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I’ve always been an early riser. Sometimes my work required it; mostly I just preferred it. This bias has become more ingrained with age. I’m usually up before dawn now, and winding down shortly after dinner. I used to fight it, now I lean into it. The agency of aging. I love running before daybreak. The San Francisco air is fresh, the streets are empty, and the quiet calm reveals an urban temperament most locals would not recognize. In my Civic Center neighborhood the mornin

Suggested song: The Real Me. The Who. Suggested drink: Curtain Call cocktail. Rum, champagne, lemon juice, simple syrup, bitters. Honesty...

Suggested Song: The More Things Change, Bill Magill (from the Eskimo in the Sun album, 1996) Suggested Drink: Fog Cutter cocktail: rum,...

Suggested Song: Travellin’ Band, Credence Clearwater Revival Suggested Drink: Fogcutter cocktail: rum, brandy, gin, orange and lemon...

Suggested Song: The More Things Change, Bill Magill Suggested Drink: Anchor Steam Beer (brewed in SF since 1896) I’m en route to San...

Suggested song: San Francisco Days, Chris Isaak Suggested drink: tremblement de terre (earthquake) cocktail: equal parts absinthe and...

Suggested Song: Sunny Afternoon, the Kinks Suggested Drink: 2015 La Rose Des Ventes rosé, Cotes de Provence Your author hard at work....

Suggested Song: The Ties that Bind, Bruce Springsteen Suggested Drink: Domain Saint Aix rosé (hey, it’s almost summer!) I’m back in the...

Suggest Song: San Francisco, Scott McKenzie (written by John Phillips) Suggested Drink: Irish Coffee; coffee, sugar, Irish Whiskey,...