very good tips
We moved to the area recently and got arranged quickly here's an overview: the San Francisco (SF)area, also know as the bay area has many geographich bay saide: north bay, east bay, south bay,m and etc. the suilicon valley is what usually refered to as south bay. go to www.craigslist.org. this web site is maybe the bay area most informative web site for everything you'll need, we even got free bedqueen size bed from it. IMO, the best thing would to stay in hotel or apartment for at least two weeks before you select your place and buy car. we found a place and car witing one week, and this week was CRAZY. BTW, you can also do what everybody does here, rent a van and drive it to IKEA and furnish your house for $2000-$3000 easily. we've done it, and so did some of our friend. hope that helps Z