenarian passed out in the seat next me, woke up, and made a clumsy and very unwanted pass...
read moreI’ve always loved Halloween. Maybe it’s because Halloween occurs during autumn, my favorite time of the year, or maybe because the whole idea of it drives the religious fundamentalists nuts. But I’ve loved it since the first time I put on a costume and rang a doorbell. I was dressed in a cute little zebra outfit my mom made...
read moreThe first family vacation I have any memories of was back in 1969. It was also the last time my entire family – all eight of us – vacationed together. I realize that for more than a few Q readers, seeing 1969 is like seeing 1850 or 1624, but I was 4 years old and we were celebrating my oldest brother’s high school...
read moreWhen I was a kid, barely older than Gus is now, I had this friend named Bobby. During fourth and fifth grades, we were pretty much inseparable. Bobby lived in the Allen Street Apartments in Midvale with his mom and big sister. His father was stationed with the Air Force somewhere back east. Bobby’s family fascinated me: his mother...
read moreI’ve been thinking about friendship a lot lately. It started with two email conversations with two close friends of mine. In the first, I was asked if there is such a thing as altruistic friendship, or is there always a value proposition between friends. The second dealt with whether a friend should reconsider a friendship based...
read moreOver the Memorial Day weekend, our friends Mike and Wendy took their girls camping. We were curious to find out how Kate and Erin had done, since we’ve talked about our families going camping together ever since Kate and Gus became friends in kindergarten. Taking the boys camping is something that we’ve wanted to do for a long...
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