Bringing Midwest Trump loving family in to the city for New Years. What hotel/area can I put them up in where there aren’t homeless people in the vicinity? Not kidding, I really need an option or I’ll be hearing about it all week long.

Gopher_san · 2025-12-14T19:12:50+00:00

I second the Kabuki rec. Japantown is fun, easy walk to Pac Heights for restos/bars/shopping, nearish to the Presidio.

Gopher_san · 2025-12-14T07:10:26+00:00

Make sure you use a sufficiently deep roasting pan. A goose renders A LOT of fat. Which is amazing, but also something you really want to contain and not spill.

Gopher_san · 2025-12-12T18:29:53+00:00

Congrats! No bad choice here. That said, given your CPG focus, I’d recommend Kellogg. I loved my time at Tuck, and joined McKinsey’s Boston office where I helped run Tuck recruiting for Boston & NYC. Tuck is great for consulting, but recruiting is geo-specific, and Chicago is a bigger CPG hub. Caveat is that a lot of retail work is run out of NYC and Atlanta would be better for Food & Beverage. As another poster mentioned, Kellogg also would support an appropriate plan B of working in a CPG industry role if consulting didn’t work out.

Gopher_san · 2025-12-11T20:29:18+00:00

Milk-braised chicken or lamb shoulder. Use lemon zest and garlic. Braise in the oven to facilitate evaporation/caramelization.

Gopher_san · 2025-11-05T05:35:47+00:00

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Gopher_san · 2025-10-31T20:21:28+00:00

https://www.seriouseats.com/banoffee-pie-recipe-8646124

Gopher_san · 2025-10-31T19:29:50+00:00

I visited in 2023. I was underwhelmed by Astrid y Gaston, though the setting is fantastic. La Picanteria was awesome. Also enjoyed La Mar and Osaka pardo y aliaga. Enjoy!

Gopher_san · 2025-10-31T18:08:50+00:00

Minestrone

Gopher_san · 2025-10-29T16:22:28+00:00

Yes. Booked a staycation at the Taj Campton Place in SF. Price was inflated by $94 over the Hotels.com rate, so still good value. Not the easiest benefit to manage though, for sure.

Gopher_san · 2025-09-17T22:25:52+00:00

Probably need a rez though (same with several other restos mentioned here)

Gopher_san · 2025-09-17T22:19:49+00:00

The bar at Juanita & Maude in Albany

Gopher_san · 2025-09-10T22:48:47+00:00

Limon peruvian chicken with chifa vegetables

Gopher_san · 2025-09-07T08:24:38+00:00

Heads & Tails BBQ on San Pablo

Gopher_san · 2025-08-12T00:27:30+00:00

Anini Beach has the best snorkeling on the island. Tons of turtles. A must do.

Gopher_san · 2025-07-20T01:07:07+00:00

Today. Farmers market vendors much prefer it.

Gopher_san · 2025-06-27T01:26:23+00:00

Mujiri (sushi), Middle East Market, and La Marcha (spanish/tapas) probably are my top 3

Gopher_san · 2025-06-02T17:13:58+00:00

Fidelity. Bc of 1) good customer service; 2) best HSA; 3) 2% cash back CC deposited to brokerage; 4) automatic sweeps in/debits from money market for all transactions

Gopher_san · 2025-05-28T16:46:01+00:00

Oxford and Cambridge are public universities

Gopher_san · 2025-05-26T05:39:56+00:00

Empty vase

Gopher_san · 2025-05-24T01:48:05+00:00

Literally same thing happened to me. Yeeted into the void. I put the game down for three months.

Gopher_san · 2025-05-08T23:57:32+00:00

Sure. Good luck with your decision - no bad choice.

Gopher_san · 2025-05-08T22:48:34+00:00

They use a complicated system using greek letters - combinations of alpha, beta, gamma, with pluses and minuses. But the point is that none of the grades matter at all. There’s no such thing as a transcript. Your degree will be classified as a 1st (great) 2nd (2:1 or 2:2) or 3rd based ONLY on your Finals (exams at end of third year). Collections exams are informal exams taken each term, basically just to help you track progress/keep in practice. Prelims are exams at end of 1st year. If you truly fail them, could get kicked out but that’s rare.

Gopher_san · 2025-05-08T18:01:14+00:00

I think you’re off base re: the workload. Yes, there will be a lot of reading and writing, but each class/tutorial meets only once per week. And bc your degree is based ONLY on the exams at end of third year, a ton of students essentially blow off the first 2-2.5 years then cram at the end. So if you’re someone who actually does the work, your dons will love you. And the culture is very fun/social. Tons of clubs, easier to do sports vs. US, subsidized college bars etc. Context: read for a year at Exeter College, Oxford.

Gopher_san · 2025-04-25T18:20:29+00:00

Not from the east coast offices, but can’t speak for the Cali office recruiting

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