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I can recommend the Chabot Space Center out past Oakland, it's got a kick-rear end IMAX planetarium room and a bunch of telescopes. When I went there they had a setup where you could look at flares coming off the sun. In the evening I think they do free star viewings through the telescopes.
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stun runner posted:I'm so stoked on the planetarium. Oh, as am I -- I'm mainly just bitter that it wasn't open yet after having paid for a membership.. I wanted to get in before all the plebes. edit: crap why are the fishes on top of people?!
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I've got a flight booked for September 14th - 18th to visit some friends and look for apartments because I'm moving there in November for school and I have an amazing job lined up. Is craigslist pretty much the best venue for finding a place to live in SF? In the past looking for apartments I've gone through rental agencies that have just lined up a bunch of tours. Its easy and very little effort on this end. Anyone got any recommendations? If craigslist is the path to take, should I go ahead and start responding to some ads or wait until the beginning of the month? Thanks!
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Sep 24, 2008 09:48
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leisure no capi posted:I've got a flight booked for September 14th - 18th to visit some friends and look for apartments because I'm moving there in November for school and I have an amazing job lined up. Is craigslist pretty much the best venue for finding a place to live in SF? In the past looking for apartments I've gone through rental agencies that have just lined up a bunch of tours. Its easy and very little effort on this end. Anyone got any recommendations? It took me 7 months to find a place from craigslist. I had a really cushy situation and was pretty picky, though. If you look on craigslist now, that's about what you should expect to see constantly.
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Sep 24, 2008 10:45
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leisure no capi posted:I've got a flight booked for September 14th - 18th to visit some friends and look for apartments because I'm moving there in November for school and I have an amazing job lined up. Is craigslist pretty much the best venue for finding a place to live in SF? In the past looking for apartments I've gone through rental agencies that have just lined up a bunch of tours. Its easy and very little effort on this end. Anyone got any recommendations? Yeah, start responding now. Are you looking for your own place or trying to sublet? I ask because... Duder X posted:It took me 7 months to find a place from craigslist. I had a really cushy situation and was pretty picky, though. If you look on craigslist now, that's about what you should expect to see constantly. The two times I've had to look it took no more than a month each time. Wasn't being picky, either.
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leisure no capi posted:I've got a flight booked for September 14th - 18th to visit some friends and look for apartments because I'm moving there in November for school and I have an amazing job lined up. Is craigslist pretty much the best venue for finding a place to live in SF? In the past looking for apartments I've gone through rental agencies that have just lined up a bunch of tours. Its easy and very little effort on this end. Anyone got any recommendations? Craigslist is definitely the way to go. I had a tour with a rental agency when I moved this summer, and they were mostly using craigslist. Since I was clearly willing to spend more time monitoring craigslist than they were, I wound up finding a place myself. Most places I saw expected you to start renting within a few weeks though, so that might be a problem if you only want to move in in November. You should definitely start monitoring craigslist now, if nothing else to help you get a sense of the market
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Sep 24, 2008 17:29
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leisure no capi posted:I've got a flight booked for September 14th - 18th to visit some friends and look for apartments because I'm moving there in November for school and I have an amazing job lined up. Is craigslist pretty much the best venue for finding a place to live in SF? In the past looking for apartments I've gone through rental agencies that have just lined up a bunch of tours. Its easy and very little effort on this end. Anyone got any recommendations? Definitely CL, and the market is pretty competitive. Housing is expensive, but there are a lot of good deals, nice people, and large apartments. I found a place a couple weeks after moving here (but I dropped it a couple weeks ago, long story). I should have another place set by this weekend, after probably 2 - 3 weeks of serious looking. You'll go to open houses where there are a ton of other people, and there are shady characters out there. But there are plenty of good options. One option is when you get here, put up a wanted about yourself, your job, and a semi-respectable picture. You'd be surprised, my girlfriend did this and found a place, and I got a lot of great responses. Some people don't want to deal with an open house and 50+ people, and look for the kind of roommate they want. It would be a good thing to do once you're in the city.
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Craigslist isn't the only way. Also walk around neighborhoods that you like and look for "for rent" signs. The typical CL "open house" has at least 25 people at it and some places don't bother listing there because of dealing with all the idiots. You can get a good place from CL but it's not the only way. You also might think about getting a short-term sublet so you can find a place you really like.
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qirex posted:You also might think about getting a short-term sublet so you can find a place you really like. This is a great idea. I stayed at a hotel / hostel in the Mission for a week before she found a place, and it beat sleeping on a futon. It's pretty cheap, but the Mission can get sketchy. Anyway, there's no reason to jump at the first place you get, subletting and deciding what neighborhoods you like is a great option.
