Does anyone have any advice about bilingual children of divorce?
Talk to your kid anyway. They won't respond in the right language, but they'll still listen.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Does anyone have any advice about bilingual children of divorce?
What if your kid won't speak your language to you?
Does anyone have any advice about bilingual children of divorce?
Talk to your kid anyway. They won't respond in the right language, but they'll still listen.olay cream
Does anyone have any advice about bilingual children of divorce?
Talk to your kid anyway. They won't respond in the right language, but they'll still listen.
I need good cooks' advice for cocktail party?
I am having a cocktail party and want to make as much in advance as I can. Any great suggestions? Also, can I prepare puff pastry hors d'euvres the day before and just bake them off during the party?I need good cooks' advice for cocktail party?
Yes, preparing puff pastry before, baking off just prior to aprty is fine.
Do things you can pull out of the fridge and put in the oven. (see a few recipes below) Have them on bakign sheets in the fridge, ready and waiting.
Of course dips are a great make-ahead thing. Dont' forget a hot dip in a chafing dish.
Bacon Rollups
1 can whole water chestnuts
1 pound bacon
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup chili sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
Cut each bacon strip into thirds, wrap chestnut and secure with toothpick. Mix mayonnaise, chili sauce and brown sugar and pour over bacon rollups. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes. Serves 6.
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Spinach Parmesan Balls
1 pound package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and excess water squeezed out
5 eggs
1 large onion, minced
10 tablespoons margarine, melted
1 cup shredded Parmesan
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1 3/4 cups Italian-style bread crumbs
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Place spinach in a large mixing bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well by hand.* Form the mixture into 1-inch balls, either by hand or with a small ice cream scoop. Place the balls closely together on a baking sheet.
Cook in the top half of the oven until firm to the touch, about 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes, and then transfer to a platter and serve immediately.
* Cook's Note: Wearing latex gloves while mixing and forming the balls is suggested.
--Party Line, FoodTV
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Baked Pimiento Cheese Spread
1陆 C. mayo
4 oz. jar diced drained pimientos
1 tsp. worcestershire
1 tsp. finely grated onion
1/4 tsp. red pepper
8 oz. block of extra sharp cheese, grated
8 oz. block of sharp cheese, grated
Mix together, spoon into greased 1陆 qt. baking dish. (I have an oval corning dish I've been using) as it makes quite a bit.
Bake 20 min on 350degrees.
Serve in chafing dish with cracker, veggies, or baguette slices.
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Beef %26amp; Blue Cheese Bites
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups crumbled blue cheese
1/4 cup cooked bacon, crumbled
6 slices pumpernickel or dark rye bread
6 slices Swiss cheese
6 slices deli roast beef, halved
12thin slices red onion
12 dill pickle slices
In a small bowl, beat butter and blue cheese until smooth; mix in bacon. Spread about 1/4 cup mixture on each slice of bread and top with a slice of Swiss cheese. Place on baking sheet and broil, 4 inches from heat source, until cheese is melted, about 1 minute. Cut each slice in half. Top each with roast beef, onion and pickle and serve open faced.
This is also nice for cocktail parties to use Party Pumpernickel bread, and just make mini versions of the original.
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Boursin Dijon Lemon Artichoke Dip
1 tub of Boursin cheese
2 tablespoons capers (more or less to your taste)
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
juice of one fresh lemon
drizzle of good olive oil
In a small bowl, combine the lemon juice and capers. Mash the capers up and add the boursin and dijon mustard. Drizzle in just a bit of olive oil to give it a smooth dip consistency. It can be as thick or thin as you like. You can also leave the capers whole if you like the little bursts of flavor.
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BLUE CHEESE WITH CAPERS AND RED ONION
8 oz blue cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup olive oil
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp red wine or sherry vinegar
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp dry mustard powder (can sub Dijon)
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
陆 cup red onion, chopped fine
1 Tbsp capers, rinsed
Crumble blue cheese onto a serving plate. Mix together the olive oil, lemon juice, wine vinegar, garlic, mustard, and black pepper. Drizzle over the cheese. Sprinkle red onion and capers over the top. Serve right away, or chill up to a full day before serving.
Serve with sturdy crackers or toasted baguette slicess. Great for buffet.
This is also good sprinkled over mixed salad greens as a the dressing. Toss well.
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Marinated Shrimp
1陆 lbs. cooked shrimp, peeled, taill-on
陆 cup EVOO
录 cup white wine vinegar
2 Tbsp. spaghetti sauce
2 Tbsp. horseradish mustard
陆 cup celery, minced
陆 cup green onions, minced
陆 cup drained capers
1 garlic clove, minced
1陆 tsp. paprika
陆 tsp. salt
Dash cayenne pepper
Lettuce leaves
Lemon wedges
Combine all ingredients (except lettuce and lemon wedges) in medium bowl; stir in shrimp. Refrigerate, covered, 12 hours, stirring 2-3 times during the 12 hours.
Spoon shrimp onto lettuce-lined plate, garnish w/ lemon wedges. Or serve as appetizer w/ toothpicks.
--Bertolli
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Crispy Cheese Straws
2 sticks Parkay
8 oz. sharp or extra sharp cheese, grated
2 cups AP flour
2 cups rice crispies
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper, or more to taste
1/2 tsp. salt
Let margarine and cheese stand until room temp. Add rest of ingredients, and mix all together with your hands. It will be a stiff dough. Roll into small balls, put on ungreased cookie sheet and mash with a fork like PNB cookies, criss-cross. Bake at 325潞F for about 15 min.I need good cooks' advice for cocktail party?
Fondue!
cocktail party's have lots of finger food , for the puffs bake them before party starts u don't want to be cooking when your guest come
Here's a few suggestions:
1] Deli platter with meat and cheese.
Don't forget the tomatoes, lettuce, onions, pickles, assorted breads, mustard, mayo, napkins, plates, etc.
2] Meat balls in tomato sauce and/or roast beef in its natural gravy.
3] Potato salad, cole slaw, macaroni salad.
4] Cold drinks, coffee and tea.
Don't forget the cold cups, ice, straws, creamer, milk, sugar, artificial sweetener, lemon wedges, spoons and hot cups.
