One thing I’ve learned about the weather in San Francisco, is that it varies greatly depending on what part of the city you live in. There can easily be a 20-degree variation, all at the same time, across the city.
Living in the Mission, one of the warmer, sunnier spots, is nice. It’s good for the mental health. It will be sunny while the rest of the city is shrouded in fog. I remember from the stint here as a summer missionary in 1998 that the summertime here can be chilly. I didn’t wear shorts the entire time.
But, oh, dear readers. not today. Today, my SFGate.com e-mail forecast predicted highs in the city ranging from the 60’s to the mid-90’s. A 20-or-so degree range for a forecast is typical here. Guess what part of the city is going to get the mid-90’s? You get one guess. So much for Mark Twain’s coldest winter ever spent…
I know all you Texans back home are laughing your heat-stroke-induced heads off at me, but remember two - no, three - things: (1) I’m greatly pregnant. (2) I don’t have air-conditioning. (3) We have huge windows that suck in all the light reflected off the next-door-white-building-6-feet-away-from-said-windows and we live on the top (4th) floor of our building (heat rises).
I’m going to have to leave the house all afternoon today with the munchkin. Please, a little sympathy.
see, see. live here long enough, and you will think this is hot too. it was really quite warm at work today, and then when i got home this afternoon, i think it was at least a five, if not ten, degree difference from russian hill to the mission.
mark twain’s a liar.