Hah! Typo Boy I was just going to post that Downey is nowhere nearby and that we have no Community College in town. Are you sure you're not thinking of El Centro?

I only ask about El Centro, because I have a yearbook from HS for El Centro, because the printer screwed up our town name. Yes, I still live in the town I was raised in, which is North of Albany & Berkeley.

SuziQ, I miss Capwell's at the Mall. The Mall that exists now is completely odd to me but redeemed by TJs.

DavidS, that must mean Emmett's in middle school now? Despite living in the town I grew up in, not a single school I attended exists in the form it was when I attended. Every single one has been torn down (& rebuilt) for being unsafe. Well okay, my middle school still exists, but no one is allowed inside.

ETA: Typo Boy, Cerritos maybe? El Centro is near Mexicali...

El Cerrito Plaza. Not Mall. Typo tripped me up. I've been to El Cerritos also, but just passing through.

I grew up in Berkeley, moved to El Cerrito, moved to another place in El Cerrito, then to Alameda, up to Washington state, back to Alameda, another place in Alameda, then back to El Cerrito, back to Alameda, into the house some of you have visited in Alameda, then off to Colorado.

Yes, the Plaza.

I too have lived all around the Bay Area, Santa Cruz, and briefly in Portland, OR. I lived in Alameda, in a basement apartment of an old Vic in the Gold Rush part of town. And in Emeryville, in a brief, failed experiment at high rise living.

I've also lived in Berkeley, Oakland, and in a few different places in El Cerrito.

Like you, SuziQ, I moved around a lot without going too far. There was a period where I moved 8 times in two years. Ugh.

ehab, I highly recommend the bay area buffistas. I miss them terribly. When you are ready to be social, post something in F2F.

Yes misremembered part of the name. This: [link]

DavidS, that must mean Emmett's in middle school now?

He's at Albany High School now. But he goes through El Cerrito Plaza every day on his way home, and has lunch there half the time.

Nobody should have to live in El Centro, that place was maybe one step up from Yuma. Although, at least Yuma didn't have the Imperial fault under it.

But he goes through El Cerrito Plaza every day on his way home, and has lunch there half the time.

Let me guess, Chef's Chinese Food.

Hello to the lurkers and de-lurkers.

Since last year, little has changed. Still in the same house, with the same husband and the same cats. Still working for NIH, though things are in a bit of flux as to where I'll be next year.(Group/lab in the process of shutting down, but they have to find me a new position. Hopefully still at NIH.)

Still attending 10-12 conventions a year. Most recently, Renovation(WorldCon in Reno) and Intervention(local con about webcomics and other on-line stuff that we day-tripped). Next up, OVFF(Ohio Valley Filk Fest)

Let me guess, Chef's Chinese Food.

Panda Express, sometimes. Also Rubio's and sometimes just the sandwich counter at Lucky's.