In December, 2002, I traveled with Deolinda Adao to San Francisco to interview Rose Peters Emery. At that time Mrs. Emery was 98 years old and both mentally and physically active. She was about to publish a very interesting volume of memoirs, still walked the City’s hills, and was enrolled in a writing class. Deolinda handled the video camera during the session. Rose’s daughter Helen Giambruni was also present, and her voice can be heard from time to time assisting her mother with an answer. I had had the opportunity to read the manuscript of her forthcoming book, and so was able to pursue some topics raised in her text.The interview is short but reveals quite a bit about rural immigrant life at the beginning of the last century. For further details I highly suggest reading her book: Footprints in the Soil: A Portugues-Californian Remembers (San Jose, Calif.: Portuguese Heritage Publications, 2003).