Hey, welcome . ..I'm originally from Northern California myself - Oakland.

Man, I miss it! Only marriage could have moved me to New England . . bet your having that 75 - 85 degree weather right now, with little or no humidity, and a nice cooling fog in the early evening - the smell of jasmine and pine wafting through the air, the Bay glittering in the sunlight, beautiful Californians frolicking about . . . .Heaven - right? Right?? Damn, I know it is.