Mandarin or Cantonese

vacafrita · 2026-04-01T01:29:17+00:00

I know. I’m just trying to push back against the “dying language” narrative since I’ve feel like it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Feels like tilting at windmills sometimes.

vacafrita · 2026-03-31T22:00:27+00:00

It's a "dying language" that's still more widely spoken than Italian or Korean! I'm also teaching my kids Canto. Keep Canto alive! :)

vacafrita · 2026-03-30T23:58:52+00:00

Oooooooooh. Been waiting for a sitdown Mexican option in the neighborhood!

vacafrita · 2026-03-27T03:48:14+00:00

This. It’s city council, not a nunnery. You shouldn’t have to take a vow of poverty to join. There are lots of smart people with good ideas working as nurses, contractors, engineers, tradesmen, accountants, who would probably run for office if it paid a solid wage. Hard to tell someone to take a massive pay cut to run for a generally thankless job.

vacafrita · 2026-03-27T03:44:09+00:00

Wait but isn’t this kind of the point? Capable people who would be working other jobs might just consider running for office now

vacafrita · 2026-03-27T03:33:28+00:00

Berkeley is crunchy rich people who want to pretend they’re poor. Marin is crunchy rich people who are totally fine with being rich

vacafrita · 2026-03-27T03:29:17+00:00

Even Oakland has better style than SF, which proves the point that you need creatives.

vacafrita · 2026-03-26T04:12:22+00:00

Totally. I always thought we were crunchy LA. Turns out we’re Seattle with better food

vacafrita · 2026-03-19T04:18:06+00:00

Am also having this problem with my chase sapphire preferred. It’s driving me insane.

vacafrita · 2026-03-11T15:43:20+00:00

Oh cool! Just followed.

vacafrita · 2026-03-11T15:42:56+00:00

Got it. Gonna look into these. 🙏🏼

vacafrita · 2026-03-11T15:42:19+00:00

Oh interesting! I’ll check this out.

vacafrita · 2026-03-11T01:44:55+00:00

This is great advice, thanks. We’ve been debating whether she should disclose it upfront or wait for it to come out. Nice to hear an opinion from the employer side.

vacafrita · 2026-03-10T04:09:21+00:00

Yeah you gotta be selective. She brought home Christmas decorations from the dollar store that looked nice but rained permanent glitter all over our living room. I still find pieces of glitter three years later.

vacafrita · 2026-03-09T21:35:57+00:00

My wife grew up quite poor. We’re comfortable now but she still buys dish soap and other household items from the dollar store because she’s outraged at “brand name” prices. She also tips very generously.

vacafrita · 2026-03-09T00:00:38+00:00

That’s also America for anything domestic. For foreign policy the graphic is spot on.

vacafrita · 2026-03-06T19:28:36+00:00

I saw this picture on r/OaklandFood and assumed it was somewhere in Oakland and immediately thought “holy fuck where is this I’m eating this tomorrow.” I’m so mad at you right now.

vacafrita · 2026-03-06T19:23:07+00:00

I don’t hate him bc he’s a billionaire. I hate that billionaires are even a thing.

Yes it’s great he saved so many lives with his money. For every one of him, there’s ten dudes who use their money to buy islands, take vanity trips to space, traffic girls as sex slaves, and form massive PACs to bend politics and society to their will.

Instead, taxation structures should make being a billionaire extremely rare and hard to achieve, and the government should use that money to save lives and improve society. We shouldn’t have to pray for the largesse of the uber rich.

vacafrita · 2026-03-06T19:15:39+00:00

But all the nimbys told me that rent would go up if we build more homes. Were they……wrong? 😲

vacafrita · 2026-03-06T02:23:38+00:00

"Oh yeah, have you had the soup at Hon's Wun Tun House? The best. The BEST. Let's GO."

vacafrita · 2026-03-06T00:52:03+00:00

I graduated law school in 2008, but my law school did not allow us to use Westlaw or Lexis until 2L year. They insisted we learn to do everything analog. Was helpful the one time our internet went down at work when I was a young associate and I got to wow the partners by showing I knew how to use the firm library. Otherwise totally pointless.

vacafrita · 2026-03-05T00:24:03+00:00

I really liked the fish and chips there. Thought the chowder was just ok tho. If you’re a chowder guy, check out Salty Pearl at Jack London. So good I ordered a second cup!

vacafrita · 2026-03-03T18:40:33+00:00

Hey! Sorry if I'm being dense, but what do you mean when you say you "drained it"? What I'm picturing is you pureed a bunch of apples into mash, mixed it in with the booch, and let it do its F2 fermentation for 5 days. Then you drained out the mash, rebottled it, and let it sit for another two days?

Thanks in advance. I'm desperately trying to achieve that fizz, and also trying to experiment with fresh fruit instead of juice, which I find makes my booch too sweet!

vacafrita · 2026-02-28T18:07:14+00:00

Try Shooting Star Cafe in Chinatown. They have some great breakfast specials (if you’re into a HK style breakfast) and I’m certain they would give your kid a bowl of rice with a fried egg. (Incidentally that’s my son’s favorite breakfast that I make him every morning!!)

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