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Thanks everyone for all your responses.The Grand Judabuddha posted:Most places I saw expected you to start renting within a few weeks though, so that might be a problem if you only want to move in in November. Kimball_Ninja posted:One option is when you get here, put up a wanted about yourself, your job, and a semi-respectable picture. You'd be surprised, my girlfriend did this and found a place, and I got a lot of great responses. Some people don't want to deal with an open house and 50+ people, and look for the kind of roommate they want. It would be a good thing to do once you're in the city. qirex posted:Craigslist isn't the only way. Also walk around neighborhoods that you like and look for "for rent" signs. The typical CL "open house" has at least 25 people at it and some places don't bother listing there because of dealing with all the idiots. You can get a good place from CL but it's not the only way. I also thought about the whole sublet path, but I don't think after driving 2,000 miles in a u-haul I'm going to want to remove all my stuff to a new apartment in 3 months.
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Sort of a vague moving in typing question for everyone: My girlfriend recently got a job in west San Jose and will be moving up in a couple weeks. I'm charged with scouting out the apartments she's finding on CL. Anyone have recommendations of places/neighborhoods to avoid or that I should check out? She'll have a car so it does give her some flexibility location wise, but if/when I move in with her I'll need something near downtown or on a bus/light rail line that will take me to San Jose's Civic Center without too much hassle. danifestmestny fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Sep 25, 2008 |
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danifestmestny posted:Sort of a vague moving in typing question for everyone: You don't want to be all that close to civic center, most of the immediate area is pretty sketchy. I live on nob hill, which is about as close as I'd want to get. It mostly depends on your price range. If you don't mind the bus you can get to civic center pretty easily from most places
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The Grand Judabuddha posted:You don't want to be all that close to civic center, most of the immediate area is pretty sketchy. I live on nob hill, which is about as close as I'd want to get. It mostly depends on your price range. If you don't mind the bus you can get to civic center pretty easily from most places Um, I meant the Civic Center stop of the VTA - Santa Clara County's light rail, not the SF Muni one, sorry about the confusion.
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Thought I should give you goons a heads-up. I'm currently renting out a furnished studio in San Francisco in the Upper Haight for $120 a night/$750 a week. It's got the internets and a bed and what else does a goon need? Here is our calendar of availability: http://www.my.calendars.net/1910page/d01/08/2008?display=M&style=B&positioning=A email me at kathymunderloh@gmail.com if it tickles yer fancy. craigslist ad w/ pictures: http://sfbay.en.craigslist.org/sfc/vac/855640618.html mundermensch fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Sep 26, 2008 |
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Sep 26, 2008 05:08
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danifestmestny posted:Um, I meant the Civic Center stop of the VTA - Santa Clara County's light rail, not the SF Muni one, sorry about the confusion. That makes more sense then. SF to SJ is a bit of a commute
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I'm so pumped about the Academy of Science to open up too. I'm just going to buy a membership...it pays for itself in 2 visits if you go with a friend (a free guest!) I have a feeling I'll be making visits with my iPod and watching fish for hours.
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k0konutz posted:I'm just going to buy a membership...it pays for itself in 2 visits if you go with a friend (a free guest!) I'm going to wait a small while for the OMGWTF crouds to taper off a little bit, but it's not like I have free time to go right now. It is $99/year, but I'm sure I can get people to come along with me. Epically when I have family and friends visiting out of town.
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Atrus posted:I'm going to wait a small while for the OMGWTF crouds to taper off a little bit, but it's not like I have free time to go right now. It is $99/year, but I'm sure I can get people to come along with me. Epically when I have family and friends visiting out of town. I walked out of my door at 9am this morning, and the line was already literally miles long. There were thousands of people there. It was insane. I'm going to do the same, get a membership and just go week nights after work (I live at 7th and Fulton), and when the initial rush has died down a bit.
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I went with my roommates for the first time to the Folsom Street Fair. One roommate was a gay man and the other a straight woman, so as a straight male I was the only one not entranced by the teeming mass of man flesh that surrounded us. I had a good time, though, because I love people-watching and it was a day out of the house with my friends. But why can't we have a Lipstick Lesbian festival or something, christ. If anyone out there is curious and wants pictures, I can bug my roommate to get the ones off of her camera.
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So, what do people do for Halloween round here? The last time I was living here and it was Halloween I was 17.... Where are the parties? What's good? What's bad?
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Has anyone been to the Warfield since it reopened? Is it dramatically different or did they just pretty it up a bit?
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I need to go and get my hair cornrowed sometime soon. I live in SF proper, more or less around Pac Heights/Civic Center. Anyone know of a good beauty salon for it?