5] Ask some folks to bring dessert.
7] OR you could have a Pot Luck party and folks could make whatever they wanted and it would be ';pot luck'; - a shot in the dark as to what foods are made. Sometimes two people bring the same dish. For example: potato salad.
Thanks for asking your Q! I enjoyed answering it!
VTY,
Ron Berue
Yes, that is my real last name!
watch the food network..they always have something surprising..they might have a website too
Save yourself a lot of bother and hire some outside caterers!
Pin Wheels.
If possible get a loaf of Caterers Sliced Bread. It is sliced length ways.
Spread with butter or margarine then lay your fillings across the bread. Removing the crusts will make them easier to roll. Cut roll in 3 or 4 pieces.
Rolls.
Take a slice of sandwich bread and spread it with butter or margarine.
With a corner of a square or rectangle of bread pointing toward you, place across bread corner to corner the filling and roll up.
Fillings to consider:
Shredded chicken with some S %26amp; P or mayo
Asparagus spears
Surimi, a few slim slices of lettuce and a seafood dressing.
Present with the open ends upper most so people will see the filling they want
Yes, preparing puff pastry before, baking off just prior to aprty is fine.
Do things you can pull out of the fridge and put in the oven. (see a few recipes below) Have them on bakign sheets in the fridge, ready and waiting.
Of course dips are a great make-ahead thing. Dont' forget a hot dip in a chafing dish.
Bacon Rollups
1 can whole water chestnuts
1 pound bacon
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup chili sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
Cut each bacon strip into thirds, wrap chestnut and secure with toothpick. Mix mayonnaise, chili sauce and brown sugar and pour over bacon rollups. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes. Serves 6.
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Spinach Parmesan Balls
1 pound package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and excess water squeezed out
5 eggs
1 large onion, minced
10 tablespoons margarine, melted
1 cup shredded Parmesan
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1 3/4 cups Italian-style bread crumbs
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Place spinach in a large mixing bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well by hand.* Form the mixture into 1-inch balls, either by hand or with a small ice cream scoop. Place the balls closely together on a baking sheet.
Cook in the top half of the oven until firm to the touch, about 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes, and then transfer to a platter and serve immediately.
* Cook's Note: Wearing latex gloves while mixing and forming the balls is suggested.
--Party Line, FoodTV
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Baked Pimiento Cheese Spread
1陆 C. mayo
4 oz. jar diced drained pimientos
1 tsp. worcestershire
1 tsp. finely grated onion
1/4 tsp. red pepper
8 oz. block of extra sharp cheese, grated
8 oz. block of sharp cheese, grated
Mix together, spoon into greased 1陆 qt. baking dish. (I have an oval corning dish I've been using) as it makes quite a bit.
Bake 20 min on 350degrees.
Serve in chafing dish with cracker, veggies, or baguette slices.
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Beef %26amp; Blue Cheese Bites
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups crumbled blue cheese
1/4 cup cooked bacon, crumbled
6 slices pumpernickel or dark rye bread
6 slices Swiss cheese
6 slices deli roast beef, halved
12thin slices red onion
12 dill pickle slices
In a small bowl, beat butter and blue cheese until smooth; mix in bacon. Spread about 1/4 cup mixture on each slice of bread and top with a slice of Swiss cheese. Place on baking sheet and broil, 4 inches from heat source, until cheese is melted, about 1 minute. Cut each slice in half. Top each with roast beef, onion and pickle and serve open faced.
This is also nice for cocktail parties to use Party Pumpernickel bread, and just make mini versions of the original.
_______________________
Boursin Dijon Lemon Artichoke Dip
1 tub of Boursin cheese
2 tablespoons capers (more or less to your taste)
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
juice of one fresh lemon
drizzle of good olive oil
In a small bowl, combine the lemon juice and capers. Mash the capers up and add the boursin and dijon mustard. Drizzle in just a bit of olive oil to give it a smooth dip consistency. It can be as thick or thin as you like. You can also leave the capers whole if you like the little bursts of flavor.
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BLUE CHEESE WITH CAPERS AND RED ONION
8 oz blue cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup olive oil
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp red wine or sherry vinegar
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp dry mustard powder (can sub Dijon)
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
陆 cup red onion, chopped fine
1 Tbsp capers, rinsed
Crumble blue cheese onto a serving plate. Mix together the olive oil, lemon juice, wine vinegar, garlic, mustard, and black pepper. Drizzle over the cheese. Sprinkle red onion and capers over the top. Serve right away, or chill up to a full day before serving.
Serve with sturdy crackers or toasted baguette slicess. Great for buffet.
This is also good sprinkled over mixed salad greens as a the dressing. Toss well.
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Marinated Shrimp
1陆 lbs. cooked shrimp, peeled, taill-on
陆 cup EVOO
录 cup white wine vinegar
2 Tbsp. spaghetti sauce
2 Tbsp. horseradish mustard
陆 cup celery, minced
陆 cup green onions, minced
陆 cup drained capers
1 garlic clove, minced
1陆 tsp. paprika
陆 tsp. salt
Dash cayenne pepper
Lettuce leaves
Lemon wedges
Combine all ingredients (except lettuce and lemon wedges) in medium bowl; stir in shrimp. Refrigerate, covered, 12 hours, stirring 2-3 times during the 12 hours.
Spoon shrimp onto lettuce-lined plate, garnish w/ lemon wedges. Or serve as appetizer w/ toothpicks.
--Bertolli
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Crispy Cheese Straws
2 sticks Parkay
8 oz. sharp or extra sharp cheese, grated
2 cups AP flour
2 cups rice crispies
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper, or more to taste
1/2 tsp. salt
Let margarine and cheese stand until room temp. Add rest of ingredients, and mix all together with your hands. It will be a stiff dough. Roll into small balls, put on ungreased cookie sheet and mash with a fork like PNB cookies, criss-cross. Bake at 325潞F for about 15 min.I need good cooks' advice for cocktail party?
Fondue!
cocktail party's have lots of finger food , for the puffs bake them before party starts u don't want to be cooking when your guest come
Here's a few suggestions:
1] Deli platter with meat and cheese.
