OAKLAND

best in america makes it seem like it's hawaii or something, but the weather in any of the coastal areas of the bay area is pretty great. there's some rain, it can get cold, but it's never unbearable.

some of the coastal areas of the bay area almost never get warm is a complaint i hear from people

yeah I love living here but um best weather...? eh not if you're in the Sunset or anywhere on the coast. it's pretty much cold/cloudy 75% of the year

Alameda is home to many aging hipsters w/kids

Isn't everybody "aging", technically?

East Bay weather is great, it's true

Oakland has some of the best weather in the East Bay.

i was totally alarmed at having to wear sweatshirts in july when i was out there last summer (i've spent most of my life in the northeast)

first few years I lived here I felt ripped off by the "cold" summer weather, but now I get grouchy when the weather gets above 75 or so.

yeah I love living here but um best weather...? eh not if you're in the Sunset or anywhere on the coast. it's pretty much cold/cloudy 75% of the year

it's 'cold' in that it's generally smart to have a sweatshirt around, but it's basically never colddd. name a large metro area in america w/ more pleasant range of highs and lows!

san diego or LA are the only real competition and bay area weather vs. LA weather basically comes down to taste

LA weather = smog

this is an old article my friend just sent me about Temescal. Does anyone agree or disagree with this article? Area was not desirable when I was living near it 10 years ago. I would at least like to try Bakesale Betty's.

I live in Temescal and it is the greatest.

Oh yeh I like it there.

my practice space is in the Temescal - it's a good neighborhood, now no longer subject to white person's curfew, but it's getting pricey

LA weather awesome today, by the way. Just got out of the pool, clear blue sky, blissed-out drone jams on the stereo

omg bakesale betty's chicken sandwich drooooooooooool

a friend of mine has a "you might be white if ..." comedy routine involving bakesale betty's chicken sandwich

It is seriously tasty tho

it's ok, but you can make something just as good on your own

What does that have to do with anything.

Is Everett & Jones still great

it has to do w/the fact that the bakesale betty chicken sandwich is not some magical foodstuff, and fuck waiting in line for one!

I had one when we were recording in Oakland last month. it was allright. I didn't really see the point of putting fried chicken in a sandwich - like, fried chicken doesn't need the addition of bread and lettuce and mayo to be good. just made it super-heavy. but it tasted okay.

there is no mayo on the bakesale betty's sandwich - it's coleslaw

whatever I just ate it I didn't order it or watch it's preparation

I waited for like 5 minutes last time I got one, but I guess I could've made my own fried chicken sandwich in five minutes using my five minute fried chicken recipe.

heating up in here

I <3 sarahel but not as much as I like sandwiches.

arguing about bakesale betty's chicken sandwich is the oakland equiv of Cancun vs. Pancho Villa

Cancun all the way

is breads of india still tite

breads of india in oakland is pretty awesome

also: Cancun all the way

man i used to love breads of india - haven't been there in years, tho. that and pho 84 are arguments in favor of moving back to teh east bay.

some good sit-down breakfast to be had in the E Bay if u can stand the wait

Haha where is the SF/food thread where we had a huge argument about whether it is douchey to order Mexican food in Spanish if you are white?

Battambang is pretty awesome too; also late night sushi

Cambodian?

There is a Battambang in Alhambra that is just the worst

and about 90% of all of Oakland is built on land that would liquify during a major earthquake on the Hayward Fault

pac bell park/China Basin area, most of the mission, the marina = all landfill, too

slightly ot xpost

Haha where is the SF/food thread where we had a huge argument about whether it is douchey to order Mexican food in Spanish if you are white?

― is breads of india still tite (admrl), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 3:56 PM (2 minutes ago)

andy started it

haha

that 90% of oakland is landfill is total BS, unless that person meant emeryville, port of oakland and or alameda.

i didnt mean to malign oakland talkin abt the cops; i love working downtown here, and most of me and annie's friends out here live in and around lakeshore -- just the OPD is fucked up.

here are some food opinions:

never been to pancho villa; too busy at cancun and metate and vallarta.

also both bakesale betty's locations have a ton of non-white non-yuppie customers; shit is popular.

also i want to eat at lois the pie queen so so so bad right now.

ordering in spanish is fine and not douchey, as long as youre not a general douche.

battambang is aight.

lynn and lu's breakfast is A++

alameda is stupid except for grabbin cheap records at the flea market and doesnt have any records so dont bother

awwww Lois The Pie Queen love that place

Honestly do not remember the food but I just love hanging out in there

also cam huong can u hear me? where my shan dong?

alameda has my favorite east bay dim sum spot.

alameda has forbidden island