Thank you internets God. This thread has made a glum day glad. I feel so gay. Oh, and…

Dear Juanito,
You are right.
San Francisco is actually the best city in North America. And I am well-traveled Canadian. Please to provide instruction as to how to acquire gainful employment in SF so as to be able to enjoy the fruits of the city, so to speak.

Hal, I'm gonna go ahead and agree with Soybomb. Exactly. You want to relegate her in the Old Lady Writer category but the writing and human observational skill transcends. Also, she's real good at catching the WASPy uptightness of small town Canada. In a way that you actually want to read about, that is.