- The first thing about my dream home is plenty of wall space upon the foyer or entryway to hang art.
My art.
Brent’s art.
Brian’s art.
Art from people I haven’t met yet.
2. Having a corner coffeeshop. Check
3. Period details or high levels of craftsmanship. Check.
4. Shared Kitchen big enough for more than one cook in the room!
(Also, hallway kitchen’s are out. It is such a pain in the morning to get coffee from the pot while someone wants to microwave or go to the fridge.)
5. Dream House has to have a cupola!
Truth be told, they aren’t as practical as one would guess–the noise levels are bad if you’re on a busy corner–and you have a challenge to try to do night stands with lamps if you follow your first instinct to put a bed in the middle: But my dream house should have so much room it doesn’t matter that there’s a cupola–’cause one of the requirements is to be on a corner and look down on it to see what’s going on. I loved looking down on my corner across from the Boom Boom room at Fillmore and Geary for 23 years. I gave up rent control during Covid and moved to Honolulu. But I still have a dream for a house in San Francisco. This actually go against my pragmatic, executive function mind which follows the fool’s suit of the comment, “I will never buy a house in Hawaii or in San Francisco–because it’s too expensive.
6. Got to have a view!
One thing about the newer buildings in San Francisco is that they have roof decks. Here is one of my favorite views at Konrad at the Park on Gough near Eddy. The view would have to have a double set of windows or a cupola on a corner–but since this is my dream–I’ll also add that there has to be a view.
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