Cohousing-L Mailing List: FREE Cohousing Homestay, May 27-June 2 (or June 23-29) in the San Francisco Bay Area

[Joani Blank (jeblank]

I am fortunate enough to have been one of the founding 
residents of Swan's Market Cohousing in downtown 
Oakland, CA, where we just celebrated our 15th 
anniversary (20 years if you include the forming, 
planning and building stages).

I'll be going to the Cohousing Conference in Durham at 
the end of May, and I hope to see some of you there. 
But if you are unable to attend the conference and are 
looking for a cohousing experience of a different sort, 
perhaps you'd like to stay in my loft condo while I'm 
gone.
(May 23-May 29).

Swan's Market Cohousing is located downtown in Oakland. 
We are "close to everything", as they say. Walking 
distance from The Oakland Museum of California, Jack 
London Square, Lake Merritt (the jewel of Oakland), 
Oakland's Chinatown (2 blocks), and our BART (rapid 
transit--even closer than Chinatown). The BART can take 
you to downtown Berkeley or downtown San Francisco in 
about 12 minutes, and it goes to both the Oakland and 
San Francisco Airports, meaning you don't need a car 
here, although you will be welcome to use mine while 
you are here. A dozen ACTransit buses stop within 3 or 
4 short city blocks of here as well.

If you want to see Swans Market get the street view on 
google maps for 930 Clay Street and navigate in that 
view around to the 9th Street side of the building to 
see into our courtyard. Also, check out our website 
www.swansway.com

As I mentioned above I live in a loft. The loft is both 
my bedroom and my office. Downstairs, I have a 
comfortable full-size bed, and a fold-up full-size 
sofabed that I've never used. My place is not big but 
it is fine for a single person or a couple, and, I'd 
say up to 2 kids including teens. It's also fine if a 
member of your party wants to sleep upstairs in my loft.

The conference is the weekend after Memorial Day 
weekend, so if you want to have a longer visit to the 
Bay Area by including Memorial Day weekend, AND you 
don't mind sharing my home with me for up 4 or 5 nights 
before I leave, (might not work for you if you are 
bringing a kid or kids with you though it's okay with 
me), that would be fine.

You probably noticed that I put a second set of dates 
in the subject heading: June 23-29  I will be going out 
of town then  as well, to Portland OR, and would 
welcome a cohousing enthusiast to stay in my home while 
I'm gone then as well.

There's one more privilege you get if you stay here 
either time. It is the privilege of being a companion 
to my cuddly little poodle, all 7.5 pounds of him. He 
just turned 14, and although he doesn't see very well 
any more, he's otherwise as peppy as a puppy, and is 
completely hypoallergenic. I will ask you to water my 
plants once while you are here, and my fishie, whose 
name is Fishie would appreciate being fed too. Whether 
you come in May or June, you will be present for at 
least two common dinners, and you'll be my guest for 
those even though I'm not here.  And you will find my 
cohousing neighbors welcoming and fun to be with.

Questions?  Hit me up by phone or email (preference for 
the phone if that's convenient for you:  510-834-7399 
landline preferred, or cell 510-387-1315).

Joani Blank
Living in cohousing since 1991....
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 people don't know there are angels whose only job is 
to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall 
asleep & miss your life./