west side of the city has an abnormally hot day. The east side of the city is often hot, but the western, Ocean end of the city is usually much cooler, with an often cold Ocean breeze blowing in. Sometimes, a cold, damp fog can make this side of the city more than 20 degrees cooler than the Bay side of the city. The micro climates here are a remarkable thing.
Today was one of those days where the Ocean side of San Francisco was hot. On days like this, the city's two big beaches get crowded. We didn't see Ocean Beach today, but we did take a walk down to Baker Beach. What we saw was an incredible sight: people sunbathing, side by side the entire length of the beach. Others ran in and out of the water, playing in the surf. This is an amazing sight for a beach that is typically empty save for a few people taking walks on the beach or taking their dogs out for a 
run. Where we would normally have the beach to ourselves, wearing our fleeces or sweatshirts, today we had to weave around thousands of short and bikini-wearing bodies in the sand.Rai, you too could not believe your eyes. You stared wide-eyed the entire time, especially when we made it to the east end of the beach where all the nude sunbathing takes place. You curiously looked
on even as you wondered where these peoples' clothing had gone to. Did it blow away in the wind? Had they lost their shorts in the water? The good news is that there wasn't a naked volleyball game going on as there had been another time we had visited on a hot day like today. We're pretty open-minded, Rai, but don't let us ever find you naked at this end of beach, okay?
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