Today marks my one-year San Franciscoversary, and I like to think I’ve learned a few things about this complex but amazing city, beyond your basic “DON’T CALL IT SAN FRAN” citywide mandate.

1. People who live here mark the passage of time by commenting on all the restaurants that have closed, and the inferiority of what has replaced it.
   
2. Some parts of the city smell like pee. Some parts smell like flowers. Sometimes at the same time.
   
3. It only took me a year to compulsively carry a light jacket or hoodie with me where ever I go. No matter how hot it is. BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW.
   
4. If you wear a bright blue article of clothing, people assume you’re a huge Warriors fan and are suuuuper nice to you.
   
5. There are incredible breathtaking views at the end of so many streets.
   
6. Even for someone with as much privilege as I have, it takes an enormous amount of intention to live here. It takes a lot of energy to move around this tiny, 49 square-mile city among 850,000 of your neighbors.
   
7. It’s worth it. And I still have so much to learn.

andymated:

When you’re warm and cozy in bed and your cat is hungry.

andymated:

When your BFF is deep in thought and makes fart noises without noticing and you can’t notice anything BUT the noises.

noelle2371:

This is clearly a very serious space show about professionals traveling across the galaxy.