In front of Papalote.

It’s 7 a.m., 47° and headed to 60°. Details for the next 10 days are here.

Carbs trending. Has anyone else noticed a proliferation of sausage and heavily carb/fat food in the Mission? This concoction on Mission Mission is the latest proof.  But the Mission seems to have moved right from burritos to sausages including those at Rosamunde, Pig and Pie, Schmidt’s and the newest place to indulge, the Guatemalan Los Shucos on 22nd Street. It is another tech symptom — young men with high metabolism.

Letter writing. A lost art, but one that Papa Llama will help you return to. The press and store at 555 Alabama St. actually holds letter-writing sessions every Tuesday evening from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The owners will take you from writing the letter to posting it, says one of the owners, Risa Culbertson.

Something you might not know.  There is a gallery on 24th Street named for one of its first interns. Which one is it?

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I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still here.

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