Five years ago tomorrow, Dave and I crossed over the San Mateo bridge and finished our drive from Washington DC to San Francisco. We walked up to our new apartment. It was the first time I’d seen it in person. We cobbled together a dinner of take out and wine, sitting on wood floors and staring at blank, plaster walls. Five years later, that apartment has become our home and I’m crafting Valentines with our kid and giggling as we hide them in his sock drawer and behind his toothpaste. What a remarkable ride.

I hope everyone has a lovely Valentine’s Day tomorrow.

Here are some fun links from around the web this week:

As you may know, the New York Times’ David Carr passed away suddenly yesterday. If you’re a fan of the New York Times or if you also admired Mr. Carr’s work, I’d highly recommend watching “Page One”. Mr. Carr is featured throughout the documentary, including his simple and powerful takedown of online news aggregator sites. It’s available on Amazon Instant Video.

If you live and move in San Francisco, you have to play around with this travel time map. It shows best, normal, and worst case transit times from anywhere in the city. And then, in a depressing show, has walk times. FYI: it’s almost always faster to walk in SF than use transit.

I laughed out loud at several of these: Essays That We, As Ladies Of Early Middle Age, Would Like To See Written

Math gender bias: depressing and apparently totally real. A study had teachers grade math tests, some teachers new the kid’s names and others graded the same tests blindly. Girls got different grades when the reviewer knew they were girls.

Then and now photos of the 1915 San Francisco World’s Fair in the Marina.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg actually did fall asleep during the State of the Union.

If you’re watching “Downton Abbey”, you also need to be reading the Fug Girls’ recaps.

So long, USPS mail carrier trucks. We shall miss your charming boxy frame.