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Title: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Billy Rygar on July 16, 2010, 02:56:04 PM
Signing a lease today.

[youtube=560,345]ZYy8FOAVMsU[/youtube]
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Mupepe on July 16, 2010, 02:58:50 PM
Good luck. 
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 16, 2010, 03:08:01 PM
I'll miss you, and be there to comfort your wife after your inevitable stabbing.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on July 16, 2010, 03:15:25 PM
hipsters are starting to gentrify oakland now?
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on July 16, 2010, 03:19:30 PM
Why don't you be a cool person and come live in New York.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Human Snorenado on July 16, 2010, 03:34:24 PM
Yet neither of them can get your strippers to shave their fucking armpits.  :(
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Eric P on July 16, 2010, 03:50:32 PM
think carefully about which faction you want to join as you can only join one.

you'll get new quests, but you'll gain enemies from rival factions.

Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Smooth Groove on July 16, 2010, 04:31:16 PM
WTF why?  The whole East Bay is a POS that looks bad and smells even worse.  It took me a couple of days to get rid of Berkeley's disgusting stench. 
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 16, 2010, 04:42:59 PM
Yeah, that commute would have sucked if you guys stayed put.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 16, 2010, 04:46:34 PM
It's a nice lake... during the day.

Oakland has some decent food. Their Chinatown is pretty awesome.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Smooth Groove on July 16, 2010, 04:47:19 PM
Seriously?  What good eats are there in Oakland?  

Also, why not just live in SF and take the bart to work? It's only about 30-40 mins going from Oaktown to SF.  
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 16, 2010, 04:48:12 PM
Yeah, why aren't you rich, Cohen?
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Smooth Groove on July 16, 2010, 04:51:01 PM
Cohen is rich though.  How else does he live the high society lifestyle?
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Smooth Groove on July 16, 2010, 04:54:53 PM
And the other 10% is Chinatown, I presume?  You should seriously consider trading the animals for a nice apartment in Chinatown.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Smooth Groove on July 16, 2010, 05:02:28 PM
True, but why does that matter to you?  Are you one of those white people that think you're more Asian than a real Asian?
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Saint Cornelius on July 16, 2010, 05:06:15 PM
And the restaurant scene in Oakland is way better than SF. 

Oh you have got to be kidding me

Also, I have a feeling you & your wife are going to hate living in Oakland. Might I suggest Mill Valley, or Palo Alto? Mountain View? Anyfuckingwhere other than Oakland?
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Saint Cornelius on July 16, 2010, 05:13:24 PM
Ummm...we have lots of friends who live in Oakland, and I know lots of restaurant people, and do you want me to go on...

Okay so you know some people that sling 'burgers in Oakland and now you're a fucking restaurateur?

Does Zagat even cover Oakland?

(Also we've been living in San Jose for the past 3 years, so anything is improvement)

Oh so you know what a shithole Oakland is and you still want to move there? Godspeed.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Saint Cornelius on July 16, 2010, 05:14:43 PM
All I know is, of all the times I've been to S.F. I've never been like "hmmm, I'm hungry. Wonder what is cooking in Oakland"

Do you even know what I do for a living?

I have a feeling that you're a fucking restaurateur and the pwnage I'm about to get will be sublime.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Himu on July 16, 2010, 05:19:46 PM
Oakland isn't bad. Better than San Fran due to the ridiculous costs of living there now.

I kinda like San Jose, though. But I've seen more crime in SJ than Oakland.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Saint Cornelius on July 16, 2010, 05:20:08 PM
I'm a wine importer.  I know, well, hundreds of people in the Bay Area restaurant scene.  I even know folks down your way in SD doing some cool shit.


Nice! Well I guess you're impervious to my uneducated snark. But for realsies I didn't know Oakland had a burgeoning foodie scene going on. Just don't fuck with the BART cops, I suppose.

So who do you know in S.D.? This beer & sausage place called "The Regal Beagle" just opened up a block from my house. The owner just moved down from S.F. to open it. It would be a hilariously small world situation if you knew him!
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 16, 2010, 05:20:43 PM
Cohen, when I visit you, can we have some wine?
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Himu on July 16, 2010, 05:21:00 PM
Why do you always have to be a cock, Corny?
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Himu on July 16, 2010, 05:21:39 PM
Oakland has some SHITTY areas, don't get me wrong and by and large it can't be considered a safe city, but the areas in SF we could afford are just as bad.

