The city is burning.

Wildfires on the periphery of the city are pouring smoke into the valley, making our ever-present pollution worse. Phoenix is in no danger, of course, but a clutch of summer homes in the mountains may be wiped out over the holiday weekend, should the fire race north through a canyon to Pine and Strawberry.

So much for our weekend plans.

Just about everyone (he says, making a sweeping generalization) seems to be going to San Francisco to celebrate Independence Day. I'm sure much clubbing and sleazing is on the menu. I think I'll be poolside, with a mojito and a hamburger on the grill. And fireworks from the roof.