From Hawks Landing to the Hood

I am relieved to announce that I am no longer homeless!  Although I will no longer reside in a home as beautiful as my aunts with home cooked meals, a car and two of the best cousins a girl could ask for I have my own place.  Well, not quite my own place but an apartment with three other girls who I met on craigslist (hopefully I won't be finding dates on craigslist anytime soon but it is an amazing resource for finding just about anything).  My new address is: 775 San Jose Ave. San Francisco CA 94110.  

For those of you who know nothing about San Francisco it is in the Mission neighborhood on the border of the Noe Valley neighborhood.  The Mission is loud, bustling, a little dirty but has the best burritos and weather in town.  It is traditionally a Mexican/Hispanic neighborhood and is known for bars and clubs and hipster scene (Becky you'll love it).  It can be a bit dangerous and I'm not going to lie I was overwhelmed at first but I'm not concerned about my surrounding blocks.  Noe Valley is a very nice neighborhood with a clean cut image filled with nice homes, cute shopping and coffee shops. Both neighborhoods have a lot of personality and are a good reflection on the contradictory nature of people.   Some days you just want to dress like you walked out of a Ralph Lauren catalogue and have a nice cup of coffee and stroll through boutiques but we all have a side to us that wants to get drunk and eat a burrito at 3 am.... or maybe that's just me but either way that describes my new home.