After our too-brief encounter with Willie Brown at the Palace Hotel the other night, Willie asked us to remind him to "never host another sit-down dinner for a mayor." Apparently, dealing with the egos of all those luminous invitees is a huge pain in his ass. Willie can only deal with one ego, obviously, and that's his own. And then there's the logistics of picking only 300 of your closest friends to come to dinner. That might explain why he went cheapskate-style with the un-hosted booze at the bar.

Sunday morning, Willie was up bright and early to preside over the coronation of Mayor Ed Lee at City Hall. After much fanfare, (including trumpets) Da Mayor cracked wise, making light of the fact that The Mayor successfully in gathered all the living former mayors of San Francisco under one roof. The roof he himself lined with gold leaf. Some even call that dome Willie Brown's favorite hat.

Later in the week, Willie must have been too hungover from all the celebrating to whip up a new food blog post. His usual Wednesday nibble was actually just a rambling bit about the stools at Parallel 37 in the Ritz-Carlton. Notably, Willie claims to be not "much of a food person," which is kind of like the time he said he wasn't a reporter. At least until it behooved him to call himself a member of the press.

Finally, Brown warns us to keep an eye on Distract Attorney Gascón. After a week of Mirkarimi-watching, we certainly have been. But Willie isn't referring to the D.A.'s charges against the sheriff. Rather, Willie sees the city's first Latino D.A., first police chief-turned-D.A. and only candidate for a promotion to ever claim he needed to "think it over", as a man climbing the steps on his way to the Mayor's office. That might be one of Willie's most chilling predictions yet. If nothing else, we really can't have our city being led by two kermit-voiced mayors in a row.

Next week: Keep you're eyes on Willie's World this weekend. We're really hoping to make a post-banquet cameo.