From: Jawara@AppleLink.Apple.COM (Ron Drake)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: Driving people from the net
Date: 30 Sep 92 22:57:22 GMT
Followup-To: ba.singles
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Sep24.220615.19634@ntmtv>, bradletm@ntmtv.UUCP (Tim
Bradley) wrote:
> 
> I hate the area, but my career opportunities are much greater here.  It
> would be wonderful if everyone could live where they wanted to live, but
> sometimes we are forced to live in the gutter for awhile.  I've lived in
> four different countries and umpteen cities.  The South Bay has
> absolutely no character, and from my experience, ranks at the bottom of
> my list of places-I-want-to-live-out-my-life.  If there is something
> here, besides malls, gas stations, 7-11s, and highways, let me know.
> 
> 
> 							- Tim

Coyote Creek Park, Vasona, Club Oasis, Los Gatos, the Santa Cruz mountains,
Alum Rock Park, Mt. Hamilton, Shoreline, Ravenswood Wildlife Preserve,
Palo Alto/Stanford, Baylands Park, Rancho San Antonio, Skyline, Stevens
Creek Park (especially after a heavy rain), Niles Canyon, Mirassou,
Ridge, Almaden, Mt. View Center for the Performing Arts, any Hobee's,
Coffee Society in Cupertino, Mountain Charley's, PJ's, San Jose Live,
Toon's, Gordon Biersch (PA & SJ), Tied House(s), Ming's, Printer's Inc.,
Prolific Ovens, Peet's, Stanford Theater, Rudy's, The Hideaway (RC),
Chevy's (Mt. View, S'vale, Foster City), Flood Park, The Saddle Rack,
Twins Creeks Softball Complex, Malibu Grand Prix (RC), JJ's (all of 'em),
Rooster T. Feathers (when somebody good's working), Cheers, The Angus,
Stanford Coffee House, The Edge, Palo Alto Yacht Harbor, Hemingway's,
any Fry's store, Goldie's Barbecue, driving or biking through Lindenwood,
that sushi joint with sites in Cupertino and Palo Alto (sorry--went
blank on the name), T-Bird's Pizza, Pizza A-Go-Go, the BBC in Menlo Park,
Sh-Boom's, downtown Saratoga, Hakone Gardens, Pot-Au-Feu and Dal Boffo
(MP), any Kirk's, St. Michael's Alley (PA), Big Basin, Lupin Lodge,
Tower in Mt. View and the coffee shop next door, Stanford's tomb, the
Pulgas Water Temple, Robert's Woodside Store, the drive from Menlo Park
to Woodside via Portola Valley,  Alice's Restaurant, the skating trail
from Foster City to the San Mateo Bridge (the northern boundary of this
list), vista points on 280, Kepler's (you shoulda seen the old one),
the boiled chili won tons at Jing Jing, Memorial Park (San Mateo Co.),
Memorial Park (Cupertino), Huddart Park, that German restaurant on the
Alameda in San Carlos...

These are all off the top of my head. Some take money. Some are free. You
may think some of them suck. If you're not the slug you sound like, you'll
love some of them. Get San Jose and San Mateo County phone books. Look
these places up. Make an effort. Ask somebody!

I've lived here all my life and I mourn the passing of cleaner air and
wider pastures. But I'm closer to more here than anywhere else I could
live. World-class city: 45 min. Ocean: 45 min. Redwoods: 15 min. Skiing:
4 hours. Desert: 4 hours. Every nationality lives here. People are allowed
to be themselves here to an extent I've never seen anywhere else. There's
culture, recreation, education, industry, beauty, technology and some of
the world's best wineries in the area from the Coyote Valley to the San
Mateo Bridge. You just haven't looked!