San Francisco Schtuff

By Farrah:

Grand Lake (Oakland) vs. Noe Valley (San Francisco)

These hoods are cute, convenient and family-friendly. Let’s see what happens when they go head to head in a good old fashioned grudge-match…

Results:
Meeting hottie at local bar: Grand Lake
Getting around: Noe Valley
Kid friendliness: Grand Lake
Cool stuff to do: TIE
Likelihood that your neighbors aren’t just like you: Grand Lake
Necessary Stuff: Grand Lake
Price: Grand Lake

Meeting at hottie at the local bar: Grand Lake

Don’t people move to Noe Valley when they’re boo’ed up? When I moved in with my boo, we moved to Noe and didn’t go out to bars. Oh yeah, I guess I did pass a bar called Bliss on my way to the grocery store from time to time. Does anyone really go there?

Grand Lake has tons of bars. If you like cat daddies you can go to the Serenader. Hip young professionals can be found at Easy or Vine Wine Bar. Unprentious, dive-loving hipsters go to the Alley or Smitty’s. Lesbians (one Wednesday a month) and everybody else goes to Lucky’s.

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