#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…
#48: Get A Job At Stanford.
When someone or some company gives you that lucky break, you take it. Right then and there. No equivocations. No hesitations. Only endless thank you’s. Thanks to a little help from a friend (thanks, Drew!) and a couple well-prepped Skype/phone interviews with executives from the Stanford Healthcare Marketing team, I passed Stanford Healthcare’s rigorous interview process. I MADE IT!!! I got the job. When they asked, “Can you be out here in 2 weeks?” I said HELL YES…
#47: Make Your First SF Meal Authentic.
I’m a little late in recording my first meal –– being four weeks and many avocado burgers into California living already –– but walking by a shoddy-looking burger bar today made me think of that first glorious meal I had in San Francisco. It was Wednesday, July 17th. The mission was food. I badly needed sustenance. I was fresh off the East Coast boat and had NO idea where to go, what to eat or how…
#46: Move To San Francisco On A Whim.
Trust me, moving to San Francisco when you’ve never even been here before is a scary, exciting, exhausting, mentally-draining, trying, thrilling, riveting, adventuresome, life-changing and culture-shocking process. I’ve generously listed out some reasons why to do it (mostly for my own convincing really. 🙂 It’s border-line crazy and a little out of left field. You get cold feet and question your sanity –– or what’s left of it. You also probably wonder if you’re losing your…