MIAMI — Dear Diary,
First thing in the morning, Janet D sent me a direct message saying she’s in Miami with her husband and would like to meet me. Janet D is a middle-aged woman who watches all of my Periscopes and regularly sends me tweets. She’s the only middle-aged woman who follows my coverage so closely. I just figured she was a huge fan. She really knows her stuff.
I sent her back a non-committal note saying it was nice to hear from her, but I’d be working all day and maybe we could meet up later. She wrote back and said she was with Ross Dwelley’s family and they’d like to meet me, too.
Pardon?
Apparently, Janet D is not just some random die-hard 49ers fan. She is the mother of Dwelley’s girlfriend.
I told her of course I’d meet them for a drink after dinner. I finished my work, ran downstairs and took a Lyft to the J.W. Marriott Marquis in downtown Miami — that’s where the 49ers and they’re families are staying — and when I got there, I met Janet D, her husband, their daughter, Dwelley’s mom, Dwelley’s step mom,