Saturday-
Breakfast with Jan Johnson one of my early SF friends from SF State and publisher of Red Wheel Weiser books at the Fountain on 24th. Even better than expected on all fronts. The neighborhood in daylight as delightful as in the evening when I'd been before for readings at Alley Cat Books. Turns out Jan almost bought a house out here when she first moved to SF but ended up in the Richmond which give the number of decades was likely a better real estate bet. Even now the gentrification out there seems to be slower and less intense than the changes in my Alamo Square/NOPA neighborhood in the last couple of years (Falleti's, NOPA, Parish Trust, and now BiRite and the Mill competing for most hip). Then shopping at Alley Cat in search for book props for the son in laws play in LA (lots of light spined literary books please) which thanks to the bargain bin in front was a success followed by even more success at Community Thrift on Valencia where I collaterally scored a 1977 Rolling Stone Goodbye SF edition for $3- that was the best ever Emily Wilson surprise gift I could imagine.
Mid-Day slightly manic browse at Bolerium Boooks which a great Bruce Boone score, Karate Poem, and the temptation to come back for more later.
And then late after noon....Then Alvin's Noe Valley reading which was a weird church bake sale meets bookfair event but his reading was good and that Karl (KM Sonelheim) was there so some to chat with while they waited forever to start.
Then Yoga and now Blowdryers on the CD.
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