If I was moving there I'd move to Oakland too. I've got lots of family there and San Fran is just a bart train ride away.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Smooth Groove on July 16, 2010, 05:22:20 PM
I didn't even know Cohen quit making games. :fbm
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Saint Cornelius on July 16, 2010, 05:23:14 PM
Why do you always have to be a cock, Corny?

Motherfucker I was actually concerned with Genghis' safety WHILST bringing my famous snark as well. And look what happened! Mr. Cohen actually educated me.

Why do you always have to be such a soggy vag, Himuro?
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Saint Cornelius on July 16, 2010, 05:23:39 PM
Well a thread about being excited about moving to OAKLAND is pretty trollworthy :lol

I really wasn't trying to troll you  :-\
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Himu on July 16, 2010, 05:26:21 PM

Why do you always have to be such a soggy vag, Himuro?

Because I'm too nice and you're always pickin' fights and you're better than that!


Anyways, every time I go to San Jose I see something bad happen. Last time, when we visited for my grandma's funeral, we went to SJ to visit my aunt. On the way to her house we saw police cops raiding a bar and a bunch of black dudes lined up against a fence, and yaddayaddayaddayadda. I like Oakland more than SJ anyhow.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Himu on July 16, 2010, 05:29:16 PM
San Jose reminds me of San Antonio. Every time I visit something happens to make me not want to visit again.

San Antonio:

1. visited Mexican food place, they sold gummi worms! Stuff gave me the worst diarrhea of my life. Lesson learned: never buy from Mexicans.
2. waited over an hour for our food while other people who got their later got their food, when the bill came they tried to con us 40 dollars past what the total should have been. Lesson learned: don't trust mexican waiters.

too many times to count
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Smooth Groove on July 16, 2010, 05:30:12 PM
Oaktown is worse.  Look at all the dead businesses in downtown.  No one has bother to re-lease those spots for more than a decade.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Smooth Groove on July 16, 2010, 05:55:50 PM
Hey Cohen, can I ask you a favor?

preemptively reported to Homeland Security
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: brawndolicious on July 16, 2010, 05:58:31 PM
Oakland is a huge city, it's always annoying when none Bay Area people assume that most of it is ghetto.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Saint Cornelius on July 16, 2010, 06:23:34 PM
Oakland is a huge city, it's always annoying when none Bay Area people assume that most of it is ghetto.

(http://i28.tinypic.com/1z2nkt5.jpg)

By the way: Genghis, have you checked your neighborhood with this (http://gismaps.oaklandnet.com/crimewatch/) yet?
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Saint Cornelius on July 16, 2010, 06:31:52 PM
Just don't get vic'd.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Eric P on July 16, 2010, 06:48:41 PM
Yes.  It's fairly safe.  No murders at all, and only one robbery in the past 90 days and one aggravated assault.  It's almost exactly like my neighborhood here.

East Coast won that rap beef i see
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: OptimoPeach on July 16, 2010, 07:33:35 PM
Oakland is a huge city, it's always annoying when none Bay Area people assume that most of it is ghetto.
This.  Go through Rockridge sometime and tell me Oakland is a ghetto.
Yeah my dad's best friend moved to Oakland a while back and when I visited his house it was pretty nice. He was SUPER WHITE and he loved the place from what I gathered, so you'll be fine.

And hey, you moved just in time for the Raiders to stop sucking
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: CrystalGemini on July 16, 2010, 07:47:14 PM
Oakland has some SHITTY areas, don't get me wrong and by and large it can't be considered a safe city, but the areas in SF we could afford are just as bad.

This.  There are some really NICE neighborhoods in Oakland too.  That being said you really just have to know how to carry yourself even if you do go into the bad spots.  And why would you go to through areas that aren't as safe?  Because as Cohen has said there are some great food to be found in Oakland and sometimes you have to go through bad neighborhoods to get to them.  It's really not that big of a deal!   :P

Oakland is a huge city, it's always annoying when none Bay Area people assume that most of it is ghetto.

Seriously.

Oakland has some SHITTY areas, don't get me wrong and by and large it can't be considered a safe city, but the areas in SF we could afford are just as bad.

If I was moving there I'd move to Oakland too. I've got lots of family there and San Fran is just a bart train ride away.

