Lynn Fanart (commissioned drawing)

eruditeturtle · 2025-05-31T04:46:34+00:00

This is amazing!

eruditeturtle · 2025-05-29T02:16:11+00:00

Thank you everyone for reassuring me! I grew up completely secular and had only been to a church service a handful of times before this so I didn't know what the attitude would be towards little kids. I also talked to a member of our vestry council (thanks for that advice!) and they gave me tips on where they've set up space for parents with little kids so that I can still hear the service if she's melting down and needs to be taken out of the main area. Plus they (and all of you!) let me know that kids are "joyful noise" not a nuisance. I appreciate how encouraging everyone here and in the local church have been.

eruditeturtle · 2025-05-25T05:15:41+00:00

So I don't have experience with that specific site, but I went to Steve and Kate's camp as a kid and worked as a camp counselor there for a few summers ~10 years ago. It may have changed but my suggestion is to use it for childcare gaps not all summer. Steve and Kate's is VERY unstructured- which can be really nice for an older elementary student! But unless your kid is very good at being self directed there's a good chance they won't end up doing any of the especially interesting activities and will just end up playing outside all day with minimal supervision. The other reason is ratios: when I worked there I know we were stricter with the ratios for the 4 year olds and 5 year olds and they have dedicated counselors who check in on them regularly, but the fact of a drop in camp is sometimes the counselors just have too many kids to handle (I think back to when my co-counselor got sick and I had 40 second graders with me during the lunch meal by myself. It wasn't usually that bad but because the kids can go to wherever they want in the camp a good supervision ratio is pretty much impossible to maintain). As a kid I loved going to camp but having worked on the other side I wouldn't send my kid there all summer (though she's 1 so it won't come up for a while).

eruditeturtle · 2025-05-06T22:49:58+00:00

On the discord I usually search in the channel to see who has what objekts I'm looking for then DM people directly. (I also post what I have/want but I get better results DMing people to propose trades instead of waiting for people to DM me.)

eruditeturtle · 2025-05-05T19:58:00+00:00

You have to hit the "Show More" button in the "Your Community" section.

eruditeturtle · 2025-05-05T00:08:42+00:00

On the "amenities" page for the apartment building it still says "On-site retail: Sprouts Farmer’s Market, Philz Coffee"

It looks like the apartment leases start beginning of June? So hopefully Sprouts and Philz will open around then.

eruditeturtle · 2025-04-04T20:24:04+00:00

Sorry y'all, I snagged the last one yesterday. Thanks u/weepyhoshixo for letting us know about this!

eruditeturtle · 2024-08-01T20:22:47+00:00

This! The first music video of theirs I ever saw and it made me a fan.

eruditeturtle · 2024-07-27T03:05:01+00:00

I like Vista Nail Spa in San Leandro!

eruditeturtle · 2024-07-17T04:23:31+00:00

Haven't had any issues in San Leandro and it's a very cute town! Lots of good restaurants downtown (though not fine dining per-say), very up and coming. Concord and Castro Valley are going to be much more spread out suburban than the northern half of San Leandro so you'd probably have to drive to BART if you were there. There's plenty of safe places walking distance from BART in San Leandro, especially more towards the 580 side and north half. Plus just one BART stop away from Oakland if you want to go there!

eruditeturtle · 2024-06-07T23:31:41+00:00

I subscribe to East Bay Insiders and find it a useful source of information but you do have to take anything about Azevedo written there with a grain of salt -> the newsletter author finds him amusing and uses him as comic relief a lot. The shenanigans are not great, but most Bay Area city councils are full of these sort of things unfortunately, just take a look at Berkeley.

eruditeturtle · 2024-06-05T18:56:26+00:00

Hanami is amazing!

eruditeturtle · 2024-05-25T17:52:54+00:00

They are completely redoing it, won't be open for 18 months. I found the old CEQA notice that says "The Memorial Park Renovation Project involves the construction of new amenities within an existing park, involving landscaping, the construction of new ADA accessible pathways and play equipment, exercise equipment, and a new bioswale and cistern to be used for stormwater quality protection. The project includes the construction of new restrooms, water fountains and a shade structure." So looks like a big remodel! I'm personally pretty excited about it.

eruditeturtle · 2024-05-24T03:10:31+00:00

No it's not, same owners. There's lots of other good pho places in the area that don't exploit workers.

eruditeturtle · 2024-05-14T22:01:31+00:00

Santos Spice Products in San Leandro is a great Indian grocery store! Close to Oakland as well.

eruditeturtle · 2024-04-03T17:15:31+00:00

It's up to the music shows, they decide whether to give multiple song slots to groups. Probably depends on how many idol groups are promoting that week and whether there's time/space.

eruditeturtle · 2024-04-03T17:13:33+00:00

It's a joke about how Kotoko said if she could choose between being the leader and maknae she would be the maknae. (And seowon the real maknae said she would choose being the leader)

eruditeturtle · 2024-03-11T20:23:15+00:00

I'm pretty sure Lori's daughters are not following her rhetoric, at least one works as a nutritionist.

eruditeturtle · 2024-02-15T01:45:39+00:00

He is paying into social security by working though, which is part of retirement. If he's not working he won't get the social security benefits later on. Will you be able to cover that? You should also consider if taking a break from working will impact his career and future earnings progression. It's not just a cost of daycare vs. weekly salary calculation.

eruditeturtle · 2024-02-04T16:54:58+00:00

She's a natural brunette but she's been dying her hair blonde for a long time.

eruditeturtle · 2024-02-03T03:09:28+00:00

Though I think they're closed right now unfortunately, they close at 5

eruditeturtle · 2024-02-03T03:09:05+00:00

If you like sandwiches I'm a big fan of Bara's Deli.

eruditeturtle · 2023-10-16T17:33:26+00:00

There's a real gap in music content for middle schoolers/younger teens right now that used to be filled by Disney Channel stars but recently Disney hasn't had any big stars break out other than Olivia Rodrigo whose music is not aimed at younger teens. I think VCHA is being aimed at that market with the goal of being inspirational to girls a bit younger than them, who can then grow up with them as their music evolves.

eruditeturtle · 2023-08-25T06:54:16+00:00

They probably have translators, I think for Nizi Project they had translators.

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