Subaru Crew - Meet The Members II

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  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    In many parts, yes (especially LA), but luckily I really don't have to deal with major traffic on my commute.

    Ken
  • twrxtwrx Member Posts: 647
    I rather like Kona, volcanoes are nice entertainment. Yellowstone region, more volcanoes! But really my retirement goal is Colorado. I can't get enough of that place. As to the post about Indiana, any crew members living in Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota or Hawaii who would like to trade homes with a Hoosier to live that much closer to the Subaru plant, well I'd be glad to make their dreams come true. OK I live at the southern end of the state near the Toyota plant but....
  • hammerheadhammerhead Member Posts: 907
    I think I'd pick the Pacific coast - I mean right on the coast, but close enough to a big enough mountain to still be able to ski.
    And, of course, wintering, albeit briefly, in warmer climes (say, Arizona during spring training?) :)

    Cheers!
    Paul
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,399
    I posed the question thinking "where else would you live to avoid US taxes".

    I'll pay my taxes and stay in the states. Wouldn't mind visiting a lot of other places, but this is home.

    Jim
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    We went on a quick trip for a couple of days to Louisville, KY and had a great time touring Maker's Mark and Jim Beam as well as taking in some great local food and entertainment. We took the dog to stay with DH's mom and the way we went we ended up passing the Subaru plant in Indiana (no time to stop this trip!) and (on Wednesday) the Tribeca was out on the berm at the highway all by itself! Today when we came home, the other cars were alos on the berm with the Tribeca. Didn't have the camera out so no pics to post .. but I did like the looks of it!

    Where would I live? I've always thought I could easily be a snow bird .. .winter in the south and summer in the north ..
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
    I could never leave New England. I am half an hour from Boston in one direction. The NH seacoast half an hour in the other direction. Add 15 minutes, and you can be in Maine. The NH white mountains and skiing is a little more than an hour to the north. Rob M
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    I've lived in some nice places in my life; So Cal (on the water), Bay Area, Philly (downtown highrise), Boston (Cambridge), and now Seattle (which I do love- I think it's my favorite so far- you should come and visit sometime Ken!). They've all been great places to live, all with pluses and minuses (none of them perfect). But I find that the places I enjoyed living the most did not deal with the weather or things to do, but the people that I was around.

    I think the perfect place to live is not where, but with the friends and family who are close to you who you love and who love you! Even paradise would be a miserable place without friends. :)

    tom
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Excellent point Tom.

    Now if you could combine great people with a great location, what could be better?

    Bob
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    but I suspect the dream location wouldn't be Kansas. :D
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    No offense Colin but of all the places I've lived, Kansas was probably my least favorite :P Of course with a positive attitude (and as Tom pointed out - good company), pretty much any place can be a good home :)

    -Frank
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    not many but some for sure. west texas is flatter and hotter in summer. most of nebraska and further north is nearly as flat and colder in the winter.

    most places are more expensive to live!

    ~c
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    I'm not sure you can get any flatter (nor boring) than western Kansas / eastern Colorado but to be sure, the cost of living is hard to beat.

    -Frank
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Good point, I want to travel a lot but I'm sure my wife will buy a home right next to whatever college our kids attend.

    -juice
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Asking where to live in my house gets 2 different answers. My wife wants the South where it is warm year round. The most she would want would be a low temp of 50F. Myself, I prefer the cold, and after traveling around a bit in my younger days, I admit to liking NYC life. Where else can I go for a bagel at 3AM - and have it be a real bagel! (Yeah, the place has to have good food.)

    Mark
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    What does a fake bagel taste like? Plastic? Air? ;)

    I would miss MD blue crabs if I left, at least in-season.

    But you can get them in Texas or even Atlanta.

    -juice
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    A real bagel is made with NYC water. That's why it can't be replicated anywhere else. Same goes for NYC pizza. Heck a local place won the national pizza competition in Las Vegas a few years ago because they shipped 2 55gallon drums of NYC water out there to make the dough.

    -mike
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I'm afraid to ask.

    It's like hot dogs. They're yummy, I just don't want to know what's in it! :D

    -juice
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Actually, NYC water is the best of any Major City in the country. This is because it all comes from the Catskill mountains and is essentially spring water. It's not from wells which most towns and cities pull their water supplies from.

    -mike
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Didn't know that, but sounds good.

    Brazil makes excellent spring water, as you can imagine given most of the world's fresh water comes from the Amazon.

    NYC Bagles are da bomb, anyway. Even from a simple street vendor, the bagels and donuts are the best. Maybe I'm always really starving when I eat there, but I've never not been completely satisfied.

