San Francisco with Camille, Part 1 (August 13, 2022)

Breakfast with Camille in a restaurant with no office space. Desk is set up outside the restrooms, with the file cabinet and printer in one of the restrooms. 

You know you're in San Francisco when you see a flower-laden VW bus. This photo is for you, Brandy.

View from the Poetry Room in the City Lights bookstore. In 2001, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors made City Lights an official historic landmark – the first time this had been granted to a business, rather than a building – citing the organization for "playing a seminal role in the literary and cultural development of San Francisco and the nation." It recognized the bookstore as "a landmark that attracts thousands of book lovers from all over the world because of its strong ambiance of alternative culture and arts", and it acknowledged City Lights Publishers for its "significant contribution to major developments in post-World War II literature."

At the Zodiac Wall. My Chinese zodiac sign is the snake, the symbol of wisdom. They are intelligent and wise. They are good at communication but say little. Snakes are usually regarded as great thinkers. I like being a snake.

Fruits and vegetables I'd never seen and have no idea how to prepare

Crimping fortune cookies at the Golden Gate Fortune Cookies Co.

Dim sum