Chatted with two Vallejo ferry commuters today at the Ferry Building. Thirtysomething woman with blond hair confirmed that they yuck it up on Fridays leaving the city- get a bottle of wine at the Wine Merchant and some cheese at Cowgirl Creamery, and watch the sunset over the Golden Gate Bridge. I mean, what could be better? Fellow from London, who spends half the year in Napa, exclaimed, out of nowhere, “There’s really no city like San Francisco.” But when I prodded him for something specific in his comparison to London, he just looked at me amazed. Like it was obvious. Woman commented on how she’d seen a lot of whales this season, in the waters near Angel Island. The Coast Guard escorts them and the ferry gives them a wide berth. I usually sit at these tables and rarely are folks this chatty. Either it was the storm brewing outside or maybe the ferry being just minutes away.