(Part 3) Top products from r/AskSF

1. Power of Now. Changed my life. Read with an open mind. Let the spaghetti stick to the wall where it will. Not all of it will stick. But some will.
   
   
2. How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty. Opens your eyes to common social traps.
   
   
3. The Empty Boat: Encounters with Nothingness. This one's hard to get through, because ego, but worth the slog. Read #1 first.
   
   I wish you well. Know that you're not alone. I understand the feeling. Also recommend therapy, ideally someone of the same gender. There are certain gender-specific issues that are best understood/empathized with by a therapist of the same gender.

> Is there a good resource for finding out where the fog is in San Francisco?

Look out the window?

Sorry for the snarky joke. :)

Besides weather forecasts, the prevailing weather patterns in San Francisco are actually pretty interesting.

There is no coincidence that the ancient location of the main Indian village (in what is now San Francisco) is in the Mission District, which is the warmest and sunniest part of the City.

Pam Pierce wrote an interesting book about the microclimates of SF.

The bottom line is that fog is cool air, and cool air likes to sink. Therefore the fog zones all are the lowest pathways for air flow. The Golden Gate is the biggest of these. Also, the low point in the ridgeline near Daly City tends to collect the fog. The converse is that areas protected by high points tend not to be foggy, so therefore the areas with airflow blocked by Twin Peaks tend to be sunny.

Salon founder David Talbot chronicles the cultural history of San Francisco and from the late 1960s to the early 1980s when figures such as Harvey Milk, Janis Joplin, Jim Jones, and Bill Walsh helped usher from backwater city to thriving metropolis.

http://www.amazon.com/Season-Witch-Enchantment-Terror-Deliverance-ebook/dp/B005C6FDFY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Cool, Gray City of Love brings together an exuberant combination of personal insight, deeply researched history, in-depth reporting, and lyrical prose to create an unparalleled portrait of San Francisco. Each of its 49 chapters explores a specific site or intersection in the city, from the mighty Golden Gate Bridge to the raunchy Tenderloin to the soaring sea cliffs at Land's End.

http://www.amazon.com/Cool-Gray-City-Love-Francisco-ebook/dp/B00D78R550/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1451757678&sr=1-1&keywords=cool+grey+city+of+love

Not a book, but this American Experiance episode is fantastic.

In 1957, decades before Steve Jobs dreamed up Apple or Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, a group of eight brilliant young men defected from the Shockley Semiconductor Company in order to start their own transistor business. Their leader was 29-year-old Robert Noyce, a physicist with a brilliant mind and the affability of a born salesman who would co-invent the microchip -- an essential component of nearly all modern electronics today, including computers, motor vehicles, cell phones and household appliances.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/silicon/

Also, not related to San Francisco directly, but focusing on California and the west, if you want to understand why California is the way it is today, this is on the list of essential reading material.

http://www.amazon.com/Cadillac-Desert-American-Disappearing-Revised/dp/0140178244

Sorry to hear, recently went through the recruiting process. You can read this book, super helpful and should finish in a day or two

https://www.amazon.com/2-Hour-Job-Search-Technology-Faster/dp/1607741709

Update your resume first thing, format: task, people, result. Can help review if you DM me

Create a spreadsheet of people you can reach out to, get names on Linkedin, guess email format (i.e.: [email protected]), send cold email:

"Hello [name],

My name is [name], I am a [your Marketing job title]. I am interested in getting into [job applying to] with a strong interest in [firm name]. Would you have 15 / 30' to chat about your work in the next 2 weeks? Would love to hop on a call / buy you a coffee to learn more about your experience recruiting or any advice you might have.

Understand your schedule can get busy but would really appreciate any of your time.

Look forward to chat soon"

50 - 80% of the time people will respond, especially alum from school / anyone have something similar to your background

90% of those should convert to first round interview

Do 2 - 3 months of this talking to 30 - 60 companies should land you any job you like

Does it also need to be small, lightweight, and durable since it's going in your backpacking gear for a few weeks? How many weeks? Will it be in hot and dry conditions or hot and humid?

The only thing that I can think of is maybe an interesting tin of tea from Red Blossom Tea Company. But you'd want to make sure you secure the tin closed somehow and that no moisture gets into it...

Is the recipient male or female? Age?

EDIT:

Oh, how about a SF themed coloring book for adults?

Or a wallet made by one of the many local companies that are super into making durable bags. Timbuk2, waterfield, rickshaw, etc.

Or if you want to be super worried your whole trip, the SF city mug from Starbucks is very pretty.

This is a really great idea. So many great neighborhoods to see! Check out this resource:

http://www.amazon.com/City-Walks-Francisco-Revised-Adventures/dp/1452109885

PM me, maybe I have these at home and I can send you jpgs of the cards.

Try to string together Chinatown (stockton, not grant), North Beach, Marina, Divisidero, Haight, Hayes Valley, Castro, Mission. Would love to see your final route!

I've been running the IQ Air Health Pro Plus for years (I'm slightly allergic to cats, but I have a cat).


I turned it on Thursday night (11/8) and have been breathing easy since.


