"My six-week search for a place to live ended when I wandered into a garage sale taking place inside a three-bedroom apartment in the Lower Haight. For $800 a month, it was all ours."
"She invited me to join her and a friend for brunch, which I almost blew off because I had a writing deadline. But when I realized they were meeting three blocks from my apartment, I powered down my Mac Classic and arrived halfway through their meal at Kate’s Kitchen."
"Piper and I got off to a good start, bonding over our love of Kate’s bacon-cheddar pancakes."
So, there you have it: an $800 Lower Haight 3-bedroom, a Mac Classic, and a serving of bacon-cheddar pancakes were the prequel to the story that landed Piper in jail, spawned a best-selling memoir, and resulted in a Netflix show that held the nation in thrall. Who knew?