By the Bay, By the Bay, By the Beautiful Bay, Part 2

Rich drove fast. We were cruising on occasion at 95 MPH. He is a superb driver. Some people can do it. Some even like it. He loved to take the curves…


By the Bay, By the Bay, By the Beautiful Bay, Part 1

I lived on Potrero Hill not far from a grand Victorian owned by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. In a little closet I slept, rented from an activist who drank…