I also have a Honeywell 50250 that I give out as a loaner from time to time or for spot purifying in a bedroom.

The first option isn't so affordable, but the second one is great for most folks.

What is missing with the bread you are making? What makes it not 'sourdough'? Taste? texture? etc? Do you have any pictures that we could work from?

What's your starter feeding schedule? How long do you feed it before you make bread with it. You shouldn't make bread immediately after feeding it, I have found about a day after feeding it is a good time. Also, how old is your starter, older starters have better flavor (no real hard line, I have a 25+year old starter that always delivers)

How long do you let it proof? Good sourdough needs to proof 8+ hours, Going faster and using instant yeast with the starter will make it a more mild flavor.

I highly recommend this book: https://www.amazon.com/Flour-Water-Salt-Yeast-Fundamentals/dp/160774273X

The levain section covers everything about working with starters.

Everyone participates in their own way.

"Nifty Nabbers" are about $19. Ponying up for a rolling trash can is further than I got. I used to clean up random streets when I lived in the Mission. Cigarette butts are the most common piece of trash I found. Plastic containers are generally the most voluminous.

After an event like today, anyone would do well to hit the streets with a Nifty Nabber and spend about 10 minutes cleaning up their nabe, ktnxbai..

Hello fellow newcomer! My wife and I have lived here about the same amount of time. I bought her Stairway Walks in San Francisco for Christmas and it has taken us to some fascinating places this past week. Highly recommended!

Off the Beaten Path Northern California is fairly useful. It gives details on museums, hikes, points of interest etc and lists potentially helpful websites/resources at the end of each section.

Closer to home there is Golden Gate Trailblazer which lists hiking, biking, jogging and kayaking outings in San Francisco and Marin County.

You could get this.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Plush-BART-train-toy-mocked-coveted-transit-13431903.php

Maybe a comic set in SF, like (Vol. 1) Deadly Class.

https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Class-1-Reagan-Youth/dp/1632150034

Throw in an Its-It and you're good to go.

My friend used this book as a reference when he did walking tours of SF: Historic Walks in San Francisco: 18 Trails Through the City's Past https://www.amazon.com/dp/1879367033/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_67i4CbNZJ4Z9Q

My tenant's older hondas and toyotas used to get stolen all the time- PD basically told me that they are being stolen by daylaborers who don't have licenses and can't register a car, so they steal cars and use them to commute back and forth from places like Tracy and Salinas for work in city. Two of them were found a few months after they were stolen in the East Bay and San Jose with toolboxes and painting supplies in them- in perfect condition, gas in the tank.

I had all my tenants with older cars start using The Club (that 80's car theft tool that locks your steering wheel), and we haven't had a car theft since. But yeah, they love those older cars without alarm systems and without chip-keys.

Hope it turns up for you.

In the '89 earthquake we were without power and water for a few days or more. Telephones didn't work (no cell phones back then). "Liquifaction" caused buildings in the Marina to slid off their foundations. The Bay Bridge was out of service for months. Then came the Northridge quake. Having an earthquake kit is being prepared. Here's some of what's in mine.

1. [First Aid Kit] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003H2EODW/).
   
   
2. Water. I've got four of [these] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053GVRWQ/) stored under my bed. Plus a couple of boxes of [these] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ANY4EXM/)
   
   
3. [Emergency food] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00955DUHQ/), and a [three pack of S.O.S. rations] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MDY91HY/).
   
   
4. [Lantern] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018S4XIS/), flashlights and batteries.
   
   
5. [Portable propane stove] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009PUR5E/) and propane.
   
   
6. I have a [UPS backup battery] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083TXNMM/) that will charge cell phones etc.
   
   
7. Various camping gear and tools.
   

Can you get it from Amazon in Canada? http://www.amazon.com/Bigelow-Cinnamon-Stick-Tea-20-Count/dp/B000GFYRIK

https://www.amazon.com/Outer-Worlds-PlayStation-4/dp/B07SWT3C45/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?keywords=the+outer+worlds+ps4&qid=1572646275&sprefix=the+ou&sr=8-2

This, This, and this, and then this

I can't really speak for any institutions that are cat-friendly, but my cat is solely an indoor cat (he's FIV+) and I feel bad about having him in a small apartment as well. I try to exercise him every night with toys -- he really loves this one. I can sit on my bed and just bounce it around the floor and on the bed and he goes crazy for it! After 20 minutes he gets tired out, and it's somewhat of an arm workout for me as well.

Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas by Rebecca Solnit!

She explores the area thematically — connecting, for example, Eadweard Muybridge's foundation of motion-picture technology with Alfred Hitchcock's filming of Vertigo. Across an urban grid of just seven by seven miles, she finds seemingly unlimited landmarks and treasures: butterfly habitats, queer sites, murders, World War II shipyards, blues clubs, Zen Buddhist centers. She roams the political terrain, both progressive and conservative, and details the cultural geographies of the Mission District, the culture wars of the Fillmore, the South of Market world being devoured by redevelopment, and much, much more.

Also a hoodie. Your friend will need layers. Layer her right on up.