The San Francisco Citizen

These valet parkers standing in front of San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park look a little cold. The temperature is in the fifties and the wind is swirling around. That can feel like freezing if you’re not ready for it so that gives rise to the famous “coldest winter I ever saw was the summer I spent in San Francisco” quote.  

But it never snows in summer in San Francisco, so it’s not all that bad. And you can always look forward to October, when average temperatures are higher than those in June. Stay warm!

The winds in San Francisco don’t quite know which way to blow at the busy intersection where Market, Polk, Fell and 10th streets meet up.

 As often as not, the flags there blow in opposite directions.  Click to expand:

Have a great summer.

Despite what you might have heard, the summer of 2008 starts today, June 20, at 4:59 PM. This is the our favourite season’s earliest start since 1896. Could global warming be responsible?

Courage.

Apple retail stores are offering four free workshops that are recommended for kids ages 8 to 12 this summer. Sign them up today! But hurry, as spaces are filling up right now.

Is this how they will greet your tweens when they arrive at the three-hour workshops in July? We can only hope.

Talk with your young ‘uns and pick two of the following:

Apple is the new Borg - the sooner your kids realize that, the better. Give in.

See you there!