counties aisha dee, meghann fahy, nikhol boosheri, co-workers at an advertising agency that has an office dog, local businesses who advertise through them, young professionals to be part of the same association/brunch group, other volunteer docents at the zoo, exes and flings of either gender, neighbors in lower haight, dog park friends, an older brother, someone whose parent is dating one of her parents for an almost step-siblings deal