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October 08, 2008
Life , San Francisco : Why SF
I’ve had a number of people ask me these past few weeks why we are moving to San Francisco. There were even interesting rumors at work that this was part of some re-org that was yet to be announced. The truth is that this was purely a lifestyle choice for Anne and me. We are and have always been “city people” and this was our chance to get back into city living.
This past week provided a number of examples of why we like cities.
Last Friday the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra gave a free lunch concert in at a plaza near my office. Anne came over and joined me for the performance. Sunday we went to a members-only reception at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and toured a couple of the exhibits there. Then, after a short break at home, we spent Sunday evening at a free Bluegrass music festival which was running all weekend in Golden Gate Park. Five stages scattered around the park with new acts every hour and a half at each stage. Big name people too – we saw Earl Scruggs (only surviving member of the Blue Grass Boys who gave the genre its name), Rickey Skaggs, and Emmylou Harris.
All of these events were free (OK, we had to pay for membership in SFMOMA; but we do that anyway). None required us to drive or park anywhere. They were all things we could do on the spur of the moment. Cities tend to provide those opportunities. While there are cultural activities down in the South Bay (as the region where we had been living is know), they tend to require more planning and more cash, not to mention driving and parking.
The only thing we didn't do this weekend that we hope to do more of is go to a play. We made it to a few TheatreWorks productions down in the South Bay; but it was never very convenient. Our hope is that having the San Francisco theatre district a MUNI ride away, we will be able to go to stage productions more often.
Posted by Steven at October 8, 2008 05:00 AM
