Moving onwards in the Tales of the City series, this one takes us out of the city and on a camping trip among the redwoods for several of the characters. Michael meets a potential new love, Brian gets away from Mary Ann for a while to ponder their marriage and a devastating secret he is keeping from her, and DeDe and D'or go to a women's/lesbian retreat, kids in tow. Just up the river, DeDe's affluent stepfather attends a men's retreat, and as a wealthy, staunch Reaganite, he falls into a pickle when he ends up in the clutches of some aggressive lesbians downriver.

This chronicle feels like a bit of a stumble in the series to me. It's... okay, I guess? I just didn't find it as interesting or engrossing as the other books so far. These are some parts that have me chuckling out loud (The "Don't you mean, 'Oh my Goddess???'" incident was a hoot). Needless to say it isn't stopping me from proceeding on to the rest - thus far, it's just my least favorite.