I think the main thing I don't miss about SF is the weather. The persistent cold. The damp dark cold that chills you to the bone. Cold that cannot be escaped by going indoors, "central heating, are you kidding this is California!"
I hate California its cold and it's damp.
At least I am going in the winter when cold can be expected, it is even sadder when its July and it's just as cold.Growing up in the unglamorous southern extremes of the city my impression of it was mostly like the photo above. When I last lived in SF in 2006 I lived in a really nice sunny part of the Mission, but my mom and siblings still live in the house I lived in in high school in the not so lovely Excelsior District. Oh the Excelsior, if you don't live there you've probably never been though I can brag that it was the childhood home of Jerry Garcia. District 11 (for those of you who may have recently seen Milk) the District represented by Dan White he of the famous 'twinkie defense'.
I did some flickr searches and I found some great images though none of them really capture how dreary and boring the EX is normally (people usually post pretty photos on the internet).
My cross streets! Russia and Moscow, I KNOW hilarious.
via Octoferret
via pbo31
Yup that's us
via Marcin WicharyThis not my street but that is totally what my house looks like, but not as slanty.
via Dizzy AtomosphereThat's the post office, are we living in the first world or what.
via Gary SoupI think maybe this was cute in the 50s
via rigamaroleThis bus goes right in front of my house, its loud, and it doesn't go anywhere you want to go.
via dannymanSome times I walk up to that water tower with my brother and sister, it's cute.
via a_sorensevia pbo31
Abandoned Pandas are an issue.
via Inarges
I used to want to go to this bar when I was a teen. Some band used a drawing of this sign for an album cover but I don't remember who.
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you know surprisingly we had a summer this year. in fact, it is STILL kind of summer. global warming, huh.
"Abandoned Pandas are an issue."
So are abandoned Erins- come back!
loved the blog... then i read this comment...
"...one of those New York people who rattles on about "the energy" or lists off a bunch of stupid advantages (deli's! subways!) that betray the fact that they have obviously never lived anywhere besides their suburban home town and their small liberal arts college"
i love new york. i've lived in new york for years, among other places -- including international cities, my suburban home town and a small liberal arts college -- and although i've never rattled on about the energy and i don't think delis or subways are great by any stretch of the imagination... i do take offense.
haha, this was an awesome post.
ps. oh please. anonymous has no sense of humor! your new york comments were hilarious. (i live in new york and love the energy and delis :)
haha i second joanna. funny post. super cute blog.
and why does 'anonymous' have her panties in a twist anyway? what you said is so true! in fact i think i may qualify as one of those new york people... but shhh don't tell!
"anonymous," why get offended? even though you do not rave about delis or subways, a lot of people do. me being one of them, his words could have been taken as a direct insult by me, but its one's opinion that's relatively fair. i'm only 20, and I do not live in new york currently, but i used to spend my summers there growing up, and have lived in europe for a year, but now reside in a smalltown liberal arts college, and grew up in a surburban hometown.. i think he nailed it haha
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