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Papercut posted:Has anyone been to the Warfield since it reopened? Is it dramatically different or did they just pretty it up a bit? I've been to the Warfield twice since it reopened (whooo hooo Nick Cave and Rancid!) and as pumped as I was for the revamping I really couldn't notice a difference except the seats in the balcony has new upholstery. Also, the sides of the ceiling in the balcony still look like poo poo - paint peeling, kinda stained, etc. I guess they ran out of money at that point, hah.
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BlueBayou posted:So, what do people do for Halloween round here? I'll be hosting a Halloween party November 1st. Details will be posted in the SF Goon Meets thread As for actual Halloween... the Castro was the thing to do (until they got tired of people getting stabbed and shot.) They're holding some kind of Castro-esque shindig by AT&T Park this year. But they are charging $30 cover
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TrueClash posted:I'll be hosting a Halloween party November 1st. Details will be posted in the SF Goon Meets thread Actually its free now: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/18/BA8P1301NJ.DTL
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TrueClash posted:I'll be hosting a Halloween party November 1st. Details will be posted in the SF Goon Meets thread Isnt it against the rules to have a halloween party after halloween?
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hermanos posted:I need to go and get my hair cornrowed sometime soon. I live in SF proper, more or less around Pac Heights/Civic Center. I'm pretty sure no one needs this hair-do. That and I think I've seen one even set or rows ever. Everyone else has a do that's even on one side and is made of funny shapes on the other. Anyway, I wish I'd spent my Sunday out in SF now. Sounds like I missed a lot of whacky fun and gay men romping gayly about. PS: BART tells me the Redbull whatever-races are at Delores park in what, 2.5 weeks?
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Alex_DeLarge posted:Actually its free now: Free = Yay, but part of the draw to the Castro (besides all the fabulous costumes) was all of the restaurants and bars that were open along the street. And Newsom better not even try to say that alcohol was the reason people got shot. That just isn't so. BlueBayou posted:Isnt it against the rules to have a halloween party after halloween? Not if it's on the same weekend.
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Andrigaar posted:I'm pretty sure no one needs this hair-do. That and I think I've seen one even set or rows ever. Everyone else has a do that's even on one side and is made of funny shapes on the other. thanks dude, that's just what i needed to hear
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hermanos posted:thanks dude, that's just what i needed to hear Not sure how much this helps, but I found a place near you: African Hair Braiding 1928 Ellis St San Francisco, CA The link below offers more options with varying reviews. I see a couple similar spots along the 22 bus line heading towards the Fillmore District. http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/yellowpages/results/San_Francisco_CA/braiding/page1.html?radius=2.4 Happy Hunting!
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Artsygrrl posted:Not sure how much this helps, but I found a place near you: Thanks! I somehow hadn't seen citysearch before. Good looking out.
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My pleasure! Citysearch proved most useful to me the first few weeks I was in San Francisco, and I have used it ever since.
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Artsygrrl posted:My pleasure! Citysearch proved most useful to me the first few weeks I was in San Francisco, and I have used it ever since. Also, yelp.com, of course.
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hermanos posted:thanks dude, that's just what i needed to hear No problem. It's what I'm hear to do. Anyway, good luck with your upcoming 'do. I'd bless your rows, but that phrase makes me think of The Children of the Corn for some silly reason 
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Artsygrrl posted:My pleasure! Citysearch proved most useful to me the first few weeks I was in San Francisco, and I have used it ever since. I ended up finding a spot called Jazz'z down on Fillmore, so that was solid. Thanks again.
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Sorta an odd question here. I live in SF proper and was trying to think of new ideas to work out, and then the idea to run up one of the downtown building's stairs might be kinda cool. Now, with all the terrorism/murder/rear end-raping that takes place in the world today, is A; this even possible without security tackling me down 20 flights of stairs and B; are any downtown buildings even open to the public? Thanks oh, and anyone else going to the Blues festival this weekend in the park?
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I really doubt any building's security would let you do that. You could always hit the Filbert Street steps or Vallejo on the east side of Russian Hill.
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There are also the Lyon St steps right by the Presidio, I see people running those all the time. It's gotta be at least a couple hundred steps and they're steep.
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Filbert and Greenwich Sts on the east face of telegraph hill are nothing but stairs and pathways; if you want to run stairs, that'd be a neat place to do it, but it's better as just a cool place to chill and watch the sunrise. They're official city streets, some complete with signs marking them as so, but it's all walkways and stuff with people's houses and gardens. It's my favorite place in the city. So everyone else STAY THE HELL AWAY 
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I walked by some nice looking steps at chestnut and culebra terrace today. Really, one thing you're never going to be lacking for in san francisco is steep things to run up
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