This is the window display of the best Italian delicatessen in San Francisco. Mirrors, fake flowers, cheese wheels and striped awnings hide a narrow little interior brimming with hungry folk of all kinds who hold their plastic number and wait to order incredible sandwiches or fresh ravioli and sauce or coveted bottles of imported goods from the boot.

This was the first stop on the "Favorite Places Tour" that our friends Beth, Maggie and Annie invited us to partake in yesterday. There are many good stories and photos of the day but duty calls for now. Suffice it to say that there is an upcoming post filled with art schools and photobooths and kite flying and, and, and...