My Vallejo Nightlife

I wasn’t too excited about moving to Vallejo in December, 2008 but I must say it has really grown on me. It has more character than the other East Bay Area cities I’ve resided in, and I think that’s why I started a blog about Vallejo this past year. I just can’t imagine houses randomly collapsing or “clothing optional” antique stores existing anywhere in the Contra Costa County ‘burbs, where I lived for five years preceding our move to V-town.

Even though I was doing the Vallejo blog, I didn’t realize I really liked my life in Vallejo until a couple weeks ago when I realized that it was partly my own fault that 2009 wasn’t a great year for me. All year long I was in this state of desperation, constantly searching for ways to make more money and stressing over the limitations of my situation. I spent a lot of time being frustrated with things like the lack of space in our tiny cottage, the $100 a month I had to spend on bridge toll, and the thousands of stupid cats that line the neighborhood streets making it impossible to walk my dog without her lunging and barking at them like a maniac every two seconds.

I never paused long enough to realize what it was that I was really missing. I realized what it was the other day when Erik started mixing records for the first time in what seemed like forever. Maybe he had played records from time to time over the year, but I hadn’t noticed. Or maybe it hadn’t sounded good because he wasn’t inspired. Well, 2010 brought with it whatever it was that was missing, and Erik has been playing almost every night. And I am loving it. So I took some photos of my Vallejo nightlife so I never forget it.

In the seven years my boyfriend and I have been living together, we have lived in six different apartments/ houses and five different cities. He just got an exciting new job in the Piedmont area of Oakland so after spending one year in Vallejo, we are on the hunt for a place in the Oakland/ Berkeley area and hope to be moving again soon.