Don't forget the tomatoes, lettuce, onions, pickles, assorted breads, mustard, mayo, napkins, plates, etc.
2] Meat balls in tomato sauce and/or roast beef in its natural gravy.
3] Potato salad, cole slaw, macaroni salad.
4] Cold drinks, coffee and tea.
Don't forget the cold cups, ice, straws, creamer, milk, sugar, artificial sweetener, lemon wedges, spoons and hot cups.
5] Ask some folks to bring dessert.
7] OR you could have a Pot Luck party and folks could make whatever they wanted and it would be ';pot luck'; - a shot in the dark as to what foods are made. Sometimes two people bring the same dish. For example: potato salad.
Thanks for asking your Q! I enjoyed answering it!
VTY,
Ron Berue
Yes, that is my real last name!
watch the food network..they always have something surprising..they might have a website too
Save yourself a lot of bother and hire some outside caterers!
Pin Wheels.
If possible get a loaf of Caterers Sliced Bread. It is sliced length ways.
Spread with butter or margarine then lay your fillings across the bread. Removing the crusts will make them easier to roll. Cut roll in 3 or 4 pieces.
Rolls.
Take a slice of sandwich bread and spread it with butter or margarine.
With a corner of a square or rectangle of bread pointing toward you, place across bread corner to corner the filling and roll up.
Fillings to consider:
Shredded chicken with some S %26amp; P or mayo
Asparagus spears
Surimi, a few slim slices of lettuce and a seafood dressing.
Present with the open ends upper most so people will see the filling they want
What single piece of advice would you give?
It can be general, specific, about life, love, or anything else you deem significant enough, and directed to anyone.What single piece of advice would you give?
He's never worth it; and if he is, you won't be deliberating whether he is or not.What single piece of advice would you give?
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
To handle yourself, use your head, to handle others use your heart.
Anger is only one letter short of danger.
If someone betrays you once, its his fault, if he betrays you twice, its your fault.
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, and small minds discuss people.
He who loses money loses much, he who loses a friend loses much more, he who loses faith loses all.
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, beautiful old people are works of art.
Learn from the mistakes of others, you can't live long enough to make them all yourself. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that's why they call it the present!
Life is short; break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love Truly, laugh nonstop, and never regret anything that made you smile
Young girls want to grow up so fast, and women want to be young; live your age while you are.
Girls are so sophisticated and try to figure out the works of a males mind, that the simple mind of a male can't figure out why he can't understand the girl; can you understand that?
If you have the ability to help someone or do something to honor others, take that opportunity while you still can.
when you point the finger, you have 3 pointing back at you.
if there is anyway you can take partial responsibility for something that went wrong, it's best to take the entire responsibility
live life to its fullest and live each moment like it was your last.
listen to the song, ';if today was your last day'; by Nickleback.
it should tell you everything you need to know.
Live life tomorrow because today already happened.
When all else fails CTRL ALT DEL
Think like a Volcan. Logic is the only answer.
Try everything once.....twice if you like it
Be who you are and say what you feel, cause those who mind don't matter,and those who matter don't mind
Be all you can be
Do NOT sign a Marriage Contract.
Stay Single!
Less Drama %26amp; Financial Hardships!
stay away from ex girl friends, they are very bad news
what goes around comes around.
lolz im obsesd with dat now that i figured out alex pettyfer has a tattoo of that
x
take life 1 day at a time,stop and smell the roses
Live life to the fullest.
Live, think, and act for today - tomorrow may be too late.
Practice what you preach.
It is better to love and lost then never to have loved at all!!
live, love and laugh cuz life is too short not to!
%26lt;3 =)
live your life like you were dying
Stay in school kids!
Be yourself.
Love yourself.
Dont follow anyone but you.. :D
Just do what you want.
Life's short do what you want.
Live Laugh Love.
never tell anyone about your problems unless they can really help you
look before you sit down.
dont' eat yellow snow.
trust me :P lol
Do what makes you happy, and follow your heart.
do what you want, don't get caught.
its not mayonnaise. it never is
He's never worth it; and if he is, you won't be deliberating whether he is or not.What single piece of advice would you give?
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
To handle yourself, use your head, to handle others use your heart.
Anger is only one letter short of danger.
If someone betrays you once, its his fault, if he betrays you twice, its your fault.
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, and small minds discuss people.
He who loses money loses much, he who loses a friend loses much more, he who loses faith loses all.
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, beautiful old people are works of art.
Learn from the mistakes of others, you can't live long enough to make them all yourself. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that's why they call it the present!
Life is short; break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love Truly, laugh nonstop, and never regret anything that made you smile
Young girls want to grow up so fast, and women want to be young; live your age while you are.
Girls are so sophisticated and try to figure out the works of a males mind, that the simple mind of a male can't figure out why he can't understand the girl; can you understand that?
If you have the ability to help someone or do something to honor others, take that opportunity while you still can.
when you point the finger, you have 3 pointing back at you.
if there is anyway you can take partial responsibility for something that went wrong, it's best to take the entire responsibility
live life to its fullest and live each moment like it was your last.
listen to the song, ';if today was your last day'; by Nickleback.
it should tell you everything you need to know.
Live life tomorrow because today already happened.
When all else fails CTRL ALT DEL
Think like a Volcan. Logic is the only answer.
Try everything once.....twice if you like it
Be who you are and say what you feel, cause those who mind don't matter,and those who matter don't mind
Be all you can be
Do NOT sign a Marriage Contract.
Stay Single!
Less Drama %26amp; Financial Hardships!
stay away from ex girl friends, they are very bad news
what goes around comes around.
lolz im obsesd with dat now that i figured out alex pettyfer has a tattoo of that
x
take life 1 day at a time,stop and smell the roses
Live life to the fullest.
Live, think, and act for today - tomorrow may be too late.
Practice what you preach.
It is better to love and lost then never to have loved at all!!
live, love and laugh cuz life is too short not to!
%26lt;3 =)
live your life like you were dying
Stay in school kids!
Be yourself.
Love yourself.
Dont follow anyone but you.. :D
Just do what you want.
