first 24 hours (and then some)

Wow.  It's barely been 24 hours back in San Francisco, and I've already accomplished so much.

Things kicked off with seats in a luxury suite at AT&T Park (which I still call Pac Bell Park).  Lauren's firm booked an incredible suite with an open bar and unending supply of sliders, sausages of all varieties, nachos, cookies and fruit.  It was also a sold-out game where the Giants, victims of Barry Zito's poor pitching, fell to the Oakland A's.  Memorable moment: when the sprinklers turned on in the middle of the ninth inning, during the pitcher's windup.

Today (Saturday) has been a busy day.  After dropping Lauren off at SFO, I hit up Tartine Bakery.  Then Howard picked up Nan, Kari and I with his Zipcar and we went to Shanghai House for lunch.  Then the North Beach Festival where a bunch of us split lobster rolls at the Lobster Shack.  Finally, Nan and I came back to the Mission, but not before sampling a prok vegetable bun in Chinatown, and ice cream at Bi-Rite.