Long Live NOPA

I've lived in Noe Valley, The Mission, The Panhandle, The Tenderloin, and Cole Valley. I moved to the Oakland hills at the beginning of this year as my first foray into the East Bay. I've moved back to SF (see map above), in the end the commute was too much for me (I own a software company in the Mission). I don't believe that it will be the last time I live in the East Bay, Montclair and Piedmont are beautiful and I love the Gourmet Ghetto in Berkeley, but for now I am happy to have returned to The City.


I just moved into an old friends apartment and discovered a new neighborhood. It was previously the odd spot between the panhandle and the western addition. There has been a lot of recent growth of the area: 1. New legislation barring chain stores 2. Newly available commercial space 3. Recently opened shops and restaurants. People started to call it NOPA for North of the Panhandle back in the late 90's. This is similar to NOHO in NYC for North of Houston.

I'm really happy I moved here when I did. The neighborhood is about to become amazing. Check out this map I made of NOPA:



I can't wait to see what happens here.

Maps courtesy Google photoshopped by Sid.

Once Again...

Once again I'm headed out to the desert. This is my 9th year. So much has happened since I first broke the mold. This year I want to find more of my personal power, get more in touch with my destiny and find the internal strength to rock this life harder.

It's hard to fight for freedom if you've never tasted it. That's why I think everyone should go at least once.