Life's short do what you want.
Live Laugh Love.
never tell anyone about your problems unless they can really help you
look before you sit down.
dont' eat yellow snow.
trust me :P lol
Do what makes you happy, and follow your heart.
do what you want, don't get caught.
its not mayonnaise. it never is
Does anyone have any advice or tips on babysitting?
I need some advice, suggestions, or tips for babysitting. I'm babysitting tomorrow, Thursday. I'm babysitting for a 2 year old. He's very active and wants to continuously be doing something. Game suggestions or things to do at the park or my backyard would be great, too. If you have any websites I can check out, please tell me about them, too. Thank you, in advance, for your help.Does anyone have any advice or tips on babysitting?
sure...i love to babysit, i just got done w/ a 9 hour day....
-i always leave the parents a note, of what we did, when the kid/s ate, slept, whatever, they love hearing how wonderful their kid/s were. many of families i have babysit for look for it first thing when they come in the door. (good pleaser to get invited back)
-fun, simple crafts. paint, crayons, the parent will love seeing what he made for them
-take him outside, and take a medium sized-light ball and just play catch. little kids, especially like attempting this. too cold? use a balloon and stay inside.
-if he seems pretty smart(advanced) go on an ';adventure'; and find missing objects, outside, hide balls, small toys, he will feel accomplished.
-play dough. so fun.
-make a simple obstacle course, keep in mind at 2 years old, nothing elaborate, maybe jump over something small, weave through cones, go through hula hoop, etc.
-try doing some educational stuff, too, like puzzles, pop up books, touch and feel books, or an educational video
good luck! you shouldn't be bored, especially with a 2 year old! have fun! Hope this helped!Does anyone have any advice or tips on babysitting?
take him to the park and push him on the swings...
take a ball out in the backyard and kick or throw it back and forth...
check out familyfun.com. they have craft ideas specific to the age of the child and length of time you have.....
like i know a game little kids like its a board game but i loved it when i was little and its called ';dont wake daddy';. its where you move these peices acrossed the board tring not to get the daddy to wake up if you have that game.
or you could like push him on a swing at the park, thats origanal. lol. if you do take him to the park you could put him on monkey bars and help him do monkey bars. oh and little kids love to play in like sand pits and dirt piles so you could like build stuff with sand with him if you want or dig holes and look for things. my friends little brother loves diging for things in the back yard.
if he's active, he'll love the park or anyplace outdoors -he'll find things to do there. He can explore the nature and climb on monkey bars and swing and there will probably be other kids at the park as well. Good luck and keep your sense of humor (always!)
sure...i love to babysit, i just got done w/ a 9 hour day....
-i always leave the parents a note, of what we did, when the kid/s ate, slept, whatever, they love hearing how wonderful their kid/s were. many of families i have babysit for look for it first thing when they come in the door. (good pleaser to get invited back)
-fun, simple crafts. paint, crayons, the parent will love seeing what he made for them
-take him outside, and take a medium sized-light ball and just play catch. little kids, especially like attempting this. too cold? use a balloon and stay inside.
-if he seems pretty smart(advanced) go on an ';adventure'; and find missing objects, outside, hide balls, small toys, he will feel accomplished.
-play dough. so fun.
-make a simple obstacle course, keep in mind at 2 years old, nothing elaborate, maybe jump over something small, weave through cones, go through hula hoop, etc.
-try doing some educational stuff, too, like puzzles, pop up books, touch and feel books, or an educational video
good luck! you shouldn't be bored, especially with a 2 year old! have fun! Hope this helped!Does anyone have any advice or tips on babysitting?
take him to the park and push him on the swings...
take a ball out in the backyard and kick or throw it back and forth...
check out familyfun.com. they have craft ideas specific to the age of the child and length of time you have.....
like i know a game little kids like its a board game but i loved it when i was little and its called ';dont wake daddy';. its where you move these peices acrossed the board tring not to get the daddy to wake up if you have that game.
or you could like push him on a swing at the park, thats origanal. lol. if you do take him to the park you could put him on monkey bars and help him do monkey bars. oh and little kids love to play in like sand pits and dirt piles so you could like build stuff with sand with him if you want or dig holes and look for things. my friends little brother loves diging for things in the back yard.
if he's active, he'll love the park or anyplace outdoors -he'll find things to do there. He can explore the nature and climb on monkey bars and swing and there will probably be other kids at the park as well. Good luck and keep your sense of humor (always!)
Does anyone have any advice regarding the ';work from home'; websites?
As I look for a job, I keep seeing advertisements for Data Entry Consultants - work from home. Does anyone have any advice for me - is it legitimate?Does anyone have any advice regarding the ';work from home'; websites?
I had heard that there is a group that investigates these types of things and the latest is that only 1 in 58 is legitimate. Been trying to find that website to use it as a reference but I haven't been able to get past all the fake work at home websites that come up when I try to search for it.
Good luck.
I had heard that there is a group that investigates these types of things and the latest is that only 1 in 58 is legitimate. Been trying to find that website to use it as a reference but I haven't been able to get past all the fake work at home websites that come up when I try to search for it.
Good luck.
Can anyone offer practical advice on how to become a novelist?
I'm just wondering if anyone has any practical advice to offer on becoming a writer, especially of novels (science fiction, fantasy, etc.).Can anyone offer practical advice on how to become a novelist?
I've often thought about writing my own novel. To be honest, I don't think you need to do an awful lot besides be a good writer, so long as you have the ability and the imagination. You're on the internet so I assume you have a computer. A programme like word is perfectly adequate for writing novels.
You're into fantasy, sci-fi, so you wouldn't need to do loads of research (although it would help a lot for certain sci-fi stories). Just try and think of something original. I think I would spend several weeks or months just brainstorming, i.e. jotting down random thoughts and ideas that I might think would make a good story.
After the brainstorming (when you have the basis of a good story) you should plan out the basic narrative of your novel - how it begins, how it ends, the characters etc before putting pen to proverbial paper.
You could try writing short stories first. They're easier to write and you could still get them published if they're good enough. Many of the best writers have done short story compilations.Can anyone offer practical advice on how to become a novelist?