    Ray's Pizza is my personal favorite, also.

    -juice
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    For a "fake bagel" try Lenders frozen (which seems to be the big seller around the country). Or, as Mike pointed out, anyplace where you can not get the NYC water. Besides, I can imagine the looks I would get down south asking for a Bagel with a smear :)

    Mark
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Yeah those do taste like cardboard. We boycott frozen now, it's fresh or none at all.

    Down south you get GRITS. :D

    -juice
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    It was nice going South a couple of weeks ago and getting my BBQ, catfish and grits fix.

    Dang, this topic is starting to sound just like the Thursday night crew chat.

    My '97 Outback just passed 2 years of ownership in my garage and the wear and tear factor is catching up fast from its primo creme puff condition it was in when I got it. Lots of little chips on the hood paint now from the gravel on the road to the ski hill I guess, and who knows what else I'll find when I get around to Spring Cleaning. Diet Coke stains on the floor mat behind my seat for sure. :-)

    Steve, Host
  • bigelmbigelm Member Posts: 995
    Even from a simple street vendor, the bagels and donuts are the best.

    Now that only comes from a person who DOESN'T live in NYC :-p

    Speaking of which, my best bagel has (and always will be, as of now) Ess-A-Bagel on 19th/1st Ave.
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Ess-A-Bagel is the best!

    -mike
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    The stuff from the vendors is still better than the local bakeries.

    -juice
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    Good food is definitely a big plus! :)

    I never tried a NYC bagel when I was there- we have Noah's bagels (started in the Bay area, Berkeley IIRC- ever have one Ken?) here in Seattle which are quite good NY 'style'. I'll have to try a real one the next time I'm in the Big City and compare. Ess-A- bagel? Is it a chain?

    We get some great Salmon here, as well as locally grown oysters. Some awesome steak places too.

    Hey, we've become the culinary forum. ;)

    tom
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    Pulled pork barbecue and crab cakes are two nice reasons to live in tidewater Virginia, but I have had some great food all across the country when I make an effort to find local specialties.

    Craig
  • bigelmbigelm Member Posts: 995
    It's not a chain. It's Jewish owned and there are only two locations in the city:
    21st St./1st Ave.
    51st St./3rd Ave.

    It's NY's BEST bagel!!!
  • volkovvolkov Member Posts: 1,306
    Brand new model came out Sunday April 10, 0525hrs (that's am kids)
    Subaru Lamb B4 LG (baby four, little girl)
    7lbs 5oz or 3327gms for the metric savvy.

    Everyone doing great, but Dad is a little sleep deprived as he was on-call for the weekend (Friday 1600-Monday 0800), so hadn't seen a night's sleep since Thursday night. As I was sitting down to dinner Friday I got paged by the ER and one of my friends who works as an ER doc said ,"Nich, we've got a 5 person MVA (motor vehicle accident) from a head-on and Inbin (another friend) has a stab wound (not him, the patient) - welcome to Friday night!" While I was in working through the first triaged patient, they announced another inbound trauma. Funny thing is it actually got worse after that! Friday just blurred into Saturday and the work just kept coming. I made it home Saturday night and after almost an hour of disturbed sleep, Sandra woke me up at 0230 to say, "I think my water just broke and I'm in a lot of pain." It was her own fault really, since she commented to a friend and one of my partners that it was the worst possible weekend given I was on-call so the baby would probably come. She did.

    By the time we got to the hospital she was in real labour and having severe pain. The staff were great and had her in the OR in about 45 minutes. It wasn't until the next day that the OB told us that when he went in for the C-section that he found that her previous scar (from the Caesarian when the boys were born) was pulling apart and almost paper thin. Basically her uterus was about to rupture when they got in. For the non-medical in the crew, that is a very bad thing. The good news is that we dodged the bullet and from the delivery to Mummy's health to baby's health, nothing could be better. We've decided on Heather for her name -we couldn't name her without meeting her in person.

    Good night to all, and God/Allah/Budha bless.

    Nicholas
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    It sounds like you and your wife were very fortunate! (well, except the call thing- I don't miss being on extended call at all, BTW!) Well, it's better to be lucky than good- it sounds like your OB was both!

    May you have much well deserved rest and enjoy your new daughter!

    God bless you and your (now larger) family!

    tom
  • francophilefrancophile Member Posts: 667
    Pulled pork barbecue and crab cakes

    Oooh. Ahhh.

