YAY for me!! I FINALLY moved into San Francisco!!!

[arcane1]

:bounce::party::bounce::party::bounce::party::bounce::party:

it's great to be out of Walnut Fucking Creek at last, after 3 bloody years

the irony is that I'm living on Bush St... my republican, army-seargent dad says that's the best part about it :puke:

was up till 4am last might moving, 2 hours of sleep on a bare box-spring, then back up at 6am to go to work :hangover:

but it's done now!!! :D :D :D

[chelsea0011]

1. Great city. I hope you have some change left at the end of the month

very expensive,I hear.

[arcane1]

3. it's $300 per month cheaper than where I live now

correction- $305 cheaper :)

:bounce:

[deutsey]

2. I'm going to be staying on Bush Street in a couple weeks

when I visit SF for a conference. I thought it was an interesting cosmic joke to have me stay on Bush Street, of all places. :evilgrin:

What's the area like?

[arcane1]

8. depends on which block you are on

the eastern end of Bush St is Union Square, and as you venture west it goes through Chinatown, then into some crappy areas...

I'm roughtly right in the middle... far enough from Union Square that I don't have yuppies everywhere, but close enough that I'm not ducking bullets either

my black has lots of little delis and shops and things

[deutsey]

14. How is public transportation there?

I've never to been to San Francisco...I lived in Southern California back in the early '70s, but we never went further north than LA.

So I'm clueless as to what it's like in SF, although I've always wanted to go.

[arcane1]

15. I'm just a short walk to BART, I work in the east bay

and while there is no subway, there are plenty of busses, trains, cabs, cable-cars, etc

[UdoKier]

29. Actually there is a subway.

In addition to Bart, there are a couple of miles of muni trains that run under ground - mostly under Market street from the Embarcadero to the Castro, then out to the outlying areas, where they run on the surface. A Muni card is a bargain - just $45 a month and you can ride the buses, subways, streetcars and cable cars, as well as BART Within the city limits.

[arcane1]

30. yeah there is muni

but I don't really count that as a subway for some reason :)

[UdoKier]

31. Well, it's not much compared to New York.

But compared to most cities, it's a blessing.

[arcane1]

32. agreed!!!

[autorank]

4. Been to SF many times. Been to Walnut Creek. YOU ARE FORTUNATE

[arcane1]

9. fortunate to be OUT of the bloody Creek

suburban utter hell that place is

[Moochy]

44. East Bay White Flight?

Tell me about it.. I worked as a consultant out in Pleasanton, about 15 miles south of Walnut Creek. Talk about truth in advertising,
I used to call it "unpleasanton." Shudder.

That whole area around Walnut Creek downtown seems to have been built by Disney and Borders Books. Yuck! So many right-wingers at jobs I've done out there, it's definitely a red county.

Welcome to a much better area code !

Moochy

[arcane1]

46. and there are Hummers EVERYWHERE!!!!!

:scared:

[AlCzervik]

5. i envy you!!!

i live in south sucramento but we go to SanFrancisco at least once every 6 weeks. I was there on Saturday dropping off my husband at the airport.

[arcane1]

10. I was taking BART inito SF 2-4 times a week

and dealing with the fact that the last train home was at midnight

really put a damper on my weekends, needless to say

but no more couch-surfing for me :D

[davidinalameda]

6. congrats

I just moved out of San Francisco a few months ago and I wasn't sorry to see it in my rear view mirror

great place to visit but glad I'm not living there anymore

[arcane1]

11. where are you now?

:shrug:

[jus_the_facts]

7. Now you KNOW you'll miss your monrnin' commute.....

:evilgrin:

.....good for you babe...happy for ya!! :hi:

[arcane1]

12. ah yes, a bus full of middle-school, kids, standing room only

I'll really miss that! :crazy:

:hi:

[jus_the_facts]

13. soooo...once you get settled are ya gonna get that haircut?

:silly:

[arcane1]

16. haha!

eventually, yes... gonna possibly dye it black, too

there is still the question of finding a hair style, though :silly:

[jus_the_facts]

18. Well....I really think my suggestion would look.....

....quite hot...a part to the side and layered...hmmmm I'd stay with your natural color...looks fine already....I'm jus'sayin'! :9

[arcane1]

20. damn I haven't had a side-part since the 70's

:silly:

though layering of some kind is one of the main things I'll do

[jus_the_facts]

23. O'k o'k...here's a better representation of what I'm talkin' 'bout....

:evilgrin:

[arcane1]

24. haha, as long as I don't have to make the funny face too :P

[jus_the_facts]

25. hehehe....he IS trippin' there huh....

....gotta looove Eddie though...I've always thought he had puurrdy locks!! :headbang:

[arcane1]

27. and he's always grinning

:)

[jus_the_facts]

33. here's hopin' you will be now too....

....once you get all settled in your new digs!! :D :toast:

[arcane1]

35. I'll be grinning once I get some damned sleep, too!

:hangover:

[jus_the_facts]

36. yeah get some rest....

...so you'll be all energized for your new haircut!! :evilgrin:

[arcane1]

38. lol!

energized to party Tuesday night is more like it! :party:

[jus_the_facts]

39. Umhum....

....now yer talkin'!! Sounds just like somewhere I'd like to hang! :P

[arcane1]

43. oh I'll be hanging

& it'll be nice to finally hang close to everywhere I hang out :P

[jus_the_facts]

48. I jus' got hung....

.....as a matta fact...ahhhh! :hippie:

[arcane1]

50. must be nice!!!!!

