{"id":21,"date":"2009-09-04T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.13creative.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/location-location-location.html"},"modified":"2009-09-04T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-04T19:48:00","slug":"location-location-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.13creative.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/location-location-location.html","title":{"rendered":"Location, Location, Location!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well, the time has come to put away my “going out clothes” (the ones I used to wear before the baby, the ones that I almost got back into after the baby, but then got pregnant again and now, not so much!) <\/p>\n

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The time has also come to put away my summer-winter gear… for those who don’t live in San Francisco, this means that I will have to sadly retire my regular August attire until much much later in the ‘actual’ winter season; my down-filled North Face puffy vest, scarf, hat and mittens.<\/div>\n
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And lastly, the time has come to pack up my stereotypes of people (ahem, designers!) who don’t live in large, metropolitan areas! We are moving.<\/p>\n
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While technically there are only three of us living at our house, the USPS told me that, in fact, there are 6 of us sharing this space; some for personal reasons, and other for business. My husband, baby and maiden-named self all live here. My married-name self, combo-married\/maiden-named self and my business-self all work here. Each of us had to submit a change of address form.<\/div>\n
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I have lived in San Francisco for 10 years. 10 amazing, wonderful, hip, urban, frigid-August years. I have loved the culture, the energy, the incredible phenomenal restaurants and even more than that, I have loved learning exactly where<\/b> the right place is to go, or the right person to see for any need imaginable. I have been called “The Mayor of Polk Street” before, and not just once… this city has become a part of me and I am truly sad to be leaving.<\/div>\n
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Hillsborough is a gorgeous city about 30 minutes south of San Francisco. The hills, the gorgeous homes, the easy freeway access… it’s a dream community. But that is not where we’re moving! <\/div>\n
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Burlingame, just east of Hillsborough, is also a fabulous community. Burlingame Avenue is filled with cute shops, restaurants and it’s about as city-like as you get. The homes are sweet, there are tremendous public schools and the weather is fantastic. But we are also not moving there. About 2 miles south of Hillsborough and Burlingame there is a town called San Mateo. With 90,000 residents, it’s not exactly “small” (in fact, it’s 3x the size of Burlingame!) but it offers tree-lined streets, great schools, amazing weather, and a 3bd\/2ba home with our name on it! <\/div>\n
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With another little girl<\/a> on the way, and Brad’s commute taking 2hrs each way some days, it just became clear that unless we could hire a chauffeur, and someone to stop time every afternoon, a move was necessary. In our new ‘hood’ there’s not much in the way of a street scene, but I can walk to a Starbucks, Safeway and a Long’s drugs. While this sounds sad and depressing (maybe only to me!) it might actually benefit me and encourage me to not<\/b> leave my office during business hours… forcing me to be even more productive, creative and efficient.<\/div>\n
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I struggle with what it means to be a designer in San Mateo, versus one in the city. The city is like a drug to me – I crave it, I breathe it in, I exhale it… it empowers me and motivates me. it inspires me. I don’t know who I am in San Mateo yet, and maybe it’ll take me some time to figure it out, but I guess there’s only one way to know. As my very good friend from Nashville says “The only way to it, is through it”. She’s so right. I will try to keep my biases and skepticisms on the DL while I find my way. (I said “try”!)<\/div>\n
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Worst case scenario — only 30 minutes north of Hillsborough-South<\/a>, my city is there waiting for me.<\/div>\n
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