Back to Oakland (Rowing?)

I've done a bit of hopping around since I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area two years ago; I've now worked four jobs and I just moved to my third home two weeks ago. This time, I moved from Walnut Creek to the much-less-suburban Oakland.

There's a sort of sense of home I get in Oakland. It might be that I have a sister who lives a few blocks away, the great food, unpretentiousness... who knows. But one big thing they have is water. The house I moved into is a mere two blocks away from Lake Merritt. Better yet is that Lake Merritt has a masters rowing program.

I almost couldn't believe it the other day; I was in downtown San Francisco when I noticed a tall gentleman standing behind at a burrito shop me wearing a Willamette Rowing sweatshirt. He looked close my height and age so I thought it was quite the coincidence (I happened to be wearing my Cincinnati Rowing sweatshirt - both mascots are the Bearcats). His name is David and it turns out he also works in Marketing and studied History in undergrad. He also mentioned getting back into rowing in the East Bay at Lake Merritt Boat Club. So, maybe I'll have a pair partner when it's all said and done.

I'm in no way any kind of shape. Not even close. But it'd be nice to get back into it for sure, especially now that there's water so close. I could walk to practice!

I almost forgot to mention - it's only $200 a year!