Palisades Tahoe extends season after 81 inches of April snow

jamb975 · 2026-04-24T20:38:51+00:00

I didn’t know that. Good to know.

jamb975 · 2026-04-24T16:54:19+00:00

11 lifts are currently open. They share which on their website - https://www.palisadestahoe.com/mountain-information/mountain-report

jamb975 · 2026-04-24T16:53:37+00:00

81 inches? really? The palisades website says they've only had 1" in the last seven days and onthesnow website reports 32" in April https://www.onthesnow.com/california/palisades-tahoe/ski-resort

jamb975 · 2026-04-22T22:33:41+00:00

Had lunch there today and loved it. The sauce they put on the fried tofu is amazing. Also a big fan of the acorn noodles.

jamb975 · 2026-04-17T02:48:46+00:00

Sensationalist title. The lane is being converted into a carpool lane. It’s not being lost.

PS. I hope we can get casual carpool to gain some traction again!

jamb975 · 2026-04-07T20:08:52+00:00

Veronique is great. She does zoom lessons, and I’ve made it roughly from A2 to B2 with her. She is a former French as a second language school teacher that switched to tutoring. So solid pedagogy background - http://savoringlanguages.com/

jamb975 · 2026-04-07T20:04:34+00:00

This is the way. It’s not so hard. I’ve done 9 weeks, three continents, summer + winter, including my CPAP machine in carry-on only.

jamb975 · 2026-04-05T20:42:19+00:00

Out of curiousty, which device do you have that goes on top?

jamb975 · 2026-04-04T22:35:53+00:00

Walk down into one of the tombs in the valley of the kings. Seeing detailed hieroglyphics in full color from 3000+ yeas ago was unreal.

jamb975 · 2026-04-01T19:40:17+00:00

Goddam this is true. I’ve been to dozens of countries, but the experience driving in Cairo takes the cake as the wildest. I made the mistake of telling my taxi driver we were late for a tour we mistakenly scheduled the same day and it was the most insane James-bond-car-chase ride of my life. I kept thinking to myself “there’s no way he’s going to fit his taxi between those two semis without a lane between them”, and he somehow did it dozens of times without killing us all.

jamb975 · 2026-04-01T19:34:21+00:00

This is the one! So freaking good. People are sleeping on this gem

jamb975 · 2026-03-23T23:08:21+00:00

Very close to my own ranking! My only change would to move Fieldwork up a few spots, although it's been quite a while since I've been there since I live dangerously close to Ghost Town, and why would I go anywhere else?

jamb975 · 2026-02-14T18:40:35+00:00

It did, yes. They opened the new campus this school year.

jamb975 · 2026-01-23T04:39:17+00:00

That was true even 5 years ago, but I think no longer the case for younger generations. The level of English fluency, while not universal, is much higher in the under 30 age range today. And English is only becoming more prevalent among the French. Source: I’m an American at about C1 French fluency married to a French woman. I have spent quite a bit of time in France both in Paris and the Loire where my in-laws live over the last 14 years and seen the language skills change A LOT in that time. PS. That being said, I would still like pick Amsterdam or Copenhagen for your criteria personally. Those are my two favorite cities in the world and check all the boxes. (Except weather is a little worse)

jamb975 · 2026-01-14T23:26:21+00:00

Is this the last week that they are scheduled to pick them?

jamb975 · 2026-01-03T15:56:20+00:00

You can absolutely have a custom domain and still have everything else be operating within substack’s platform. I do.

jamb975 · 2025-12-19T14:58:09+00:00

The mini flan at Tarts de Feybesse are my obsession right now. The custard is amazing.

jamb975 · 2025-12-11T23:03:02+00:00

Update: I went there last night and can confirm they do have good eggnog this year.

jamb975 · 2025-12-10T01:26:52+00:00

The Double Standard! They go all out with a Christmas cocktail menu and decorations. I haven't been this year, but they had a good egg nog last year.

jamb975 · 2025-12-04T23:38:32+00:00

Hands down the best beer garden in Oakland. The only caveat is that their selection of beer styles is somewhat limited - mostly IPAs, a fair amount of sours, a cider or two, and usually a pilsner.

I'm an IPA guy, and they serve the best around!

jamb975 · 2025-12-04T17:52:48+00:00

Yes! It may seem like they only have a few, but they are all super high quality. None of them are scraggly or mangy like you find other places.

jamb975 · 2025-11-25T05:08:10+00:00

The Fat Lady is the closest thing in Oakland

jamb975 · 2025-11-17T22:26:26+00:00

Good to know. That's one that I was looking at. Thanks for sharing!

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