It takes a lot of work. I';m working on a novel now, but it's more then just writing words. You also have to create a name for yourself. Get stuff you've written in magazines and contests, get your name out there. That way, when you do try to publish, you have some standing.
Research your material, but don't lord your knowledge over your reader or assume your reader is too dumb to understand what you write. Show more then tell. There are several wonderful research books out there. Use them.
Good luck.
I once read a quote:
';There's nothing to writing. Just sit down and slit your wrists.';
I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but this is an e-book by Holly Lisle - a woman who quit her day job and supports herself and her family by writing novels. It has some great food for thought - even if you're not interested in doing it as a full-time career.
http://www.envisionsoftware.biz/hollylis鈥?/a>
Write down what inspires you and when you do make sure you date it. In other words keep a writer's journal. It can also be your personal journal.
Take the inspiration for your writing from life itself. If you have one person or thing that permeates the very basis of your writing then write about that in as many genres.
I would also see if you have any poetry and see if it can be legnthened into a novel or at least an epic poem. Epic poetry can be considered as literature look at ';The Oddessy'; and ';The Illiad'; by Homer. They are epic poetry and are considered to be novels in some English classes today.
Stick to your story!!! That doesn't mean don't be descriptive, but I've already read books where they take no less than eight paragraphs to describe the sun! I hate that.
The best place to start would be to make sure you're able to compose a complete (and correct) sentence.
Read a lot, write a lot, and never ever give up trying. Persistance is everything.
Good luck
Unless you are driven, with burning desire, to tell a story, you need to realize it is not for everyone. When they sat around camp fires, and listened to a story teller, chance told you that the story teller had a certain talent. The story teller drew from travel experience, life's stumble, and bolders thrown his way. The deeds he took a part in (good %26amp; bad ) and the curiousity, that had him skip a meal or two, to be in the right place at the right time. Now, not all of these were able to form the written sentence, and the rare exceptions that could, became authors, and took their rank in the page of history, that has still to be written. Go and do some living and gain experience, research novelist's great and less than great alike, because there were always critics out amongst the story tellers, and they had their warped oppinions, and tastes.
there are several books out there to help you format your thoughts and get you focus on the objective of your story. Such as the guide to good writing by randon house. Also there are books that help outline and formulate your story in a step by step fashion.
Sit down and open a vein. (metaphorically speaking, of course)
write what you feel and what you know and adjust personal experiences to pen with
it will come to you not you to it
when it starts spewing
you'll know its right
This is a common question in this category. Essentially, you need to tell a story that says ';life is like that!'; regardless of genre.
Stories are a metaphor for life. Before you even begin to write you must have something to say or else your characters go from scene to scene without any meaning. There are three things that I believe are important and these three things are often confused with each other. Learning about these I think will help you to move your story:
1) Premise
2) Setting
3) Theme
Let me illustrate the difference so you can easily find the theme and understand its difference from the setting and premise. By seeing how a writer creates stories, you can see it from his or her point of view and clearly find the theme, create a premise and setting and learn to do it yourself.
The controlling idea is the meaning of your story. It is another word for ';theme';. The premise is what happens. The setting is the place and time where it's set.
For example, when you ask someone who just watched or read ';Lord of the Rings'; what it's about, they'll probably say something like, ';it's an epic story about a hobbit who is given a huge responsibility to take a magical ring into a mountain to destroy it and save the world and elves and men unite to....etc..'; Or they may answer ';It's about Middle Earth';. These are not themes. The first is simply the premise. The latter is the setting. What the story is *really* about is: ';Freedom is attained when we risk and sacrifice ourselves.'; That is the controlling idea (the theme) of the story. Of course, we can debate if that is the true controlling idea but I'm only giving you my interpretation.
Harry Potter's premise contains magic, and the setting is in a fantasy land, but the theme is not about magic nor fantasy. The theme of Harry Potter might be: ';Happiness prevails when we are confident of our own gifts and individuality.'; Discuss. =)
Now you can apply this understanding as I'll explain below with a story to any story you read.
First, I'll explain the premise. This way you'll see the difference.
A writer finds a premise through research and asking ';what if'; for any situation. If you read the news, one can find many ideas if you simply ask yourself ';what if'; as you read through it.
For example, I randomly selected a news article on Yahoo News:
Survivors recall horror of flu pandemic
As I'm reading through each line, I'm thinking about story ideas and asking ';what if';. For example, I read this line:
%26gt;%26gt; The flu swept through the nation's capital, which had attracted thousands of soldiers and war workers.
Now I'm asking myself, 'what if someone built a virus and orchestrated a large event so they could infect everyone in it to inflict the most damage?'
That's a start, but sounds a bit cliche, but that's okay. Let your mind race and you'll then ask ';what if'; upon ';what if';. What if the person accidently released the virus and kept silent while everyone around them died? What if the event was organized by a force where people are called to gather in one location but everyone made excuses for going there without realizing they were being forced -- only a supernatural force could do that -- and the reason is the supernatural force wanted to end the human race? hehe...this gets into some horror or science-fiction if that's your bag. But you can see the magic ';what if'; at work.
Let's choose the supernatural 'what if' as the premise in this example. Now we're going to start thinking of the controlling idea. This is what is the heart of your story -- the story you need to tell and what the story is *truly* about.
The controlling idea is not a single word; it's not going to be about ';viruses'; nor ';aliens'; nor ';Civil War';. The Controlling Idea tells us, ';life is like this!';
The controlling idea will be a sentence that tells us how and why life changes from one condition of existence to another (again, theme and controlling idea are the same -- I prefer to use controlling idea). This change will show up in the climax of the last act of your story. That's where you will find the controlling idea.
Concerning how I came up with Harry Potter's controlling idea, I looked at the last acts' endings of every Harry Potter story. What value changed? Harry went from being unconfident to confident and therefore was happy whereas each story opens with him in a situation and the world crumbling around him and constantly being challenged. Look at the last act's value change.
Fine writers filter everything they write through the controlling idea and then work up to the last climax -- look at the value that exists throughout the story because there will be themes that come and go. For example in Harry Potter he often seeks to befriend those who try to do him harm so we learn that ';Trust is earned when we love our enemy'; -- or because that didn't always work we could say, ';Evil prevails when we try to love our enemies'; but either of these is not the controlling idea of the entire story.
