Adam and I went to pick up the rental car at Hertz in Albany -- it's a Ford Focus with satellite radio, pimping style. We saw the same girl there as the last time we rented from Hertz. She's clearly too intelligent to be working that kind of job. She's a bit of a comedian and she makes the rental place her stage. I like that.

As I drove home, I saw how beautiful our neighborhood is, how wonderful Berkeley is in an early-summer afternoon. Everyone should see their neighborhood like that.