You're such a fucking tourist, Himuro.   :lol

Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: etiolate on July 16, 2010, 08:14:50 PM
Oakland is a man made lake surrounded by man made ugly.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: CrystalGemini on July 16, 2010, 08:17:01 PM
You're a tourist too, Mr. Tent City.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: etiolate on July 16, 2010, 08:22:02 PM
You're a tourist too, Mr. Tent City.

"It's fine as long as you don't cross the street."
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: CrystalGemini on July 16, 2010, 08:25:39 PM
You're a tourist too, Mr. Tent City.

"It's fine as long as you don't cross the street."

It's exactly as I said.  As long as you don't cross the street.   :pimp
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: lennedsay on July 16, 2010, 08:29:11 PM
Oaktown is worse.  Look at all the dead businesses in downtown.  No one has bother to re-lease those spots for more than a decade.

So it's basically St Louis. :(
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Toddler on July 16, 2010, 08:45:32 PM
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6PdyVrHO9g&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 16, 2010, 09:18:19 PM
Those are Cohen's neighbors.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 16, 2010, 09:59:10 PM
 :lol
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Himu on July 17, 2010, 02:30:29 AM

You're such a fucking tourist, Himuro.   :lol



I'm not from California! :lol But I visit a lot for family.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: CrystalGemini on July 17, 2010, 05:09:31 AM
No, there's actually a really distinct separation between the nice and bad neighborhoods.  Like I said earlier about not crossing the street.  If you look down Broadway you can literally see the black (east) and the white (west) sides.

West of Broadway (City Center)
(http://paintmywagon.com/cma/images/mixeduse.jpg)
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Toddler on July 17, 2010, 11:48:35 AM
If you look down Broadway you can literally see the black (east) and the white (west) sides.
That's soooo racist

(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/Toddler117/gifs/50smh.gif)

Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Phoenix Dark on July 17, 2010, 11:59:49 AM
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6PdyVrHO9g&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

I can imagine Cohen leaning against a van, sipping a glass of wine watching the fight.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: tiesto on July 17, 2010, 01:26:01 PM
Genghis ain't a weeaboo, doc. You thinking about tiesto.

Well, when you're half Polish, you have to pretend you're something else I guess :P
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Flannel Boy on July 17, 2010, 06:14:56 PM
Genghis ain't a weeaboo, doc. You thinking about tiesto.

Well, when you're half Polish, you have to pretend you're something else I guess :P

That's cold.  :'(
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Himu on July 17, 2010, 06:17:13 PM
If you look down Broadway you can literally see the black (east) and the white (west) sides.
That's soooo racist

(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/Toddler117/gifs/50smh.gif)



racist, or true?
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: CrystalGemini on July 17, 2010, 09:21:46 PM
Oakland is a man made lake surrounded by man made ugly.
Lake Merritt isn't a man made lake.  Or even a lake for that matter.

That's my bad.  I always thought it was one of Chabot's projects.  Should have realized it wasn't as it's not named after him.   :-\
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Toddler on July 17, 2010, 11:36:16 PM
If you look down Broadway you can literally see the black (east) and the white (west) sides.
That's soooo racist

(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/Toddler117/gifs/50smh.gif)



racist, or true?
Take your pick, you'll never catch this honky in Oak-town....
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: pilonv1 on July 18, 2010, 04:20:04 AM
I'm jealous, I want to go to Golden State games :(
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: tiesto on July 18, 2010, 10:30:15 AM
Genghis ain't a weeaboo, doc. You thinking about tiesto.

Well, when you're half Polish, you have to pretend you're something else I guess :P

That's cold.  :'(

I'm damn proud of my heritage, just wanted to bust Borys' balls a bit  8)
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: etiolate on July 18, 2010, 09:39:26 PM
So how about that shoot out on the freeway that shutdown 580? Totally not ghetto! Why carry one gun when you can fill an entire backseat with them?

LET'S GO OAKLAND

GLOC GLOC GLOC
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: etiolate on July 18, 2010, 10:04:51 PM
He realized he belonged in Oakland.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: CrystalGemini on July 19, 2010, 01:34:55 AM
But today's highway-closure-due-to-a-crazy-gunman only proves our point furthermore that it's not that bad.  Yeah we were in the car for an hour (normally a 15 minute drive) and had to detour through 13 to get there but we were able to make it to Fenton's in one piece.  AND BEST OF ALL, it just so happens to be their 116th Birthday Celebration today so we got free ice cream and bbq kabobs outside and $1.16 "Black & Tan" ice cream sundaes.