    The best barbecue I ever had was a bit further south, in South Carolina. They made it Sunday through Tuesday, sold it Wednesday through Friday, took Saturday off and started the cycle again. Anything that takes 3 days to make *has* to be good, and it was.

    For crab cakes, no place beats Maryland -- the closer to the Chesapeake Bay, the better. A lot of places crow about their crab cakes but once you've had Maryland crab cakes you will be spoiled for life.

    I had a fabulous soft shell crab in North Carolina, quite surprisingly. Out on the Banks, some little diner; it was nothing more than a soft shell crab slapped on a hamburger bun and topped with sauce, legs dangling over the edge of the bun and all. Delicious.

    I heartily agree with whoever it was that said wherever they choose to live has to have good food. That leaves most of England out ;-)

    Cheers,
    -wdb
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    Well I am glad that mum and baby are okay. Having nearly lost my wife and baby with my second child eighht years ago, I give thanks every day for good medical care at the time. Everything after that is a plus.

    I hope Heather is as much of a joy to you both as our Angus is to us.

    Cheers

    Graham
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    new babies are always wonderful - glad to hear it went well for all and that dad managed to stay awake for the delivery!
  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    wow, that was quite a blur of a weekend! glad mom and daughter are doing well too. hopefully you're able to get some rest before they come home.

    -Brian
  • dcm61dcm61 Member Posts: 1,567
    It was very thoughtful of you to name your daughter after my cat (Heather). :D :shades:

    DaveM
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Congrats on the new family edition!

    Bob
  • njswamplandsnjswamplands Member Posts: 1,760
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Congratulations on your new family member, Heather! Glad to hear that Mom and baby are both doing well. Now try and get some rest.

    Mark
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Congratulations! What a story!

    Any chance we can talk you into using "Dave" as a middle name? LOL

    OB-GYN, is that some new special edition for 2006? ;)

    -juice
  • hammerheadhammerhead Member Posts: 907
    A trio of virtual bubble gum cigars your way!

    Cheers!
    Paul
  • bigelmbigelm Member Posts: 995
    Wish you the best and it's good to know you guys are doing well.

    Hey... have a virtual NYC bagel on us ;-)
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    Congratulations! :D
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    The Subaru Crew announces the arrival of their newest model, um, that is, member, Heather Michael Davidson (proposed name, not yet agreed on by the parents).

    Born April 10, the arrival came very early because AWD enabled them to get there ahead of schedule, of course.

    Heather weighed in at 7 lbs 5 oz but Subaru is working on using more carbon fiber and aluminum and her weight should be down to about 7 lbs at the time of this writing. (Note: it is normal for babies to lose a little weight after birth)

    Fred Adcock could not be reached for comment. Nor could Mike Whelan.

    The Subaru Crew, est 1999, is the coolest club on Edmunds.com and is proud to welcome its newest member.

    -juice
  • bigelmbigelm Member Posts: 995
    I'm sure the parents are going to change the oil (milk) on the baby once she passes 3k miles (30 days) to a much more nutritional formula. Once she's broken into (starts crawling or walking), they'll get better performance out of her... ;-)
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Yes, but let's just not talk about emissions yet. ;)

    -juice
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    Congratulations Nicholas!

    Craig

    (they need an emoticon of a car smoking a cigar)
  • fandcfandc Member Posts: 51
    I resemble that last remark. Give me some saffron buns or evva cake, a decent pasty and finish it all off with Jelbert's ice cream (made with real Cornish clotted cream). While you're there, get some fresh fish that was brought ashore that morning.

    Apart from that, you have to learn the joys of Indian cooking. :P
  • dcm61dcm61 Member Posts: 1,567
    I'm driving up to Hancock, MA (from SE PA) at the end of June.

    I plan to take I-84 E (from PA) to the Taconic Parkway N, to I-90 E to 22N to 43E.

    How is the parkway between I-84 and I-90? Am I better off on the parkway or I-87?

    How is route 22 north of I-90?

    Thanks,
    DaveM
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    I'm sure won't be reading this anytime soon!

    -Dennis
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    tom,

    Noah's Bagels are everywhere around here, but those things aint bagels. They're nice and fluffy rolls with a hole in the middle. As a native New Yorker, bagels are a dense, chewy, jaw muscle building staple that is available only in flavors that compliment lox and cream cheese. None of that foo-foo blueberry or chocolate stuff.

    One other thing that started in Berkeley that I can't do without is Peet's Coffee and Tea. IIRC, one of the founders of Starbucks learned coffee roasting at Peet's and started shop in Seattle.

    Ken
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