NDRU said:

If you ever come to the Bay Area, here's the place you MUST visit

bboy87 said:

Hey I got married at St Elizabeth Church in Oakland on 34th right off of East 14th (close to Fruitvale).


And bunch of my wifes family lives right off of E 14th....some on 38th, 41st, 50th, Haliday (right off of 73rd), 104th.....

Sowhat said:

I know where that is

Fruitvale has some of the best freakin' burritos!

Just wanted to go ahead and CORRECT the initial bay picture, as the north bay (Sonoma/Marin/Napa) was not properly represented. Game recognize game, dude.

NDRU said:

FA REAL!!! I just moved to the other side of the Lake!! See you at the Farmers Market (someday)!! See the little Island, 45deg. down across the water about a block from the waters edge is where I'm at.

and CalhounSq, where do you live!! I thought you were in SB??

damn y'all we need to get a Org-Picnic goin' while the weather is still HELLA nice!!!

i'm thinking of moving there in maybe six months. i wanna be in a big city at LAST, not terribly thrilled at the idea of living in LA, and i'd be close to my goddaughter...

evenstar3 said:

Oooh you wanna move to Oakland??? That'd be awesome!!! Let me know if your plans get serious and I'll get the Welcome Wagon ready for ya (and not in a pervy org way either! )

RenHoek said:

writes down directions

if you ever see some dude walking your way holding a sock full of oranges.....

Sowhat said:

Did you know that Lombard St. is not the crookedest street in the city? Lombard of course is the most popular and definitely well-manicured, but the crookedest street is Vermont St in Potrero Hill. I drove down it for the first time on Monday. It was a booger bear getting there with the steep hills. Oh yeah, we are known for some crazy steep hills. I'm a native San Franciscan, living in the Outer Mission/Excelsior district, borderline to Daly City. Most of the time it's foggy out here or at least 3-10 degrees cooler than downtown. Sometimes I want to move just to experience life somewhere else; but I know that I probably wouldn't be able to survive anywhere else because the weather is ideal for my skin issues. I attend college in Oakland, so I cross the Bay Bridge at least once a week when school is in session.






The Blue Angels over the bay & Pass behind Coit Tower





Typical weather in SF: FOG or half sun/half fog

anybody who has spent time in Oakland has to remember Kwik Way!

i live san pablo. nothing really cool about san pablo expect for the san pablo casino.

bboy87 said:

how could you!!!

Now that I live 10mins away and that joint is just an empty shell waiting to be torn down...

RenHoek said:

not oakland, sf

baroque said:

That's just crazy! I was there this morning at a clients house on Vale St.

Man it's a small world...

evenstar3 said:

Oh, you'll hate it there... seriously...

besides, Oakland is waaay cheaper, you'll have instant street cred and it's a a short BART, Ferry or Bridge ride over there...

Oakland is where it's really at!

RenHoek said:

but i've loved it all the times i've been there! and i have the best chance of transferring there. but you're right about price, if i can't find somewhere cheap enough i may have to look other places

RenHoek said:

oh neato. Me i live on Stone Street kinda passing the the casino.
i've passed vale st before.

RenHoek said:

My mom and I hang out together on the weekend and we both drive by and simply sigh...

When I moved back to Cali, that was one of the first places my mom took me too....there and See's Candies

We refuse to go to that rebuilt one on East 14th/International Ave.

Ironic thing, I live in Richmond/El Cerrito but I spend most of my time in Concord, Berkeley, and Oakland I went to Dr Comics & Mr Games last week. I freakin' love that place

evenstar3 said:

well either way my offer stands!

My uncle lived in San Francisco for awhile in the 80's, but came back east. I think he said it was expensive.

I would looooove to just pack my bags, get the hell out dead ass Mississippi, and move to San Francisco. I had always heard it had a large gay population but didn't think much of it until I saw Bill O'Reiley, of all people, one night raising hell a few years ago.

Apparently the gay population must have been pissed about the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in the military and they didn't want the recruiters going to the colleges. If I heard correctly, I think the military was threatening to pull some ship that was a tourist attraction out of San Francisco if their recruiters couldn't go to the colleges. A lot of the citizens' attitude was like..."Hey, pull the fucking ship and good riddance." Bill O'Reiley was raising hell because the politicians were listening to the citizens and didn't want to upset the voters. I thought to myself...."Well, I be damned, gay people have a voice out there". I said then "this is the place for me" especially with by bold ass attitude.

bboy87 said:

Oh lawd, please don't

NDRU said:

Yea, in the Bush years they couldn't stop telling him to fuck off (in so many words), I love it I have one actually, I should post it...

NDRU said:

Oh really?
I used to live on Brooklyn Ave. Ran the Lake daily.
In North Oakland now. (46th).

bboy87 said:

I hated their food! All my friends loved it. Especially after drinking or smoking. The greasiest food in the Bay Area! Yuck!!!

bboy87 said:

3-12 grades were in El Cerrito/Richmond except for a year in Birmingham, AL.
Graduated from El Cerrito. Also attended De Anza for 2.5 years

RenHoek said:

What is SB? I'm around the lake, on the Grand Lake side of things

bboy87 said:

I can't believe yo ass done dug up pics of Kwik Way!!! SHAME!!! So what I used to love triple cheese burgers when I was a kid

CalhounSq said:

Oh my damn! the triple cheeseburgers were the only ones I ate those and the corn dogs but I hated those greasy ass fries in the old brown paper bags that they probably got out of the trash cans at Havenscourt

My mom loved the hell out of the chicken and their grape soda