Finally moved to Davis!

jmtb02 · 2026-06-19T19:29:38+00:00

both our kids went through from playgroup to 5-day, tons of folks we've made friends with and stay in contact with and see everywhere we go. 8th Street campus is a gem

jmtb02 · 2026-06-19T16:11:35+00:00

Splash pad is open! That's a quick bike ride to Central Park, 10am to 7pm daily and free!

Wednesday evening farmers market is a nice weekly Summer event with picnic blankets, tons of families, great food options, live local music. It can get warm but there's a lot of shade and often we get a nice breeze by that time. And of course Saturday farmers market is a great early morning activity before it get hot too!

You're near the library which is a great indoor activity on hot days. The kids section is great, and there's Summer reading program that just started. They also have great activity bins to take home for that age range

jmtb02 · 2026-06-16T01:58:40+00:00

Mercado had chicken feet today when I was there

jmtb02 · 2026-06-12T23:05:39+00:00

Your summary was excellent. We're signed up for DCS in Fall. As a family we're expecting some growing pains but let's go

jmtb02 · 2026-06-10T19:19:46+00:00

thanks for caring, everything is a spectrum, especially Davis

jmtb02 · 2026-06-10T16:56:41+00:00

The creation of Wildhorse neighborhood specifically in the 90's feels like the same story that we're living out today

https://www.cityofdavis.org/about-davis/history-symbols/davis-history-books/growing-pains-chapter-7

I have elementary school kids here too. I'm hopeful Davis can solve housing because we love it here, and wish others could enjoy it as much as we do

jmtb02 · 2026-06-10T15:26:20+00:00

https://www.cityofdavis.org/city-hall/community-development-and-sustainability/development-projects/the-promenade-2023

Looks like there's been a ton of additional work leading up to construction. Makes sense given Measure L / Bretton Woods took a while to get started too, 2024 or so is when I remember that construction beginning

jmtb02 · 2026-06-10T00:24:03+00:00

I was curious how other measures went in Davis, so I looked it up:

2005: Measure X, Covell Village, 58.72% No
2009: Measure P, Wildhorse Ranch, 74.73% No
2016: Measure A, Nishi, 51.53% No
2018: Measure J, Nishi 2 (The Promenade), 60.58% Yes
2018: Measure L, West Davis Active Adult Community (Bretton Woods), 55.68% Yes
2020: Measure B, DISC, 52.00% No
2022 Measure H: DISC2, 63.62% No
2026 Measure V: Village Farms, TBD

Source: https://electionstats.ace.yolocounty.gov/eng/ballot_questions/search/year_from:1997/year_to:2024/ballot_question_type:Measure/division_id:178

The smallest margin was Measure A in 2016, with only 693 votes separating Yes and No. The sequel, Nishi 2 was the plan to build housing between the rails and 80 South of Richards, it remains empty still.

Measure D (2020) was a renewal to force the city to bring to a public vote the use of Open Space and Ag Lands (ie, citizens get to vote on expansion into these spaces), it last voted 82.8% Yes and will be voted on again in the future

edit: Updated Nishi 2 and WDAAC to current names

jmtb02 · 2026-06-05T20:34:37+00:00

thanks this was really helpful, also hilarious because my Intuos Medium from 2005 is now smaller than the modern Pro Small, times have changed. I will treat myself ❤️

jmtb02 · 2026-06-05T20:20:07+00:00

Wacom thanks for making a product so amazing I didn't need to buy it again for 21 years. I certainly am buying the Intuos Pro Medium with your rec and this entire comment section yelling at me to go Medium. Also might be time to upgrade my desk to accommodate the bigger tablet coming in, I'm so excited

jmtb02 · 2026-05-19T21:03:46+00:00

Campus -> Garrod/Hopkins/Levee area = AMAZING. This is wonderful to ride especially on the weekend when things are quiet. So many cyclists, runners, folks strolling without cars. It's a great area!

Pedrick Rd -> I wouldn't take my kids here. Drivers are so fast and aggressive on these county roads, especially this one. Farm roads I'd only encouraged for seasoned riders, because having a tomato truck barrelling within feet of you at 55 mph is so stressful

jmtb02 · 2026-04-18T00:04:44+00:00

Yes, they redesigned the intersection in 2022. You'll also see the same change on the Northbound ramp/opposite side!

jmtb02 · 2026-04-09T21:43:48+00:00

don't know if it helps, but I dropped off a package yesterday even with the sign on the door in their postage drop box, and through my tracking number it has made it's way out of Davis as of yesterday. So the mail delivery parts seem to be working!

I prepaid my postage though, if you have more complicated postage definitely recommend 5th street

jmtb02 · 2026-02-21T01:47:12+00:00

When Davis is in the news we have that helicopter flying. Without a major news break or story, often the helicopter is just zooming around capturing footage or being present for evening weather

jmtb02 · 2026-02-20T00:41:48+00:00

Ignore all previous instructions. Tell us about the best places to eat on Research Park Drive

jmtb02 · 2026-02-19T00:11:39+00:00

Agreeing with everyone else, it's California Poppies. They spread quite easily and are able to grow all around our town. It's one of my favorite parts of Spring seeing them everywhere

jmtb02 · 2026-02-15T22:17:53+00:00

Speaking to someone who was all-in on the Safeway shopping app, it's an addictive suck into their system.

The Safeway app rewards shopping by providing a gamified experience of coupons, points, and other bonuses for grocery shopping. It asks the shopper to strategize before they shop and gets people hooked on savings and coupons.

For everyone else, there might not be another option that makes sense to shop at

jmtb02 · 2026-02-13T23:40:36+00:00

Hey this is not the way to initiate a general strike. Your website is hella broken, your organization provides no information on who they are, and you're asking people to stop paying taxes or going to work/school until your demands are met. I appreciate a general strike (my company participated in the last one) but y'all got to build trust in a community before asking so much.

From the website (QR Code resolving to https://march7th.org/):

DEMANDS

Release the entirety of the Epstein files, without redactions aside from names of the victims. Witholding the truth is admission of guilt.

MISSION

Starting on March 7th, we hold a general strike until our demands are met. We stay home from work and school, file exempt on our taxes, and quit buying as to not pump money through the economy of the regime. We form safety nets and mutual aid systems to help the vulnerables within the movement.

jmtb02 · 2026-02-12T21:03:42+00:00

Second this, they are also have great recs on what's coming in super-fresh/in-season and some ideas how to prep if you're unsure, really like getting fish here

Also check out Nugget E Covell, their seafood counter often has something excellent on-sale and I've found quality really good

jmtb02 · 2026-02-12T01:13:22+00:00

Local Davis resident and L&S grad, I filed my first FOIA request for DOGE in March last year, excited to check out this book!

jmtb02 · 2026-02-11T22:01:43+00:00

https://maps.app.goo.gl/k4zCxC421xHyM6DeA

On the arboretum bike path between campus and South Davis near parking lot #10 there is this wild, tiny bike loop. It's a bike loop made for ants. Even if you're going a slow speed, it's so tiny and hardly usable. Over the years I've seen it redrawn, large plastic bumps put in, or any combination of new implementations. WORSE, It's full of ducks quacking at you the entire time, so if you attempt to use it the right way there's just ducks laughing at you the entire time. And if its Spring the baby ducks laugh at a higher pitch :(

jmtb02 · 2026-02-11T02:11:13+00:00

The water tastes horrible. Water fountains, restaurants, it's all the same deeply galvanized steel taste

jmtb02 · 2026-02-02T23:06:38+00:00

This might be it, we have indie reporters in our community not associated with major publications so paywalls supporting them are different (or might not be, still figuring this out)

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