HA!
LONDON couldn't handle it!
PARIS couldn't handle it!

But good 'ol SAN FRAN (as boyfriend calls it), the town that gave the world Martinis and Shanghaing sailors, is now the home of the "Great Dissappearing Torch Trick"!

BREAKING NEWS: "Torch leaves San Francisco after surprise route designed to thwart protesters"
Olympic Torch Switcheroo Leaves Some Fuming

The editorial board isn't too pleased though....Torch relay turns into keep-away game Run ... for cover

Well, at least yesterday we had Desmond Tutu and Richard Gere making speaches for the Dalai Lama. Who said the 80's were dead?