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I'm doing an externship in San Francisco this summer (May-August) and Ted will be joining me later on to work.
Right now I have the option of working at a place in Mill Valley, but am not limited to that area (I have not accepted anything as of yet, so am very flexible)
So-ooo, now comes the questions
Our big question is housing: A price range for a one bedroom apartment? (Or Bach.)
Transportation: I don't drive... can I get to the Mill Valley area (810 Panoramic Highway to be exact) without having a car?
Any other little whatnots you can tell us? *puppy dog eyes*
I'm guessing one bedroom rent is somewhere around a thousand dollars. Craigslist is a good place to look..
Transportation: There are buses, but it doesn't look like any go to panoramic highway. See Bay Area Transit Information. BART doesn't go to the North Bay but it goes just about everywhere else.
I don't really know that much about the North Bay. I'm more of a peninsula, East Bay girl. Anyway, keep us posted!
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having just moved here recently, i really can't help. but i am WAY excited that you guys will be close, i am seeing a fabulous get together in the not too distance future...
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1,000 is on the low end. Be prepared to pay closer to 1,200 - 1,400.
The North Bay has terrible public transportation. It's doable if you are a patient person who doesn't mind spending a lot of time on the bus, and the savings grace is that there a few options to get to San Francisco from the North Bay. In general, however, Mill Valley would be a bit of hassle without a car.
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Check out this SF Chronicle story on the rental market. Granted, these averages are skewed a bit because it includes 2-3 bedroom appartments so maybe knock 150-300 dollars off of the average.
Also: Here's a fairly accurate description of Mill valley -- "Mill Valley appears at once as its true self – a suburban nest for the low-profile, artsy rich – and as a gingerbread village loaded with boutiques, restaurants and wine and coffee shops framed in dark wood."
In other words, it has its charms, but is one of those places that has morphed from bohemian into a breeding ground for the wine and cheese-tasting, volvo-driving, NPR-listening, artsy/artisan upper-middle class.
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Zalmoxis- I'll only (hopefully... hint hint nudge nudge Ted) be using the bus until Ted got there- then he can probably chauffer me around I've always only used the bus, trust me I've grown patient *laughs*. I've heard Mill Valley is that way, but that's okay- I've talked to the people I could be working with and they sound terrific.
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Rents in SF, and Berkeley and the South Bay and Peninsula tend to be outrageous. I found myself a two bedroom that was going for $1050 a month when I moved into Alameda (with a view of San Francisco via the beach right outside my apartment ) back in December of '98. Now it's up to $1275 a month but it's still far more reasonable than most places in the bay area.
BART is the best avenue for getting around, but as others have mentioned, BART's limited to the East Bay, SF, and only a smidgen of the peninsula.
I had no idea there were so many fellow Hatrackers living in the bay area, I could only remember one before . Great to hear that so many more live here! If you're a newbie to the bay area, you may want to check out the Castro Halloween Party in the Castro District of San Francisco tomorrow night. I've never been to anything like it, it really sums up the rather outrageous sides of the bay area. Unfortunately, (or fortunately for some) apparently the cops are cracking down on some of the more illegal aspects (getting hammered while drinking forties on the street, and perhaps the gratuitous nudity that occured in the past)of the party so it might not be as riotous as it's been in the past, but it should be fun.
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Now that the Bay Area Hatrackers have come out of the woodwork, who's going to the book signing in San Rafael? It's on my birthday and I'd love to meet some of you.
quote: I had no idea there were so many fellow bay area living Hatrackers here
LOL Yeah, there are a lot of dead Hatrackers in the bay area too.
Nick's in Sacramento and eslaine is somewhere around San Francisco too. They're all I can think of, who haven't posted here.
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I wanted to go to the Hillsdale one but Wednesday's a bad day for me. So I'm going to the San Rafael siging, see you there!
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I'll edit that after I finish laughing, . As you can certainly tell, I've never been noted for having an incredibly sophisticated understanding of grammar.
That isn't Hillsdale, as in Hillsdale in San Mateo is it? My home town?
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You know, it's not so funny after you edit it.
Yes, that's Hillsdale in San Mateo. Are you joking? What kind of Jatraquero are you to not even know Mr. Card's Bay Area stops? He's there in less than two weeks! Get your act together man! Posts: 1056 | Registered: Mar 2002
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I went to Hillsdale High School, graduated back in '93. It's just kind of surprising that Card will actually be there, I don't even know if they have a bookstore in that Mall anymore. The last time I was there, I think they got rid of the Walden. And B. Dalton I think has been gone for quite a while. A new super bookstore opened up opposite the place, though.
To be honest with you,I've never done the book signing thing, I just don't pay attention to that. Don't have a lot of interest, and whatever interest I tend to have is tempered by my fear that I'll be disappointed by the experience.
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Wow I went to Mills. We're in the same district.. We had track meets at Hillsdale. I only remember the time it started raining at the end and I still had to run. Fun stuff
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Holy ----, I ran track against Mills, and played Football against them. Well "Played" is diplomatic for, stayed glued to the sidelines with torn ligaments in my foot. Man, you're colors were hideous, absolutely hideous, but that doesn't mean much considering we featured powder blue, and salmon as our colors . I was at Hillsdale from Fall '89 to Spring '93.
