considering moving to SF

[MendoDave]

The name of the place seems eerily similar to a recent book:
http://bit.ly/4FaOt3

Are they connected? Or just a bit of copyright infringement?

Dave sells the book there. Evidently Zen & motorcycles is his philosophy where it comes to his shop. Hes been open about a year and seems to have plenty of business.

The North bayers can chime in on the larkspur one.

Larkspur is a pretty good location because of the proximity to 101 & 580 It just minutes from the east bay and 10 minutes from GGB.

[desmoquattro]

So Larkspur has good pizza? I absolutely consider pizza one of the food groups and firmly believe it should be eaten in quantity at least once a week.

Picco friggin rocks. And there's good pizza in SF too...like on the street.

[desmoquattro]

Larkspur is a pretty good location because of the proximity to 101 & 580 It just minutes from the east bay and 10 minutes from GGB.

Larkspur is great, since there's a ferry to SF there. But it won't get you near Candlestick.

[Spidey]

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/apa/1440918514.html

Half Moon Bay is nice, but quiet.  It'll be an easier, though not easy, commute to the city -- 30 or so mins without traffic.  No idea what it's like with traffic.  I'm not sure what is the best commute (92->280 or Hwy 1 the whole wa up).  If you take Hwy 1, Devil's Slide (just south of SF) can be uh . . interesting . . . with traffic.

Half-Moon Bay itself is foggy, but nice.  It's not that developed -- lots of open land and the town doesn't feel like row after row of suburban tract homes.  Also, don't think of it as a beach community like you would in Hawaii.  While there are beachers, the water is freezing and the waves are huge and unfriendly -- it's the home of Mavericks.  All the towns on Pacific Coast Highway (aka PCH or Hwy 1) are a bit isolated from hum of the Bay Area, 'cept for the weekend tourist traffic/traffic jams.  The main developed areas on the Penninsula are along 101 and 280.  The hills that separate 280 from the coast are great riding hills, but they form a bit of a barrier.  A lot of people live in Pacifica (north of Half Moon Bay) and commute to the City. Again, you're dealing with serious fog.  A Pacifica commute might be shorter than if you lived in the outer Richmond in SF.

[sugarcrook]

So Larkspur has good pizza? I absolutely consider pizza one of the food groups and firmly believe it should be eaten in quantity at least once a week.

I moved here from Chicago and can assure you that California does not have good pizza.  Pizza in California is an abomination. 

[Popeye the Sailor]

I moved here from Chicago and can assure you that California does not have good pizza.  Pizza in California is an abomination. 

Same for wings, steak subs, and sporting teams.

[desmoquattro]

I moved here from Chicago and can assure you that California does not have good pizza.  Pizza in California is an abomination. 

That's not pizza. That's bread with tomato sauce and heart-attack-special sausage. Real pizza has a thin crust and comes from a wood oven. Or a BBQ that's been converted into a wood oven.

[Popeye the Sailor]

That's not pizza. That's bread with tomato sauce and heart-attack-special sausage. Real pizza has a thin crust and comes from a wood oven. Or a BBQ that's been converted into a wood oven.

You know nothing of good pizza, nor does any vegetarian/Californian.

[linearpower]

Not for nuttin... but if you really were in it for the good pizza then the only place to move would have been NYC....

But then again you would have had to settle for at least a 45 minute commute to good riding. lol Ahhh life is full of compromises.... and navigating Manhattan traffic on a bike is something of the local sport... we have a decent team.

[Drunken Monkey]

The name of the place seems eerily similar to a recent book:
http://bit.ly/4FaOt3

Are they connected? Or just a bit of copyright infringement?

Thanks for calling this book recent. My parents read this book to me as a kid.

[hihhs]

WOW.
I thought people were opinionated about where to live...
Who would have known PIZZA could stir such debate?

All I can say is SF, Chicago, and NYC, ALL have better pizza than Hawaii!

[Spidey]

That's not pizza. That's bread with tomato sauce and heart-attack-special sausage. Real pizza has a thin crust and comes from New Haven or NYC.

Fixed.  

Man, I'm glad datv isn't in on this thread.  Talk about an opinionated food snob (then again, he gets paid to be that way).  He even took a two week course in sourthern Italy about how to kneed the dough correctly in order to make "proper" pizza.

[desmoquattro]

You know nothing of good pizza, nor does any vegetarian/Californian.

And a bacon-addled Bostonian rocket scientist does? Catching your bike on fire doesn't count toward pizza oven knowledge...

Man, I'm glad datv isn't in on this thread.  Talk about an opinionated food snob (then again, he gets paid to be that way).  He even took a two week course in sourthern Italy about how to kneed the dough correctly in order to make "proper" pizza.

And hence we get to the crux of the matter. Real pizza comes from Italy. From an oven that gets close to 1000 degrees.

[hihhs]

And hence we get to the crux of the matter. Real pizza comes from Italy. From an oven that gets close to 1000 degrees.

Damn. Now I gotta move to Italy?!?!
But I don't have a job offer from there!

[Popeye the Sailor]

Damn. Now I gotta move to Italy?!?!
But I don't have a job offer from there!

Can you make pizza?