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"It was the end of the continent; they didn't give a damn," Jack Kerouac said of San Francisco. But what happens when you and your city grow up?
  • I Surrender

    I've been a Southern Californian for all of my almost 42 years, and my wife's not even from the state. Yet only a few months ago, mentally adrift from the beach town we thought would be our home for 20 years, we both realized at the same time where we needed to resettle and raise our two small children: San Francisco. Like that great Tribune column that says, "Live in San Francisco, but leave before it makes you soft," we plan to discover the city and its wonders for ourselves. It's as if we have always wanted to be there, were meant to be there. We don't know where just yet, but we're thrilled to finally be surrendering to the siren song.