Sad but true. San Francisco: clean up your act. This is pathetic.
Hat tip:
"no deliveries after dark" amicis.com/images/sf_deli…
— Julio Capote (@capotej) January 29, 2012
Kate and I bought a house! We were expecting to close on December 11 but things got delayed. Banks have swung from being stupid and lending to everyone, to being stupid and lending to no one. So we had to deal with their diligence bullshit while they confirmed that we are responsible people. There was much more to it, but we'll leave it at that.
Two weeks late, we closed on our Hayes Valley condo on December 24, 2009. We were already in route to Buffalo when we took ownership, but it was great to know we were homeowners as we celebrated the holidays with Kate's family. We returned to San Francisco on December 29, just in time to move in and ring in the new year. Some photos of our new place (with a few shots from the listing since we're still decorating):The place is unique. It's part of a new condo construction, finished in 2008. But our unit is actually a 1908 Stable house. The building was completely gutted and rebuilt, but retains its original facade and windows.
Many thanks to our agent, Virginia Thackwell, who was simply amazing through the whole process. I rarely work with people who are so detail oriented and dependable. If you are looking for a place, contact Virginia! http://www.thecitysf.com
Hot Glass, Cold Beer is a really great event put on by Public Glass in San Francisco. For just $25, you get unlimited food, beer, live music, and get to watch skilled craftsmen work with glass. While we were there, they constructed most of a man, including feet (shoes), legs, and attached a torso.
You can see more photos and some video here.
We've looked at a lot of office space in the past few weeks. Locations fell into 3 buckets:
1. SOMA. SOMA (south of market) is where all the cool, new web 2.0 companies are based. Twitter is there, and a whole slew of Y Combinator startups. Places we saw were generally awkward or expensive. People are sharing space with lots of companies, many guys all piled into small rooms.
But I don't get the appeal. There's nothing around there. The food SUCKS. It's like, the place to be because it's "cool" but really, there are better places. Everyone is quoting "$1 per square foot!" but when you actually find space, it's a lot more expensive than that.
Believe me, i'm not going to overpay just so I can be a little closer to Twitter HQ.
2. Financial District. We saw some REALLY sweet spaces around Union Square. Places have been empty for a while and people are willing to negotiate on rent pretty liberally. Unfortunately places were just a little too large and too expensive for what we need. But in a year, I can totally see us growing into an office there. And there's good food to eat!
3. North Beach. It's a little more out of the way from transportation like Bart. But it's a beautiful neighborhood with LOTS of great food. And since we have a connection with a building owner there (my girlfriend, Kate, works in a building with openings), we got a sweet deal on a space that's the perfect size for us.
So we'll be in North Beach starting August 1st. I'm really looking forward to setting up the office, in particular building a kegerator. I've wanted my own kegerator ever since I started drinking (good) beer. When I learned Brett shares the same love, we decided this is a must for Posterous HQ. Not that North Beach is lacking in great bars...
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