Going back to my story, by following the writer's work and using the premise that people are being supernaturally led to gather in one location, we need to come up with a protagonist. I'm going to use a ';what if'; and ask 'what if the protagonist is also under this supernatural spell?' That will make it more interesting because it will provide deeper conflict. Not only will he have to try to save the world but also get out the spell himself perhaps.
Some more questions I will ask myself and we're going to come to the controlling idea of the story I created: What is this spell? What is so attractive to force these people to gather without them even knowing they're being forced? Now this is starting to get rich. We know a lot of people do things they don't want because they're manipulated. Cults are famous for doing this. Charismatic leaders and propaganda are also effective. People are manipulated in many ways that many fail to see they're being manipulated. And those who best manipulate do it without you knowing. Life is like that! Now I'm starting to find my controlling idea.
My controlling idea is a sentence, it's not simply ';manipulation';. So, I start with something -- it's better than nothing: ';Evil prevails when we fail to examine our conscious and instead follow others'; or ';Compassion prevails in humans only when we follow our conscious';. Whichever we choose, it must be clear in the last-climax of the last act of your story.
As a writer develops the story, they work to that last act. Many writers paste that controlling idea onto the computer monitor and filter everything they write through it. Your characters may go in different directions, but this controlling idea is the writer's guide.
Concerning the setting, you can place this story in a different dimension, in a different time, or on a different planet. That will change the dynamics of the story but it won't change the controlling idea and that is where the power of the story exists -- it gives it meaning.
For the setting let's place this premise 50 years into the future on Earth.
The character will have an object of desire. In the premise that I've created, the supernatural force is manipulating people to gather in one location so it can infect them with a virus. Because I think this force is intelligent and sly, it's not going to be identical for every peson and is going to feed on the weakness of every individual. I think the best object of desire for the protagonist is going to be his pursuit of power within his sphere of influence. So, let's say he's an oceanographer (I pulled that out of nowhere). He would become famous and influential if he made an important discovery -- perhaps a discovery that can save lives such as tsumani detection technology (but in 50 years in the future we could make a more futuristic device). This is what he wants -- power. The force provides him the opportunity to seek this object and eventually he's going to have to go to this one location where the force intends to infect him. Now we have a lot more what ifs' to ask. As you can see, we're starting a great outline of the story and fleshing it out.
But we need to get back to the controlling idea.
I like up-endings so I want him to become redeemed in the end. I think his pride is too great and his pursuit of power is evil. His idea of saving lives is a great idea, but his reasoning is not -- he's doing it to gain influence for himself, not to help people -- this makes him conflicted and provides excellent dimension to his character. This force is going to manipulate his desire. But I am also going to add a subconscious desire to this. I want it so that he really doesn't want power...he simply doesn't recognize that the work he does already helps to save lives by adding to the research of others who are trying to find effective tsunami detection devices. He'll end up realizing this in the end. And this matches my controlling idea: ';Evil prevails when we fail to examine our conscious and instead follow others.'; His pursuit of power only leads him into trouble as he follows others in trying to please them. But we still have to deal with this supernatural force that is manipulating everyone. Do we make our protagonist one who defeats the force, or do we make him lose by it. Either way, we must know the controlling idea clearly at the end of the last climax no matter what he does.
Although I went off in a science-fiction direction, the controlling idea I discovered can exist in any genre and any setting whether this is based during the time of the Civil War, the present, or on Mars.
Although I wrote a lot, I hope leading you through the writer's process will help you to see clearer how stories are developed and make it easier to find the theme and your premise and then things will begin to fall into place.
I think whatever in life it always takes 99% persirations and only 1% inspirations. But I know if you seek long enough and watch ';The Secret';, it will guide you well!
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Alvin Titus
Director, author
Quachee Enterprise
http://www.batikinspirations.com
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I've often thought about writing my own novel. To be honest, I don't think you need to do an awful lot besides be a good writer, so long as you have the ability and the imagination. You're on the internet so I assume you have a computer. A programme like word is perfectly adequate for writing novels.
You're into fantasy, sci-fi, so you wouldn't need to do loads of research (although it would help a lot for certain sci-fi stories). Just try and think of something original. I think I would spend several weeks or months just brainstorming, i.e. jotting down random thoughts and ideas that I might think would make a good story.
After the brainstorming (when you have the basis of a good story) you should plan out the basic narrative of your novel - how it begins, how it ends, the characters etc before putting pen to proverbial paper.
You could try writing short stories first. They're easier to write and you could still get them published if they're good enough. Many of the best writers have done short story compilations.Can anyone offer practical advice on how to become a novelist?
It takes a lot of work. I';m working on a novel now, but it's more then just writing words. You also have to create a name for yourself. Get stuff you've written in magazines and contests, get your name out there. That way, when you do try to publish, you have some standing.
Research your material, but don't lord your knowledge over your reader or assume your reader is too dumb to understand what you write. Show more then tell. There are several wonderful research books out there. Use them.
Good luck.
I once read a quote:
';There's nothing to writing. Just sit down and slit your wrists.';
I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but this is an e-book by Holly Lisle - a woman who quit her day job and supports herself and her family by writing novels. It has some great food for thought - even if you're not interested in doing it as a full-time career.
http://www.envisionsoftware.biz/hollylis鈥?/a>
Write down what inspires you and when you do make sure you date it. In other words keep a writer's journal. It can also be your personal journal.
Take the inspiration for your writing from life itself. If you have one person or thing that permeates the very basis of your writing then write about that in as many genres.
I would also see if you have any poetry and see if it can be legnthened into a novel or at least an epic poem. Epic poetry can be considered as literature look at ';The Oddessy'; and ';The Illiad'; by Homer. They are epic poetry and are considered to be novels in some English classes today.
Stick to your story!!! That doesn't mean don't be descriptive, but I've already read books where they take no less than eight paragraphs to describe the sun! I hate that.
The best place to start would be to make sure you're able to compose a complete (and correct) sentence.
