tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post7350070100238249598..comments2024-02-06T15:08:22.613+01:00Comments on Mitchell is Moving: Google HomeMoving with Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-15361363330339985992013-09-22T20:43:30.692+02:002013-09-22T20:43:30.692+02:00Walt the Fourth:
Well, my own situation was partic...Walt the Fourth:<br />Well, my own situation was particularly awful, but then I've heard horror stories about Muni. So, either way, you have my sympathy. So glad you (also) escaped!Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-13662646168692345312013-09-22T07:26:39.440+02:002013-09-22T07:26:39.440+02:00Hey, I worked at MUNI. Who's scowling now? Uh....Hey, I worked at MUNI. Who's scowling now? Uh...wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-79736303117221141702013-09-19T13:12:46.014+02:002013-09-19T13:12:46.014+02:00Walt the Fourth:
It's kind of magical to think...Walt the Fourth:<br />It's kind of magical to think we would have passed each other on the street. (I was the guy who was scowling every morning as he headed to work at Berkeley. Remember me now?)Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-40353914267103436522013-09-19T12:58:58.239+02:002013-09-19T12:58:58.239+02:00Raybeard:
That last sentence is so beautifully wri...Raybeard:<br />That last sentence is so beautifully written and says it all.Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-3538563539492879242013-09-19T12:57:49.553+02:002013-09-19T12:57:49.553+02:00Judith:
Old Boston looks very different from most ...Judith:<br />Old Boston looks very different from most other cities in the USA. I loved it there. (And it's where San Geraldo and I met.) And San Diego coastline looks very much like the Mediterranean. So many different "typical" looks around the United States. I could spend hours on Google Maps (and I do).<br />Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-49911918192378669712013-09-19T08:32:37.760+02:002013-09-19T08:32:37.760+02:00Actually the same with me, Mitch - the 1960s were ...Actually the same with me, Mitch - the 1960s were THE evocative decade, more than any other. I remember in particular one golden Summer afternoon in 1967 when I'd be out with friends to walk along the Roman-constructed Hadrian's Wall (about 50 miles north of where I lived at the time), and returning home to hear the news that Beatles' manager Brian Epstein had died. (Thought then to have been suicide, now seen more likely to have been a tragic accident.) That whole era, Sgt Pepper, flower-power and the like, remains etched more indelibly than anything else in my life. It's funny because while it's happening one doesn't realise that decades later one will hold particular memories like these as the most preciously bitter-sweet ones ever experienced. Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-25287568646825315552013-09-19T07:40:24.051+02:002013-09-19T07:40:24.051+02:00We were right up the hill on Congo, from Aug 1995 ...We were right up the hill on Congo, from Aug 1995 to March 2003, just before we moved to France.wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-39706677834105515362013-09-18T23:05:34.003+02:002013-09-18T23:05:34.003+02:00What a thought-provoking post! I loved looking at ...What a thought-provoking post! I loved looking at the photos of your homes over the years, the architecture is so completely unlike anything on this side of the world. Like others I am particularly intrigued by the Boston buildings. You sent me off to Google to do the same exercise and I was interested to see that the house I was born in is still there, now completely unrecognisable with a second story built on. <br /><br />I do love the photo of you and Dale, so charming. Ah, the sweetness and innocence of childhood...Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974206679853189199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-54142463936436284492013-09-18T20:25:28.899+02:002013-09-18T20:25:28.899+02:00Tynan:
It's one of the most (if not THE most) ...Tynan:<br />It's one of the most (if not THE most) European of American cities. Where Jerry and I lived together, Beacon Hill, the streets were still lit with gas lamps. I loved it there!Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-7127594964093352612013-09-18T20:24:16.570+02:002013-09-18T20:24:16.570+02:00Bob:
So do I. My last place (before San Geraldo) w...Bob:<br />So do I. My last place (before San Geraldo) was the totally renovated top floor of that huge brownstone. Then I moved into his elegant railroad flat on Beacon Hill (to the right was where Henry James lived in later years). It's an incredible city.Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-53767489335676051352013-09-18T20:21:37.257+02:002013-09-18T20:21:37.257+02:00Jean:
I love to move, although the packing and unp...Jean:<br />I love to move, although the packing and unpacking (and starting and stopping utilities, especially) has gotten old! My mother has lived in the same place since 1964!Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-80239313830192426842013-09-18T20:20:16.950+02:002013-09-18T20:20:16.950+02:00Raybeard:
