#54: Live Outside SF.
Sometimes to start over and make it in a new city, you’ve got to live just outside of it. After four weeks of apartment hunting, searching and tackling like the secret inner offensive linebacker in me, I finally found an apartment. Good news: it had a roof and working toilet. Bad news, it was outside San Francisco in a little quaint town called Burlingame. But, in the same breath I signed my new lease, I…
#53: Visit The Ferry Building Farmers Market.
The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: On any given Saturday in San Francisco, you can feel the entire pulse of the city here. Today is no different. The market is alive, and it’s only 8:17am. It’s still early for this town, but just the right hour for farm-to-table shopping. Being Indian Summer, there are crowds and crowds of colorful people everywhere hopping in and out of booths. There’s about 10 reasons why anyone should wake up early and go to a farmers…
#52: Play Tour Guide In SF.
It’s always exciting have visitors in town. But, a word to the wise, get to know the basics of San Francisco, first. Like the public transit schedule, the good eateries, the top monuments, the cultural facts… The last thing you want to do is be schooled by the tourist. My good friend Allie (circa, 7th grade) was in town last weekend from Washington, DC. With her dying to see all the sights and maximize her week…
#50: Scope Out Every SF Hood.
Before you call one “home.” If you don’t, you’re either really lucky. Orrrr you’re really screwed. Take it from this fresh-from-DC transplant who thought she could escape apartment hunting insanity by researching “ahead of time” and relying on craigslist. Wrong. Oh, so wrong, so very wrong. It’s as true as people tell you. The neighborhoods define you. And you are defined by the neighborhoods. My first visit to the micro-hoods on day #3 were a testament to…
#48: Zombie Coffee @ The Zombie Runner.
At first, I was salty at trying new coffee spots in Palo Alto. But after walking by and venturing inside this DIVE coffee bar –– located behind a curtain in the back of a sports running store on quiet street in Palo Alto, CA –– I was hooked on the OTBT places. Being a first timer, I had to try their signature brew: The Zombie Runner. A confluence of freshly ground dark roast beans with a shot of espresso, vanilla powder…