San Francisco is one of the world's most beloved cities, spoken of in the same breath as Paris, Venice, and Rome. It is America's spiritual home -- a place for the rascal, the lover, the entrepreneur, the madman, and the monk in each of us. Notable authors include: Andrei Codrescu, Barnaby Conrad, Herbert Gold, Michele Anna Jordan, Herb Caen, Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Richard Rodriguez.