With masking mandates relaxed, attending our in-person resident-fellow graduation felt rather uneasy, although I was honored to receive the clinical teaching award this year. Unfortunately, we had to miss Westley’s PreK graduation thanks to a last-minute change from his school. With the statewide reopening and school out, we drove to SF on Thursday for a family getaway. We arrived at Japan Center in time for hakata-style ramen and matcha soft-serve, then headed for our timed entry to the California Academy of Sciences. Here we watched shark videos, ascended the Rainforest exhibit past butterflies and golden silk spiders, then wandered Steinhart Aquarium as Westley documented his observations in his field notebook. We had a good joggle at the Shake House before settling into our sunny rental apartment in Hayes Valley.  Dinner at Aziza was kefta, lamb shanks, and couscous that titillated both eyes and taste buds. On Friday, we squeezed past homeless folks for bun mam and bun bo hue at Mong Thu for breakfast, then brought leftover banh uot and nearby banh mi to our day at the SF Zoo.  Between the peeping peacocks, rummaging bears, pooping hippos, and scratchy rhinos, Westley still managed to have energy to roam the playground and line up for the Little Puffer. We finished the day with scrumptious biang-biang cumin lamb noodles and Shaanxi rolling cold noodles at Terra Cotta Warrior, followed by mango-coconut-black sticky rice and egglette at Sweet Mango. On Saturday, we strolled to the Painted Ladies and hung out with locals at the nearby playground before check out. Lunch was spent crammed in the back seat munching dumplings and soy milk from Dumpling Specialist before we picked up pineapple buns and CB2 tumblers on the way home. Father’s Day gave us a chance to recover as Westley restarted swim class, watched Totoro, played Yoshi, and tried instant noodles for the first time. I also caught up on the newest seasons of the Walking Dead and Shadow & Bone while planning our new outdoor kitchen, just in time for the next heat wave.