I have a request for fans of @pluralistic ’s #RedTeamBlues. If you happen to live close to any of the places described in the story and have the chance, could you snap a photo of that place with the cover and post it here? No pressure, though. Cheers.
@waciuk @pluralistic I love that I know most places in the book and have been to several. I pass by Sand Hill road every day on my way to work. Lots of VC offices there for sure. If I get to pass by one of the locations some day I’ll remember this toot and will send you a pic.
@notjonathon @waciuk @pluralistic La Honda is beautiful. I love the drive through the mountains and down to the coast. It’s still a small little community dispersed in the forest. Sand Hill, on the other hand, is a series of fancy-looking parking lots, eye-catching villa-offices and glass and metal 4-floor offices. Trying to impress and attract newly graduated Stanford business school entrepreneurs.
@iPabloSB @waciuk @pluralistic
Exactly. Sand Hill Road had I think one set of offices, newly built--otherwise, nothing. My La Honda house was deep in the redwoods, and it had a series of mirrors showing the road. My landlord showed me the remains of a still a previous owner had built.
@notjonathon @iPabloSB @waciuk @pluralistic
I used to live near La Honda when I was a grad student at Stanford. It was a fun bike ride home up Rt. 84 after class :) Jerry Garcia & the Merry Pranksters used to jam at Applebees, I heard
@iPabloSB @waciuk @pluralistic
I don't imagine that I would recognize Sand Hill today. I lived in La Honda for a few years in the 1960's while I was at LSJU and drove it several times a week. It's probably like comparing New York City in 1905 to 1965.