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I'll be in San Mateo for a few weeks, coming up soon here. I will be working most of the time, I expect, but if any Bay area hatrackers want to meet, I will probably get at least a little time free. I never get to see the sights when I'm traveling for work but at least the weather is lovely in San Francisco. And the restaurants are good, too! I'll have to get some recommendations for good restaurants from some of you natives, before I go.
Wow, I'm really glad I looked at this thread again because I didn't even realize this was going on. It's quite possible I'll be in San Mateo for this! Whee!!!
SAN MATEO, CA — November 12th Barnes & Noble 11 West Hillsdale Blvd, Hillsdale Shopping Center — 7:00 PM
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I never liked you're colors, hated the color combo. Ours was more attractive, to me, but also a bit more fey, certainly not imposing. And you're right, we weren't rivals, Aragon was Hillsdale's chief Rival, and to a lesser extent San Mateo High (where my dad went in the late fifties).
I graduated, went to CSM (or as they used to call it, Harvard on the Hill, or College of Small Minds)before transferring to Cal Berkeley in the Spring of '96, graduated from Cal in December of '97.
I was actually pretty skilled in Track, not outrageously good, but good enough to qualify for the P.A.L Tournament in May in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, and the 400 meters, and I ran on Relay Teams (4X100, and 4x400) that made the CCS Finals in '91 and '93. Not too bad. Now I'm completely out of shape and fighting to get back into it, unfortunately, unless you really stay on top of things (and I didn't), you really can lose it in terms of staying in shape in your mid-twenties.
As for San Mateo, I live on the other side of the Bay now in Alameda, but if there's any chance I can make it, I'll try. Hmmm, trying to think of great places to eat, unfortunately a lot of my favorites closed down. The Mountain House is absolutely amazing, but it's a long scenic drive away. I also love the food all over Berkeley, Pasand's has a nice Indian Buffet, The Blue Nile has nice Ethiopian, Berkeley Thai House is Great for Thai, Cafe De La Paz is great for Brazilian/Argentinian food.
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Cafe de la Paz rocks. They catered my wedding reception back before they expanded. Awesome food. The Blue Nile is the best Ethiopian -- others I've tried just aren't as good. I'm not a fan of Pasand's, however.
It's pricey (so I've only eaten their once), but Nan Yang, a Burmese place, is one of the most interesting, fabulous dining experiences I've ever had.
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I understand, Pasands does a few things well, and I tend to like those things a lot, any Indian place you can recommend? I tend to like to try them out via a buffet to see if they can do my favorite dishes fairly well. Pasands may not be great, but it is better than the two crummy Indian Restaurants that I've been to in Alameda, and better than the only other place I went to in Berkeley. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated .
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I've never had Ethiopian, I've never had Burmese, I've never even had Indian! There aren't any of those in my town! I can't wait to try these places! Posts: 968 | Registered: Sep 2003
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I still got the top 100 cheap eats, and top 100 restaurants guides to the bay area, if you're interested. I haven't had Burmese either, and am quite interested. I really need to start spending more time in that east bay international dining scene again.
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ana kata, you have to do Ethiopian. There's various vegetable and meat purees/stews served in little individual piles on this huge, flat, spongy lemonish pancake. You use the pancake to scoop up bits of the sauced stuff. No forks, and you end up really cleaning the plate. MMMMmmm! You'll love it!
There's an Ethiopian place a few blocks from my apartment (I live near a place called the Loop, which has a large variety of restaurants), and it's fantastic. Cheap, too, for large groups.
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The injera, is like a tiny thin pancake styled bread that is cast across the dinner plate, they also give you extra's (sort of in the vein of extra fajita wraps you might get at a Mexican restaurant) at The Blue Nile. The food is often hyper spicy (and graywolfe likes his Ethiopian food spicy ), and the finishing touch is to let the bread that's cast across your plate absorb the flavors of whatever dishes you are served, if you order several, or even just one. It makes for a lovely, culinary finishing touch. Wonderful stuff.
Ethiopian, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean, Mexican, Latin American, Italian, heck there's even some fondue places around. I'm starting to miss the Blue Nile, now that I'm talking about it. I havent been there since around '97.
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Wow, I never knew I was missing out on so much of the food scene. Ethiopian, Brazilian, Burmese.. sheesh. I've only had Mexican, Italian, Japanese, Chinese and American. I'm so sheltered.
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Well, you can't miss with the food cultures you have dabbled in, but Vietnamese, Thai, Indian, Korean (and I imagine Burmese) are just four or five of the many Asian Cultural Culinary delights one can find in the bay area. There's great food all over the bloody place, one of the main reasons I love to live in the bay area (besides the scenery, people, beaches, mountains, wine, and sports scene), one really realizes how special things are, here, when you road trip out of state. My parents moved to Nevada and I still can't find any quality Asian food (from any of the countries mentioned) or Latin American food.
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Indeed I am from Elk Grove--a suburb of Sacramento--, San Francisco is a good 2 solid hours away from my area. Posts: 354 | Registered: Jun 2002
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Darn, I'm going to miss the November 12th signing. Looks like I'm going to be in San Mateo starting December 1st and lasting for several weeks, depending on how long it takes to get things up and running. If anyone would like to get together, let me know. I'll be working most of the time but hopefully will be able to take some time off too. Posts: 968 | Registered: Sep 2003
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