"Nice area for new families" San Ramon by supune

San Ramon Travel Guide: 4 reviews and 2 photos

my cousins (&my vein throbbing in the background)

Lived with my aunt, uncle and grandparents

I lived with my aunt's family while going to school at Berkeley. It was a 25 mile commute but with free board and my grandmother and aunt's cooking giving me free warm meals everyday, it was an easy choice. I'll be forever grateful to my aunt and uncle for letting me stay there.

The picture is of my cousins Malsy and Bubsy. They remind me so much of the sibling rivalry my sister and I had. They are so similar to us, it's scary. They were also my best friends while I was away from home trying to learn something.

Pacific Bell (now SBC)

I got my first real job in San Ramon. I worked as a web developer and customer care technician in California's first cable modem trial. The company was called Pacific Bell Video Services, and they gave full premium cable service as well as video on demand and broadband internet for free to our 12 trial customers. The project was pulled after SBC bought Pacific Bell.

The streets were flooded up to the freeways when it was quitting time with Pacbell employees.

The creator of Dilbert supposedly worked in the building next to the one I worked in. It was funny how even the employees of this large company made fun of thier own "corporate" ways.

Next to Blackhawk

San Ramon is right next to the ultra-rich neighborhood of Black Hawk. I've seen some nice cars roll by (Ferraris, Bentlys, etc). We drove through there just to see the size of the rich people's houses. Murton Hanks, formerly of the San Fransico 49ers, almost hit my little Honda Civic with his BMW supersport one morning. And I saw Chris Mullin, of Golden State Warrior fame, in our neighborhood Blockbuster video store.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Nice family oriented people. Most families were young.
Cons:expensive track houses. San Ramon Valley's weather was usually 10 degrees hotter in the summer time compared to berkeley
In a nutshell:If the people here weren't so nice, I would call it yuppie-ville

Last visit to San Ramon: Mar 2003
Intro Updated Jul 17, 2007
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Reviews (4)

South and North Indian Cuisine Restaurants (2)

The best time to go is during the times they serve Lunch Buffet. The food is good and at a very reasonable price. Dinner... more travel advice

Hi Fi Japanese restaurant Restaurants (2)

When our managers at Pac Bell wanted to give us a treat they'd take us to Ha's. The waiters are all dolled up wearing... more travel advice

Central Park Basketball courts Sports & Outdoors (2)

For such a unknown city like San Ramon, people came to play basketball from all over the bay area. I've met people that... more travel advice

Iron Horse Trail Sports & Outdoors (2)

There is a bike route that goes through San Ramon that goes all the way to Mount Diablo (the biggest mountain in the... more travel advice

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Phalaenopsis03 Aug 5, 2003 at 5:13 AM

i know someone who lives there now =(
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Essence May 14, 2003 at 4:45 PM

The vein isn't bad either.
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waffs Apr 28, 2003 at 4:17 PM

cute cousins :-)