Flipped Friday: Summer in San Francisco
What is it? Writers aspire to describe things in ways that give readers an Aha! moment - a new phrase or word that flips our expectations and makes us go, “Yes, that’s exactly what an orange looks, tastes, feels, smells like.” Post pictures, text, video (or whatever) of a person, place, or thing to help us look at it in a new way.
Today: Summer in San Francisco
First off, yes I do sound like I’m twelve. And it works out for me really well when solicitors call. Second, I’m a So Cal girl who grew up going to the beach every summer. I THRIVE in 90 degree weather. People assume the weather in San Francisco will be great in the summer. Because it’s part of California, and everyone knows it’s hot in California, right? WRONG. I can’t stress how wrong. So let me whip out this Mark Twain quote:
The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
It’s in the 50s and foggy here in July and August. In fact, I’m wearing a scarf as I type this. Enjoy this video of San Francisco that will make you rethink spending summer in California.
*Thirdly, why didn’t anyone tell me I’ve replaced “like” with “actually”? *dies*
The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisc
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4 Responses to "Flipped Friday: Summer in San Francisco"
on August 12, 2010 | to this post
I soooo want to be there right now! It has been very cool here too, overall. Hey! I heard at least one ‘like’ in there, actually! ;-p
on August 13, 2010 | to this post
It wasn’t exactly toasting in the LA for the SCBWI conference, either. Even my home city in Canada is warmer than SF during the summer. Though SF is a helluva lot warmer than my city in winter.
on August 13, 2010 | to this post
San Francisco sounds like a great place even if it is 50 degrees over there. I would trade a New York winter for your summer any day.