This December, in San Francisco, you will find tucked between the Ferry Plaza and the Hyatt is the Kristi Yamaguchi Skating Rink. There were some people skating, but it wasn’t nearly as alive and happening as the public rinks in New York City. Maybe it has to do with the fact that it’s about 60 degrees here in California and about 6 degrees in New York; I suppose skating is more fun when it’s freezing outside.

We fully intended to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge, but time and weather were not on our side. Instead, here’s a clip from the passenger’s seat going across The Bridge (for me, the 1000^th-plus time) as I talk about the near-tragedy that befell my new car in 1999 as I crossed the bridge.