PICS!
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs024.ash2/34572_687664138998_60710639_37486089_1811979_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs064.snc4/34572_687664173928_60710639_37486096_6491375_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs044.snc4/34572_687664183908_60710639_37486098_451369_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs024.ash2/34572_687664193888_60710639_37486100_3428430_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs064.snc4/34572_687664208858_60710639_37486103_846434_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs167.snc4/37680_687664333608_60710639_37486106_4671124_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs167.snc4/37680_687664343588_60710639_37486108_2152285_n.jpg)

Food inside:
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs167.snc4/37680_687664353568_60710639_37486110_2101524_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs167.snc4/37680_687664358558_60710639_37486111_3211413_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs087.ash2/37680_687664363548_60710639_37486112_1255955_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs187.snc4/37680_687664368538_60710639_37486113_8132914_n.jpg)
The special $1.16 "Black & Tan":
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs187.snc4/37680_687664378518_60710639_37486115_7293681_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Brehvolution on July 19, 2010, 09:08:05 AM
:drool
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Madrun Badrun on July 19, 2010, 05:56:25 PM
mojo ruined the thread. 

but the above pics :drool
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Saint Cornelius on July 21, 2010, 03:13:33 PM
Oakland votes to permit large marijuana farms (http://www.salon.com/news/agriculture/index.html?story=/news/feature/2010/07/21/us_pot_city_cultivation_1)

Oh word? :pimp
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Cormacaroni on July 21, 2010, 11:04:21 PM
Ice cream looks awesome....but why do Yanks overwhip their cream like that? It should be soft and lush, not stiff and crusty.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: bagofeyes on July 21, 2010, 11:05:57 PM
(http://www.funny-potato.com/images/hamburger/world-hamburger.jpg)

I could go one of those right about now
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: bagofeyes on July 21, 2010, 11:06:29 PM
Ice cream looks awesome....but why do Yanks overwhip their cream like that? It should be soft and lush, not stiff and crusty.

i think it comes from a can
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Cormacaroni on July 21, 2010, 11:18:13 PM
Ice cream looks awesome....but why do Yanks overwhip their cream like that? It should be soft and lush, not stiff and crusty.

i think it comes from a can

even less excusable :yuck
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: CrystalGemini on July 22, 2010, 02:04:58 AM
Ice cream looks awesome....but why do Yanks overwhip their cream like that? It should be soft and lush, not stiff and crusty.

i think it comes from a can

even less excusable :yuck

Fenton's makes all their ice creams and sauces onsite.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs098.ash2/38259_687664448378_60710639_37486117_6131563_n.jpg)

Come on, people.  It's even on their website (http://"http://www.fentonscreamery.com/index.php").
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: chronovore on July 22, 2010, 02:14:44 AM
Nice. I miss Amurican food.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Cormacaroni on July 22, 2010, 02:23:06 AM
Only talking about the whipped cream here, CG. Americans always seem to beat the crap out of it.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: CrystalGemini on July 22, 2010, 02:31:22 AM
OOOHHHHH.....


Yeah it's from a can.  :lol
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: etiolate on July 22, 2010, 02:32:40 AM
whip cream is nasty
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Smooth Groove on July 22, 2010, 02:34:22 AM
I went to Fenton's during my sister's residency interviews at Bay Area hospitals.  The atmosphere and service were great but the ice cream was just so so.   I think I might have even preferred the ice cream I got at the Ghirardelli's near Fishermans' Wharf.  
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Cormacaroni on July 22, 2010, 02:34:45 AM
OOOHHHHH.....


Yeah it's from a can.  :lol

in that case, allow me to open up a can of smh
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Brehvolution on July 27, 2010, 08:17:19 PM
Does this have anything to do with your venture? (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/27/oakland-pot-farms-authorized_n_661340.html)

Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Bloodwake on July 28, 2010, 03:55:37 PM
If I ever meet Cohen, we are going to have wine.

And not the kind I usually start off the night with drinking a fifth to myself.
Title: Re: Moving to Oakland
Post by: Mupepe on July 28, 2010, 04:43:28 PM
OOOHHHHH.....


Yeah it's from a can.  :lol

in that case, allow me to open up a can of smh
I don't know why so many places still use it from a can when it's so incredibly easy to make.  And the difference in taste is huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge