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Ahhh yes.. MUNI bus stops the place I always think of when recalling baked treats from yesteryear

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Some recent news that I find interesting and surprised at the country we are living in:

Vermont elected a socialist to the senate

Yay! Happiness

Nancy Pelosi becomes third in line for the presidency

I tend to fall into the category of people that say she is too centrist but ( Read more... )

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This article about their new facility is just terribly exciting. If only Berkeley were slightly affordable.

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Ever since my sister brought up that she had never heard anyone use the word “hipster” before (saying that she had heard of “scenesters”) I’ve been curious about the distinction between hipster and scenester and what they mean in our modern vocabulary.

My recent move to New ( Read more... )

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This whole spinach ban thing is getting big press in the west… the San Francisco Chronicle and the La Times have had a front page story on it every day since the weekend.

See these recent headlines:
LaTimes Story
SF Gate Article

The New York Times, which didn’t seem to have ( Read more... )

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Ha ha! Pop Scene’s in the Chron! I guess whoever that was was right when they said that pop scene is lame. Not that I got anything personally against the SF Chronicle.

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Article claims devil’s slide will be reopened by September.

This is a stretch of road north of Half Moon Bay that has completely cut off Highway 1 access between SF and the rest of the penninsula.

Article should be followed shortly in April by an aticle stating “Highway 1 ( Read more... )

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I am new to this country (for seven months) learning to drive is an important thing to note and difficult to learn. I have found these rules to be useful when driving in the bay area. I based these upon my observations having driven here for the past seven months.

Freeways ( Read more... )