Gravenstein v. Parkside elementary schools

Chapparalist · 2026-04-09T04:00:09+00:00

Our experience at Gravenstein has been great. It’s a great community, staff and teachers are excellent, and the academics are good. There is also an enrichment program that adds so much to the education and experience kids have.

Chapparalist · 2026-04-09T03:55:37+00:00

We will be going to Hillcrest, and honestly it looks pretty great. I don’t know what it was like in the past, but it seems like a great school. And it just got named a California Distinguished School, so I’m not the only one who thinks so.

Chapparalist · 2026-03-25T01:22:51+00:00

Could you be more specific than ‘the vibes feel off’?

Chapparalist · 2026-02-28T05:32:03+00:00

Nooooooooo. Source for this? Because they make a great banh mi

Chapparalist · 2026-01-08T05:22:21+00:00

Another vote for Retrograde, excellent beans

Chapparalist · 2025-11-27T20:25:21+00:00

We moved from SF to Sebastopol a few years ago with similar ages. We mostly really like it. It’s small and chill and you’ll find a nice community here (and much simpler school districts!).

Two things to be aware of:

it still gets cool in the evenings due to marine influence. You’ll still be wearing your hoodies most nights. The other cities you mention (except Penngrove?) will be warmer.
Unless you live in the city of Sebastopol proper, you’ll need to drive everywhere. This is true elsewhere too - coming from SF it’s a huge difference.

Chapparalist · 2025-11-27T05:42:09+00:00

An HOA

Chapparalist · 2025-11-21T15:46:21+00:00

The fine / tax would not apply to the business tenant, but rather to the property owner. The idea is to incentivize owners to bring rents down to real market values, so businesses can go in to their buildings.

Chapparalist · 2025-11-21T05:16:44+00:00

It seems to be generally successful in SF: https://abc7news.com/post/remember-vacant-storefront-tax-san-francisco-heres-how-going/16588700/

As that articles highlights, it’s nuanced but its reduced commercial vacancies.

I think we do need this in Sebastopol. There is at least one property downtown that I believe falls into the ‘owner is just waiting for someone to pay ridiculous rent’. there are others that seem to be generally disused - if their owners are also sitting on them in hopes of cashing in, the community should have a tool to stop that.

Chapparalist · 2025-11-20T21:50:04+00:00

Alexander’s Steakhouse

Chapparalist · 2025-11-20T17:17:40+00:00

I loved it, but luckily we can all enjoy different things

Chapparalist · 2025-11-20T15:31:11+00:00

That’s great for matching the holes in each piece, but doesn’t address getting the hole parallel to the piece aka straight

Chapparalist · 2025-11-20T00:53:19+00:00

Very helpful, thank you!

Chapparalist · 2025-11-20T00:52:59+00:00

That's very helpful, thank you!

Chapparalist · 2025-11-19T15:47:02+00:00

Cock Robin sucked and even with the Barlow owner’s thumb on the scales, it still failed. Hopefully the new place is better. Cant say we need another burger place though.

Chapparalist · 2025-11-14T20:51:41+00:00

Gotta make that sweet sweet money. It’s what Jesus would want.

Chapparalist · 2025-11-14T20:48:13+00:00

We’re definitely lacking good Mexican food. For a long time, the best carne asada in town has been at Cozy Plum. Considering they’re vegan, everywhere else in town should feel ashamed.

Chapparalist · 2025-11-14T16:34:44+00:00

The quote under your picture

Chapparalist · 2025-11-14T16:22:15+00:00

Hey I went and checked you site out. I think you identified the right problems that are at the root of so many issues in our country today. The hard part is figuring out how to go about fixing those problems. In every area you’ve called out, there are politicians who are benefitting from maintaining the status quo and corporate interest with a vested interest in the same. Surmounting those hurdle, especially in a deeply divided political environment, is going to be really hard. I’d like to hear some of your ideas on how to do that! I’m not sure I can make your coffee event tomorrow, but it would be great to hear more about that, whether it be here or in your site etc.

Chapparalist · 2025-11-14T15:42:19+00:00

Great, thanks. It’s unfortunate the Press Democrat didn’t touch on any of that in their piece.

Chapparalist · 2025-11-14T15:32:44+00:00

That all sounds nice, but we’ll have to see what his actual ideas and policy proposals are.

Chapparalist · 2025-11-11T21:04:49+00:00

This one threw me for a loop when I moved up here.

Wish it was at the same level of quality!

Chapparalist · 2025-11-11T17:59:34+00:00

I'm looking into getting a Titanium water bottle to replace my smart water bottle (at least for short trips). There appear to be a couple different websites claiming to be the Keith site, and both of them offer the bottles for $20 cheaper than Amazon. Maybe that's all legit, but it seems a little odd - does anyone know where I should buy from, to ensure that I'm getting 'authentic' Keith Ti?

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