The Surprise: Laura and I are moving to
San Francisco. She accepted an excellent job offer in SF; she leaves May 14th; and she starts work May 19th. And I'll head that direction at the start of June. If her hopes in SF didn't work out, we had planned on going to Boston - which I was very eager about, because I'd love nothing more than to live in the same city as my wonderful nephew George. None the less, I am excited about the move... ahh to once again inhabit a world where Craigslist is a staple of live, culture abounds, and public transportation exists.
Goodbye, Tornadoes! Hellllooo, Earthquakes!
The downside of moving to SF: it is the second most expensive city to live in the United States. In Stillwater, Oklahoma a person can rent a nice duple with a full kitchen, living room, 2 full bathrooms, and 3 bedrooms for around $650 a month. In San Francisco, a 400 to 500 square-foot studio apartment runs around $1,400 a month. Ridiculous. Most of the bathrooms at OSU are larger than our future apartment. On the other hand, if someone has 1.2 million dollars they need to spend, one block from Laura's new office is a 567 sq-ft studio apartment for sale. We're more than happy to occupy it if you buy it!
We have a lot of stuff to sell, throw away, and store, so we're becoming adept at things-we-own triage. I can't take my canvases with me, so tomorrow I'm going to do an oil painting on one of the larger ones. I'll post pictures of its progress as the work develops. And I've started a photography project: with my Mamiya m645 medium-format camera, I'm going to take one black and white portrait of each of our close friends before we leave. Nothing fancy, nothing posed. They just look straight at the camera and click goes the shutter.
I never provided a list of the movies I watched during Spring Break. Here is everything I watched since Spring Break: 3:10 to Yuma, American Gangster, The Assassination of Jesse James, Bee Movie, Delicatessen, Ghost in the shell, Gone Baby Gone, La Vie En rose, Last King of Scottland, Lawrence of Arabia, 12 Angry Men, Marie Antoinette, Me You and Everyone We Know, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, Sword of the Beast, Tarnation, The Secretary, Tokyo Godfathers, Yojimbo, You Kill Me, and Youth of the Best.
Is it an exclamation mark in Palantino Linotype 72pt or is it subtle porn? I may have discovered a new, disturbing industry. Either way, you're never going to look at punctuation the same way again.
Comments (13)
SF huh? Good luck! And $1400 for a 500 sq. ft studio seems reasonable. That would run you at least $2K in Manhattan.
haha oh come on just commute in from vegas... you'd save money that way.
San Francisco is one of my favorite cities. There's so much to do there. I'm not sure how I would like going through the whole earthquake thing though... I don't think I'd be very happy.
Yay - I knew before you posted. That makes me special. Though Stillwater may be remarkably less "Stillwater" without you to periodically run into (that was totally Charles's instigation, by the way, in case you weren't sure what happened there). Take pictures of good Oklahoma sunsets before you leave, though - I hear San Fran's don't have anything on ours.
relocating is all so exciting! i hope you settle in well.
I recommend living in a suburb of SF. Living in SF is a bad idea. Try Berkeley or Oakland, where apartments are more affordable and still close, or go into Redwood City, San Mateo, Palo Alto, or thereabouts. It is worth the commute time-- it's at least half the price in rent. My dad's side of the family is from there, and I was looking into moving there for grad school for a while. The public transportation is good enough in the surrounding metro that it's not worth it to live in the city, in my opinion.
Delicatessen was a delicious flick.
Good luck on your move to SF and finding affordable housing. Maybe in this downturn you could negotiate a deal on your deposit?
That is SO exciting!! I love San Fran. You guys should have come to Chicago, rent is about $1175 for my two bedroom. Not too bad, for the size...if you can deal with the noise of living over a bar. $1400 for a studio...I can't believe that. I can live in a studio in the swanky swank hoods here for $700.
you're moving hundreds of miles away!?!
with a girl?!!
i've never met... :( sad face.
i'm really happy for you, that is exciting news!
Dude, I live in San Francisco!
When you get out here, if you want, I'll buy you a drink.
i'm so happy i don't get it!