Did you know that once you live in San Francisco, you can never go back? It’s true. Another good friend of ours is moving back. We are all fog-adoring, hill-climbing, artisan-toast-eating addicts.

We have a slew of plans coming together this Fall, so these last slow weeks of August are starting to feel like the calm before all the wide-ranging excitement. Out of town visitors, vacation plans, apartment renovations. Remind me to stick my toes in the sand a little bit longer, because it’s going to be a hustle once we reach September.

From around the web this week: (not much news in these last weeks of August, so stick with me here)

This had me laughing in tears: My Brain, The All-Hands Meeting

San Francisco’s Rose Pak is suffering from kidney failure / well enough to colorfully lament San Francisco politics.

Speaking of which, I forgot to link to this Priceonomics piece on SF median rents. I may have forgotten because it’s so depressing and surreal.

And then Business Insider wrote about SF’s “epic” housing crisis this week, arguing that, yes, this is a bubble.

Apartment Therapy warns what it’s like to date the design obsessed. Mostly agree (wouldn’t we all run if someone e-mailed us in Comic Sans?), but they forgot the midnight furniture arranging and living with ever-present paint chips taped to the wall, all indistinguishable hues of white.

This Indian-spiced corn soup was deeeeelicious and super easy. Great way to celebrate the last of this year’s corn harvest.

Have a great weekend, everyone!