Read a lot, write a lot, and never ever give up trying. Persistance is everything.
Good luck
Unless you are driven, with burning desire, to tell a story, you need to realize it is not for everyone. When they sat around camp fires, and listened to a story teller, chance told you that the story teller had a certain talent. The story teller drew from travel experience, life's stumble, and bolders thrown his way. The deeds he took a part in (good %26amp; bad ) and the curiousity, that had him skip a meal or two, to be in the right place at the right time. Now, not all of these were able to form the written sentence, and the rare exceptions that could, became authors, and took their rank in the page of history, that has still to be written. Go and do some living and gain experience, research novelist's great and less than great alike, because there were always critics out amongst the story tellers, and they had their warped oppinions, and tastes.
there are several books out there to help you format your thoughts and get you focus on the objective of your story. Such as the guide to good writing by randon house. Also there are books that help outline and formulate your story in a step by step fashion.
Sit down and open a vein. (metaphorically speaking, of course)
write what you feel and what you know and adjust personal experiences to pen with
it will come to you not you to it
when it starts spewing
you'll know its right
This is a common question in this category. Essentially, you need to tell a story that says ';life is like that!'; regardless of genre.
Stories are a metaphor for life. Before you even begin to write you must have something to say or else your characters go from scene to scene without any meaning. There are three things that I believe are important and these three things are often confused with each other. Learning about these I think will help you to move your story:
1) Premise
2) Setting
3) Theme
Let me illustrate the difference so you can easily find the theme and understand its difference from the setting and premise. By seeing how a writer creates stories, you can see it from his or her point of view and clearly find the theme, create a premise and setting and learn to do it yourself.
The controlling idea is the meaning of your story. It is another word for ';theme';. The premise is what happens. The setting is the place and time where it's set.
For example, when you ask someone who just watched or read ';Lord of the Rings'; what it's about, they'll probably say something like, ';it's an epic story about a hobbit who is given a huge responsibility to take a magical ring into a mountain to destroy it and save the world and elves and men unite to....etc..'; Or they may answer ';It's about Middle Earth';. These are not themes. The first is simply the premise. The latter is the setting. What the story is *really* about is: ';Freedom is attained when we risk and sacrifice ourselves.'; That is the controlling idea (the theme) of the story. Of course, we can debate if that is the true controlling idea but I'm only giving you my interpretation.
Harry Potter's premise contains magic, and the setting is in a fantasy land, but the theme is not about magic nor fantasy. The theme of Harry Potter might be: ';Happiness prevails when we are confident of our own gifts and individuality.'; Discuss. =)
Now you can apply this understanding as I'll explain below with a story to any story you read.
First, I'll explain the premise. This way you'll see the difference.
A writer finds a premise through research and asking ';what if'; for any situation. If you read the news, one can find many ideas if you simply ask yourself ';what if'; as you read through it.
For example, I randomly selected a news article on Yahoo News:
Survivors recall horror of flu pandemic
As I'm reading through each line, I'm thinking about story ideas and asking ';what if';. For example, I read this line:
%26gt;%26gt; The flu swept through the nation's capital, which had attracted thousands of soldiers and war workers.
Now I'm asking myself, 'what if someone built a virus and orchestrated a large event so they could infect everyone in it to inflict the most damage?'
That's a start, but sounds a bit cliche, but that's okay. Let your mind race and you'll then ask ';what if'; upon ';what if';. What if the person accidently released the virus and kept silent while everyone around them died? What if the event was organized by a force where people are called to gather in one location but everyone made excuses for going there without realizing they were being forced -- only a supernatural force could do that -- and the reason is the supernatural force wanted to end the human race? hehe...this gets into some horror or science-fiction if that's your bag. But you can see the magic ';what if'; at work.
Let's choose the supernatural 'what if' as the premise in this example. Now we're going to start thinking of the controlling idea. This is what is the heart of your story -- the story you need to tell and what the story is *truly* about.
The controlling idea is not a single word; it's not going to be about ';viruses'; nor ';aliens'; nor ';Civil War';. The Controlling Idea tells us, ';life is like this!';
The controlling idea will be a sentence that tells us how and why life changes from one condition of existence to another (again, theme and controlling idea are the same -- I prefer to use controlling idea). This change will show up in the climax of the last act of your story. That's where you will find the controlling idea.
Concerning how I came up with Harry Potter's controlling idea, I looked at the last acts' endings of every Harry Potter story. What value changed? Harry went from being unconfident to confident and therefore was happy whereas each story opens with him in a situation and the world crumbling around him and constantly being challenged. Look at the last act's value change.
Fine writers filter everything they write through the controlling idea and then work up to the last climax -- look at the value that exists throughout the story because there will be themes that come and go. For example in Harry Potter he often seeks to befriend those who try to do him harm so we learn that ';Trust is earned when we love our enemy'; -- or because that didn't always work we could say, ';Evil prevails when we try to love our enemies'; but either of these is not the controlling idea of the entire story.
Going back to my story, by following the writer's work and using the premise that people are being supernaturally led to gather in one location, we need to come up with a protagonist. I'm going to use a ';what if'; and ask 'what if the protagonist is also under this supernatural spell?' That will make it more interesting because it will provide deeper conflict. Not only will he have to try to save the world but also get out the spell himself perhaps.
Some more questions I will ask myself and we're going to come to the controlling idea of the story I created: What is this spell? What is so attractive to force these people to gather without them even knowing they're being forced? Now this is starting to get rich. We know a lot of people do things they don't want because they're manipulated. Cults are famous for doing this. Charismatic leaders and propaganda are also effective. People are manipulated in many ways that many fail to see they're being manipulated. And those who best manipulate do it without you knowing. Life is like that! Now I'm starting to find my controlling idea.
My controlling idea is a sentence, it's not simply ';manipulation';. So, I start with something -- it's better than nothing: ';Evil prevails when we fail to examine our conscious and instead follow others'; or ';Compassion prevails in humans only when we follow our conscious';. Whichever we choose, it must be clear in the last-climax of the last act of your story.