Oh, I know exactly what you mean. Lyrics...Raybeard:<br />Oh, I know exactly what you mean. Lyrics get to me but my "trigger" is the 1960s -- my childhood with my sister. Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-19268960632595977712013-09-18T20:16:25.105+02:002013-09-18T20:16:25.105+02:00I agree with young Bob up there The Boston buildin...I agree with young Bob up there The Boston buildings seem to have oodles of character!<br />Tynannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-14610858812785989752013-09-18T19:16:29.084+02:002013-09-18T19:16:29.084+02:00I lovelovelove the Boston buildings.I lovelovelove the Boston buildings.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-19848758955522428442013-09-18T17:19:43.475+02:002013-09-18T17:19:43.475+02:00My, you have moved around a bit, and lived in some...My, you have moved around a bit, and lived in some fairly exotic looking places!<br />It's an interesting exercise - but moving house is so exhausting.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-47239514250431794032013-09-18T17:06:41.845+02:002013-09-18T17:06:41.845+02:00'Mitch, re 'Graceland': It's the p...'Mitch, re 'Graceland': It's the period being evoked that pulls the strings rather than the tracks themselves - though, of course, they are high quality as well. Everyone has their own special 'triggers', bringing up memories of times lived through - but I imagine you've long ago discovered that for yourself. Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-23813602770741285022013-09-18T16:34:27.624+02:002013-09-18T16:34:27.624+02:00Stephen:
Since you don't have any photos of yo...Stephen:<br />Since you don't have any photos of your own, Google Maps is a great place to go.Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-65527914120635273692013-09-18T15:13:10.642+02:002013-09-18T15:13:10.642+02:00My, but you've lived in some interesting place...My, but you've lived in some interesting places. I think this would be a great thing to do, posting pictures of all the places you've lived, but I never bothered taking any, not even the first home we ever purchased.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-34873073481967862972013-09-18T14:16:06.500+02:002013-09-18T14:16:06.500+02:00Di:
Thanks so much. You're right about Dale (a...Di:<br />Thanks so much. You're right about Dale (and about us together). I used to hide behind her when I was little. She was my protector! <br /><br />Finding the places on Google Maps really is fun... and especially discovering that the first place is still standing!Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-34773230323943587832013-09-18T13:21:09.270+02:002013-09-18T13:21:09.270+02:00Phew, I'm knackered! All that packing and un-p...Phew, I'm knackered! All that packing and un-packing. I thought I had moved about a bit. I'm going to have to try this, you may have started a new trend :-)<br /><br />It's wonderful how you hang onto your memories of Dale. You looked so sweet together, inseparable. Keep smiling Mitch. She would want you to and is still right by your side.<br /><br />Much Love<br />Di<br />xoxoYONKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659751063643621817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-67175435959348507172013-09-18T13:07:49.427+02:002013-09-18T13:07:49.427+02:00Raybeard:
Wow. I feel like I'm getting to know...Raybeard:<br />Wow. I feel like I'm getting to know you so well. As I saved the images from Google, I thought, "Well, Raybeard will have something to say about all the sunshine." (But I also figured the Google camera wouldn't be out on dark and dreary days. So, even England looks sunny on Google Maps.)<br /><br />Amazingly, the Graceland album doesn't make me choke up but the lyrics do suck me in. I think the energy of Ladysmith Black Mambazo helps.Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-35109890938945193392013-09-18T13:05:01.822+02:002013-09-18T13:05:01.822+02:00Walt the Fourth:
I wondered if that would be famil...Walt the Fourth:<br />I wondered if that would be familiar to you. You would have passed the private drive (which was an extension of Burnside) when you walked on Bosworth. Yes, we were the first owners in December 1998. It was a fun house and a great location... and an easy walk to Tyger's Café for breakfast (and BART for work).Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-18248581430209564042013-09-18T13:02:12.656+02:002013-09-18T13:02:12.656+02:00Kirk:
Those two-building fire escapes (balconies) ...Kirk:<br />Those two-building fire escapes (balconies) weren't there when I lived there. Very peculiar. I used to count moves; I don't know when I stopped -- I think it was somewhere around 14.Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-2894033284798672792013-09-18T12:58:55.034+02:002013-09-18T12:58:55.034+02:00Judeet:
Sharing my life with you all makes these d...Judeet:<br />Sharing my life with you all makes these days so much easier. Thanks! <br /><br />High Street was very aptly named... (But the house was a lot nicer when I lived there. Landscaped, well-kept...)Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367834014770669778.post-24631482934493429592013-09-18T12:40:19.148+02:002013-09-18T12:40:19.148+02:00Ron:
I think you're right about remembering. ...Ron:<br />I think you're right about remembering. As for being tired, it was looking at the homes, it was the idea that we moved so many frickin' times!Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.com