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MBA program evolution will be interesting. Capital Markets and Consulting don't look so hot anymore. Congrats on the sale IPO. Hopefully the turmoil of the last 2 days (especially the A2 rating informally assigned to Fannie and Freddie by the derivatives market today, 5 notches below their...

Does one of you make at least $150K? How are your careers set for future income growth? Do you have an advanced degree (would it help you make moer $$$ in your field?) I would say that your'e getting hosed on taxes without a mortagge interest deduction (unless you have a side biz) and foregoing...

one point ont he shoe-cubbies (bk speak up if you disagree): the target demographic from what I understand for West Irvine is Asian. 99% of Asian families leave all their shoes by the front door or the garage. shoes never touch the interior of an Asian household. I wold imagine the cubbies would...

LOL graph. I just about spit up my coffee. I am one of 3 and we grew up in what would today be a 7 figure 'hood. 2 of us are successful, one is stuck permanently in the entitlement phase (even living in the old paid off house that I'm sure the'rents would love to cash in). Spot on.

Ten, Many of us had Stingrays as first bikes, replete with banana seat. That was before BMX got huge (Torker? Red Line? Cook Bros? DG? Do these names ring a bell for anyone??) and you ditched the Stingray as soon as you could convince the 'rents to buy a BMX rig. If you are too young to...

The Shoobster is obviosuly well qualified. I always recall irvinesinglemom's laments about the extreme dearth of qualified candidates for her job openings in Irvine. Congrats!

biscuit, If you're a nuclear scientist type you cold have been doing quant on Wall St the last 10 yrs making high 6 to potential 7 figures with bonus. I have friends there. The lifestyle sucks unless you're into living in NJ and riding a train 2hrs a day (as livingin the city w/ a family...

Ten, Materi Dei and Orange Lutheran aren't exactly rigorous private schools. From a Catholic school perspective they less prestigious than Loyola HS. In fact, I can't think of any high caliber private schools in OC, at least not on the par of a Pasadena Polytechnic/Webb/Brentwood School. It's...

Good luck Shooby. The OC economy is quite fragile. Perhaps look into relocating to an area with more jobs. I just ran into an old high school friend up here in Silicon Valley who made the move from OC 1 year ago. He and I both miss the OC lifestyle, but we both agreed that given that we're in...

I meant Newport jetties, not River Jetties, which is also a great wave.

Lay off Ten folks. When I read his comments it's like watching myself in my 20s. I grew up in L.A. and matriculated from that little school on Figueroa as well. One must understand that the USC environment breeds misogyny as social success there entails navigating shark infested waters. I lived...

IF you don't push, most kids aren't the self starters to get the grades and test scores needed to get into a top school today. The echo boomer kids + competition from abroad means solid applicants are getting rejected from even top state schools in record numbers. We were in Seattle recently and...

San Clemente is personally where I would live, but that's because I love cheap golf and surfing beautiful beaches. Most on this board probably don't realize San Clemente Muni has phenomenal ocean views on many holes, and a city resident plays it for $25. Plus, you have Trestles at your front...

"carrying a bag" is a term that refers to the old time tech salesguy, carrying a bag full of datasheets.

Capital Group is a fine company, however with the turmoil in the markets we will see in the years ahead I doubt they'll be growing employment. The failure of the securitization business model has financial services leading the country into a deep and dark recession that IMO will lead equity...

$200K/yr is very common for a single wage earner in the Bay area. The average weekly wage (average, not median) for Santa Clara County is ~$1600/week. OC is ~$900. CNN website did a piece on the wealthiest zips in the country. Tons in the Bay area and CT, none in OC. Check it out. This...

Shiny just mentioned the Greek place in the food court on Main in the comments from today's blog entry.I can't believe I forgot to list it in this thread. The name of the place is Greek Islands Cafe. This is in the food court on Main between Jamboree and MacArthur (the one with Baja Fresh)...

Good luck Manchester. You won't have to cater to her any longer!

For Irvine-area Mexican, the best is El Matador on Newport Blvd just before Grants for Guns.

ten: Did you frequent Chano's back in your USC days? My favorite 2am feast there was the Pastrami Special Quesadilla. Essential after a Thursday night at Traddies sucking down Vulcan Mind Probes. BTW, I heard they're tearing down Commons and building something new. No Traddies this year...