As a writer develops the story, they work to that last act. Many writers paste that controlling idea onto the computer monitor and filter everything they write through it. Your characters may go in different directions, but this controlling idea is the writer's guide.
Concerning the setting, you can place this story in a different dimension, in a different time, or on a different planet. That will change the dynamics of the story but it won't change the controlling idea and that is where the power of the story exists -- it gives it meaning.
For the setting let's place this premise 50 years into the future on Earth.
The character will have an object of desire. In the premise that I've created, the supernatural force is manipulating people to gather in one location so it can infect them with a virus. Because I think this force is intelligent and sly, it's not going to be identical for every peson and is going to feed on the weakness of every individual. I think the best object of desire for the protagonist is going to be his pursuit of power within his sphere of influence. So, let's say he's an oceanographer (I pulled that out of nowhere). He would become famous and influential if he made an important discovery -- perhaps a discovery that can save lives such as tsumani detection technology (but in 50 years in the future we could make a more futuristic device). This is what he wants -- power. The force provides him the opportunity to seek this object and eventually he's going to have to go to this one location where the force intends to infect him. Now we have a lot more what ifs' to ask. As you can see, we're starting a great outline of the story and fleshing it out.
But we need to get back to the controlling idea.
I like up-endings so I want him to become redeemed in the end. I think his pride is too great and his pursuit of power is evil. His idea of saving lives is a great idea, but his reasoning is not -- he's doing it to gain influence for himself, not to help people -- this makes him conflicted and provides excellent dimension to his character. This force is going to manipulate his desire. But I am also going to add a subconscious desire to this. I want it so that he really doesn't want power...he simply doesn't recognize that the work he does already helps to save lives by adding to the research of others who are trying to find effective tsunami detection devices. He'll end up realizing this in the end. And this matches my controlling idea: ';Evil prevails when we fail to examine our conscious and instead follow others.'; His pursuit of power only leads him into trouble as he follows others in trying to please them. But we still have to deal with this supernatural force that is manipulating everyone. Do we make our protagonist one who defeats the force, or do we make him lose by it. Either way, we must know the controlling idea clearly at the end of the last climax no matter what he does.
Although I went off in a science-fiction direction, the controlling idea I discovered can exist in any genre and any setting whether this is based during the time of the Civil War, the present, or on Mars.
Although I wrote a lot, I hope leading you through the writer's process will help you to see clearer how stories are developed and make it easier to find the theme and your premise and then things will begin to fall into place.
I think whatever in life it always takes 99% persirations and only 1% inspirations. But I know if you seek long enough and watch ';The Secret';, it will guide you well!
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Alvin Titus
Director, author
Quachee Enterprise
http://www.batikinspirations.com
http://quachee.googlepages.com/...
http://www.freewebs.com/quachee/...
http://www.quachee.com/
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I would really like to move to San Francisco need input and advice on a few things?
I recently visited San Francisco and I absolutely fell in love with the city. I eventually want to move there. My question's are: Where is the best place to live regarding safety, commuting, housing prices, that sort of thing, and also any advice that locals might have for someone just moving there. Things like what to stay away from, where are the best places to meet people, fun things for locals to do, and just general tips. Anything would be appreciated. Thank you!I would really like to move to San Francisco need input and advice on a few things?
With the exception of 3 areas where you can see the methmouth crowd lounging in the street, the entire city is safe. SF is a small city, not a large one. Because it is so tiny, and so ethnic, and because everyone who graduates from a top school wants to live here for three years, it stays not only safe, but alive, vibrant and beautiful.
The three areas to stay away from are the Tenderloin, Bayside and the southside of Protero Hill. If you want to live in any of those places, you would have to be in the social services and receive housing though. So, don't worry about that.
The biggest issue for SF is competition.
The little real estate makes the very rare affordable places very compeititive to find or be accepted as a tenant.
The top graduates in the country all want to live here for a few years, so the entry level jobs all have like 500 applicants.
People from all over the world fall in love with SF and move here. That makes finding top jobs very competitive and most are invite only.
Finally, the cost of everything in SF and the SF Bay Area is the highest in the country and some of the highest in the world, while unemployment is the highest in the country. A one bedroom rents for $1500, a starter home begins at $650k and the insurance is killer. Come, but bring your best game and a big bank account.I would really like to move to San Francisco need input and advice on a few things?
All that's been said is good. But if you have good transpo you can find places in the East Bay and south on the peninsula. Still more costly than LA.
If you're gay you will meet many people quickly. If not then you need to ask where the straights hang. Lot's to do and see.
Like the outdoors you can travel north into redwood country or east to Lake Tahoe area.
Everything Bob wrote is correct.
For detailed infromation check out the craigslist for housing, jobs, furnishing, roommates and the like.olay cream
With the exception of 3 areas where you can see the methmouth crowd lounging in the street, the entire city is safe. SF is a small city, not a large one. Because it is so tiny, and so ethnic, and because everyone who graduates from a top school wants to live here for three years, it stays not only safe, but alive, vibrant and beautiful.
The three areas to stay away from are the Tenderloin, Bayside and the southside of Protero Hill. If you want to live in any of those places, you would have to be in the social services and receive housing though. So, don't worry about that.
The biggest issue for SF is competition.
The little real estate makes the very rare affordable places very compeititive to find or be accepted as a tenant.
The top graduates in the country all want to live here for a few years, so the entry level jobs all have like 500 applicants.
People from all over the world fall in love with SF and move here. That makes finding top jobs very competitive and most are invite only.
Finally, the cost of everything in SF and the SF Bay Area is the highest in the country and some of the highest in the world, while unemployment is the highest in the country. A one bedroom rents for $1500, a starter home begins at $650k and the insurance is killer. Come, but bring your best game and a big bank account.I would really like to move to San Francisco need input and advice on a few things?
All that's been said is good. But if you have good transpo you can find places in the East Bay and south on the peninsula. Still more costly than LA.
If you're gay you will meet many people quickly. If not then you need to ask where the straights hang. Lot's to do and see.
Like the outdoors you can travel north into redwood country or east to Lake Tahoe area.
Everything Bob wrote is correct.
For detailed infromation check out the craigslist for housing, jobs, furnishing, roommates and the like.
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