JURY COMMONS

We have been using this tiny walk-through park quite a bit lately, and believe it has undergone a change for the better. It is a couple blocks from the house, is generally very clean with gorgeous flower beds maintained by the friends of Jury Commons. The playground is tiny, only good for tots, not kids. It used to be pretty sketchy, never particularly threatening but sometimes unpleasant with the occasional junkie or creep. Sometimes there still is. Ah, San Francisco.

Big news: Ruth is entirely weaned. The first night, tears. The second night, tears. The third night, no tears. Even with the tears, bedtime each night only took an additional ten minutes. Once again, she has proved that worries about babies are often only in the gulag of her parent's imaginations.