Not all summer in a day
Help identify this old SF short story about a small group of interstellar colonists (maybe one or two dozen). The colonists (maybe explorers) identities and personal details were kept secret from the...
View ArticleCorned beef by the bay
FoodFilter: A dear friend of mine just moved to the Bay Area. He happens to be absolutely crazy about Reubens. But where can he get one now that he has moved?! Bay Area MeFites—can you hook a Reuben...
View ArticleGay dude and straight homey out in SF.. Best nightlife for both of us!
We want to wingman each other.. at the same place. Me (30s cis gay man) and my friend (30s cis straight man) want to enjoy the SF nightlife but also want to go to a place where we both have the chance...
View ArticlePractical details of moving to the Bay Area
Boyfriend and I-- a non-engineer and an engineer-- moving to the Bay Area for a job offer. I don't know many people out there, so trying to get a realistic picture. I got a job offer to work in Silicon...
View ArticleHow to turn a viral article into work?
I'm a writer. I don't have a steady job and things are looking a little grim. Yet I recently hit the viral jackpot with an article linked on the blue and BoingBoing and all over the place, and it's...
View ArticleCommuting from SF to Emeryville?
I've lived and worked in San Francisco for the last ten years. I'm now considering taking a job in Emeryville and wondering what the commute is like. I've done it on BART once (about an hour, door to...
View ArticleVisiting Portland OR in order to decide whether to move there
My husband and I will have the chance to visit Portland OR in a couple of weeks for about 4 days (Saturday through Tuesday) as part of an in-person interview I have with a company up there. I am fairly...
View ArticleWhich sci-fi authors best predicted the present?
As we now seem to be living in a dystopian science-fiction movie, I am wondering if there are books or movies that were particularly close in their predictions of what life would be live coming up to...
View ArticleAfter the fall
Famously, Asimov's Foundation stores was inspired by Gibbon'sDecline and Fall. Less famously, Turtledove's Darkness series had as plot point and background the destruction of an ancient empire. What...
View ArticleShould we move from SF to Berkeley?
We're outdoorsy introverts who live in the Mission. We want to move. Should we move to Berkeley for the space and quiet? Or is a short commute worth less space, even if it restricts our ability to use...
View ArticleSF NYC real estate: Asset allocation for a (barely) millionaire
I am a single, 40-year-old man and have about $1.1 million in assets. (About 35% is in pre-tax retirement accounts.) I also have a mortgage of $350k on an apartment in NYC and about $150k in equity in...
View ArticleDining for one in the East Bay
I'll be traveling to the East Bay (Oakland, to be precise) in July, and I'll be alone. Can you recommend places that are good for solo diners? Difficulty level: I really want dim sum. I've been to...
View ArticleNot-too-popular SF Tenderloin restaurants?
I need to make dinner plans for 2 people--at 6pm this Saturday, preferably within 0.5 miles of PianoFight in the Tenderloin. What restaurants in this neighborhood will take reservations and actually...
View ArticleA short SF story about ideal alternate universes and spit bubbles?
Please help me identify a short SF story about an agency that matched clients with an alternate universe that perfectly matched their abilities and talents. The man wanting to be matched was great at...
View ArticleHelp with San Francisco travel
We'll be in San Francisco later this month and there are three things we'd like your help with: getting to the Union Square Grand Hyatt from OAK, checking out the Golden Gate Bridge, and getting photos...
View ArticleNeed to move a heavy piece of equipment across San Francisco
I have a large piece of workout equipment that I need to move across San Francisco. The tricky part is that there are stairwells on both sides, and it weighs about 400 pounds. I'd like to get a...
View ArticleCulinary lavender oil, buds in SF?
I'm trying to make lavender cake. Where can I buy these ingredients? Here is the recipe in question. I am trying to make this cake by Saturday evening, so I'd like to be able to go Friday after work or...
View ArticleWhere to find available campsites in the Bay Area for the Jul 4th?
I've been struggling to find available campsites in driving range from the SF Bay Area over the July 4th long weekend. Does anyone have any suggestions for places to find campsite inventory or places...
View ArticleRenter's Resume Without History as a Renter
I'm (hopefully) moving to an urban area with a competitive housing market and will be looking for a small apartment/studio/efficiency. (Outer Richmond, SF) Thanks to some previous AskMe threads, I've...
View ArticleBehold - the tract homes and boomboxes of the ancients...?
I'm looking for sf/fantasy works (stories, movies/TV, novels, etc.) that take place on a distant-future Earth, and where the characters' encounters with items and/or architecture from 'our' time (give...
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