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IrishBubbaLiberal

(1,622 posts)
11. SF has changed
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 07:14 PM
Apr 26

Left living in SF Bay Area in 1983,
Finished MBA at Golden Gate Univ then.


But went back to visit my parents living there numerous times,
Had a first-cousin my age living in SF I would visit often too.
Go bar hopping, in Marina, SF’s Bermuda Triangle, North Beach,
And usually always ended the evening at Buena Vista,
Where I would bug bartender Paul Nolan about him getting older 😜
and his brother too 😊

Got familiar with Muni drivers on that cable car line,
cuz we always ‘caught’ our ride up the hill a bit, AND
just HANG ON😅
We … Let all the tourist wait, at cable turnaround below,
I swear I can remember only paying $1 a ride ea way,
that was likely in 1976 or 1977

😩The SF financial district has been “Manhattanized” now.

The tech billionaire a-holes on Broadway McMansions now

And drive to Duarte’s Tavern in Pescadero (South of Half Moon Bay),
for some artichoke soup, berry pie, cioppino on weekends 😍

In SF….it’s Scoma’s for my cioppino
Or Tadich Grill

And of course my favorite!! Golden Boy Pizza 😍

Tomasso’s 😍
Clam and Garlic pizza 😍

I’m too old to live in The City.
Too crowded, parking is a horror.

I think Carmel is more my style now.
And Carmel is chilly too.

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Where? viva la Apr 26 #1
Yes ._. Apr 26 #4
I lived near a kind of crazy-old estate-- viva la Apr 26 #2
OMG....It's the attack of the 50 ft. Naked Woman! pdxflyboy Apr 26 #3
How can you not love San Francisco? walkingman Apr 26 #5
SF store's Dangling giant legs 😍 IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 26 #6
maybe you're too young, but the SF wharf entertainment of all Human Jukebox IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 26 #8
I'm 74, I'm not that fond of living in the city, but I would make walkingman Apr 26 #10
SF has changed IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 26 #11
here is sfgate.com write up from April 10th IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 26 #7
The SF Twins IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 26 #9
Snu Snu. Eko Apr 26 #12
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