:P

[jus_the_facts]

52. 'tis indeed.....

.....thanks to a li'l help from a friend who was generous enough to cover me...I'm so broke I can't afford to pay attention these days! :D

[arcane1]

54. that's me now

I'm destitute for the next week until payday, but worth every penny :)

[jus_the_facts]

55. Maaaan can I relate......

....I may have to be movin'...and I reeeeeally don't wanna have to do that...but I have several irons in the fi'ah...so hopefully somethin' will materialize soon...and on top of everything...my baby girl kitty went into heat...I've got a vet lined up through an organization that pays for spay/neuter for people who're unemployed...I've gotta call tomorrow to set up the appointments...sigh...I don't even want to deal with it...but it's GOTTA be done... x(

[arcane1]

56. I'd rather deal with the spaying..

than deal with a kitty in heat... I remember those days all too well!

[jus_the_facts]

57. I'm afraid she's already preggers.....

.....because it seemed awefully short lived for her not to be... :scared:

[arcane1]

59. uh-oh!

[jus_the_facts]

61. Yep....not good....

....I can't afford these two...much less a few more...I'm hopin' maybe they're too young for anything to have happened...he kept tryin' but she fought him off pretty good...I dread havin' to take 'em...they're gonna be traumatized...I HATE it all the way around...and I don't even have a pet taxi either...sure hope my boy will still talk to me after I castrate him...he's the most talkative kitty I've ever heard before...don't wanna alter his amazin' personality... :cry:

[prolesunited]

17. Yay for you, indeed!

About time that you got out of there. It is pretty funny that you're living on Bush Street, though.

:hi:

[arcane1]

21. hey at least the building has a blue colour scheme

:D

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

19. I had an offer to move out to San Rafael

For many reasons, I just couldn't do it.

But I loved the City...

RL

[arcane1]

22. I couldn't do that either

that's just too bloody far from all the action

my work used to be there, though, until about a year before I came out here

[UdoKier]

26. Congrats and welcome to the city! My son's day care is on Bush.

I can't tell you how many times we've thought of proposing changing the name to the city council. But there are those fun "end Bush" stickers in the form of street signs around.

We moved to the bay area a year ago, and we ALMOST moved to Walnut Creek. I'm so glad we decided to live in the city. It's great here - have a good time.

[arcane1]

28. I have a friend who lives on Bush & Powell

she had a sign in her window during the campaign that said "I'd rather live on Kerry Street" :)

[drumwolf]

34. Congrats from another San Francisco resident

I've driven through that part of the East Bay where Walnut Creek is a couple of times. Parts of it aren't bad if you have a car and like the wilderness, but other parts (especially Alamo, Danville and Blackhawk) are absolute gated-community wasteland.

I can't understand for the life of me how anyone with lots of money would voluntarily choose to live in such sterile, soulless places. In some ways they're just as depressing as slums like East Oakland or Hunter's Point, if not as impoverished or dangerous.

[arcane1]

37. it's awful

but it was a lot easier to deal with when I was still driving. Fortunately my car dies last year, and that was the final push to get me the hells out of there!!!

[redqueen]

40. Congrats!

:toast:

Sorry to hear about your sleeping conditions, but sounds like you're doing OK regardless.

:hi:

[arcane1]

42. I'm doing great!

though I can barely keep my eyes open, and my back is stiff as a rail

I'll be just FINE tonight, though :)

:hi:

[Book Lover]

41. Great news!

From your Peninsula-bound neighbor down Highway 1... welcome to the left side of the Bay!

[arcane1]

45. the left side indeed!!!!

took me long enough, but worth the wait! :hi:

[sundog]

47. right on bro

what district are you in?

congrats :)

[arcane1]

49. lower nob hill

close enough to union square to feel safe, but not TOO close :P

[cally]

51. Have fun

and I'm insanely jealous...sort of. How do you plan to commute?

[arcane1]

53. taking BART to Pleasant Hill every day

not as bad as it sounds... it takes an hour, but it also takes an hour to bus from the Creek to PH, so it works out the same :)

[grace0418]

58. I'm soooooooooooooooooooo jealous

I've wanted to live in San Francisco (or just about anywhere in the northern half of California, I'm not that picky) for at least a decade. I so wish I had just done it years ago. Now I'm married, we have a condo, we have jobs. None of these things are impossible to overcome but I'm married to a man who simply cannot make a rash decision. Everything has to be completely logical and thought out, and California is just too risky (job market) and expensive (housing market) for him. We've looked into applying for jobs from here but almost everyone says "Call us when you've moved out here." There is no way my husband would move without a job. If it were up to me, I'd sell out condo, move out west, and use the profit from the condo to live until we found work. We stand to make $80-100 thousand on our condo so this seems more than feasible to me, but if I even suggested that to him he'd choke to death laughing. Sigh...

Anyway, sorry to hijack your thread. Congrats on the move.

[arcane1]

60. makes sense though

I consider myself quite lucky that I had a job waiting for me when I moved out here... and if I was not renting, I don't know what I'd be doing, since housing is so bloody expensive out here