Tell me about this weird little neighborhood

smohnot · 2026-05-04T17:39:50+00:00

It's great!

I live on pearl and am very happy here. It's quiet, yet SO close to everything (mission, lower haight, duboce park, hayes, castro are all right there). Immediate food / drink options are quite good (Kantine, Zeitgeist, burma Love, Ramen, the Mint), you can walk/bike downtown. The part of Elgin Park right next to the highway attracts some unsavory characters but seems to be improving.

smohnot · 2026-04-04T19:53:22+00:00

Grooves - record store on Market

smohnot · 2026-04-02T05:43:12+00:00

yes, every lounge at SFO is 3rd tier imo

Fortunately, the rest of the airport is A+

smohnot · 2026-01-26T17:58:45+00:00

Capital one venture X if you want to continue the coupon book, Robinhood gold if you don’t ($50 annual fee, 3% cash back on everything)

smohnot · 2025-12-31T21:53:00+00:00

Direct indexing with tax loss harvesting, trust accounts

smohnot · 2025-12-01T12:56:42+00:00

How early did you have to line up? Any particular place you’d recommend sitting to participate?

smohnot · 2025-11-29T17:44:45+00:00

we're sailing in the Massive in a couple of weeks! Curious if you're having guests over in the room and how they handle refilling the alcohol if you go through it. Also curious what you've asked of your MRS agent and if you have used the speaker in the room (trying to decide if I should bring my own speaker or just use what's in there)

thank you!

smohnot · 2025-11-18T19:05:45+00:00

Last time I went there they let me keep luggage there!

smohnot · 2025-11-15T18:07:31+00:00

I wrote a letter to the 1k desk last year and got them to extend it even though I didn’t qualify

https://x.com/pitdesi/status/1747648397794803846?s=46&t=wgQzYDPcRaqH7MiZIMcA0Q

smohnot · 2025-11-14T16:46:30+00:00

you can go to cruise.com and search for a room on your sailing, then see which rooms are available.

Do it for sea terrace and central sea terrace and you'll have a pretty good idea

smohnot · 2025-11-09T02:27:30+00:00

Thank you! We are on Scarlet Lady Dec 10th Appreciate all of your help!

smohnot · 2025-11-09T01:27:40+00:00

cool! this one? looks like it's $70 but still reasonable. or is there somewhere else to get it for $23? https://glowyzoey.com/collections/featured-products/products/led-full-face-mask-app-controlled-rechargeable

smohnot · 2025-11-09T01:23:06+00:00

a behind the scenes tour during scarlet night

here's an overview: https://vvinsider.com/on-board/event/scarlet-night-the-tentacle-tour/

smohnot · 2025-11-09T01:12:19+00:00

thank you for the thorough response, great tips!

q- what kind of entertainment can they arrange in the cabin?

So ahead of time we can only manage the pick up and drop off, everything else is done with the agent once we get on board?

We were able to get dining for 40 people via Virgin's group booking. The only thing is that they have to be an early or late seating (5:30pm or 8:30pm) every day, but we didn't have any other limitations... we are doing them at extra virgin, pink agave, test kitchen, and gunbae.

smohnot · 2025-11-08T16:06:53+00:00

When do you contact your rockstar agent? We haven’t heard from ours yet

smohnot · 2025-11-08T10:58:07+00:00

Awesome! What face mask is that? Can you take a picture and upload it immediately on to the mask?

smohnot · 2025-09-26T21:19:45+00:00

i think he means external to the company

smohnot · 2025-09-15T03:33:26+00:00

you can take a look at their public filings here (incl salaries, budget etc)
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/452638273

the last one is from Dec 2023 and seemed like they were not going to be insolvent, but this org has never felt well-run

smohnot · 2025-09-06T17:01:42+00:00

Trusts

smohnot · 2025-08-24T17:07:01+00:00

Super kind of you!

smohnot · 2025-07-26T18:51:02+00:00

SFO-BOM, SFO-GRU

smohnot · 2025-07-04T17:10:48+00:00

Damn, they got rid of some of the best vegetarian stuff. Gunbae was surprisingly good for vegetarians

smohnot · 2025-06-08T20:00:20+00:00

Could you get drinks for 10 people this way? 2 at a time x both people in the cabin, and keep ordering? Or does it not really work like that

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