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Master Bedroom with Private Bath/Jacuzzi Tub/Deck/Laundry avail. 11/1 (inner sunset / UCSF) $1250

One of our roommates is moving out, and so there's a room available in our 4bd/4ba apartment starting November 1. It has its own attached amazingly large master bath with shower, Jacuzzi brand tub, two sinks. The price is $1250/mo + utilities + maid + deposit. The available room is on the 2nd floor of the unit (4th floor of the building).It's a huge, unfurnished room that comfortably fits a large desk, queen-size bed, two tables, and a bookcase. It has Berber carpeting, two closets (one walk-in with skylight, one large four-door) and, of course, the bathroom. A sliding glass door opens to your own good-sized private deck, with slate tile and a view of the sunset (sometimes you can even see the ocean). The other three roommates (there's always a catch!): One is a male, straight computer professional who likes playing guitar, snowboarding and seeing indie rock shows. One is a straight, female grad student at Stanford (but she's trying to do something "businessy" with her life once she's got her PhD), and she likes hip-hop music, dancing, and running. The last is a straight, female nursing student who graduated from UCSC with a degree in bio and worked for a while as a research assistant in a biotech lab. She likes going to shows, movies, going out with friends, and reading. (she also not so secretly enjoys watching The Hills). We are usually around during the weekdays and on the weekends tend to go out to clubs, dinner or whatever with friends and sometimes we hang out together, too. The apartment is a luxurious 4br/4ba, 2000 sq-ft two-floor apartment located in San Francisco's Inner Sunset district. The apartment is the top two floors of a building that was built brand-new in 2003, with one other unit below us. Beautiful cherry hardwood floors, marble tile, stainless-steel kitchen appliances and gas stove by Bosch, recessed lighting, crown molding. Amenities include laundry room with washer/dryer, multiple decks with slate tile, spiral staircase with wrought iron banisters, individual baths for every bedroom. More Pictures: http://www.randomj.com/apartment/ The apartment is located 1.5 blocks from the 9th Ave and Irving Muni stop where you can pick up the N Judah line. 9th Ave and Irving is home to many excellent restaurants including Park Chow, Ebisu, Naan n Curry, Crepevine, Pluto's, Slider's, Darla's, and so on. Golden gate park is two blocks away. The de Young museum is a 15-minute walk into the park. If you are interested, please send us an inquiry with some info about yourself.

BBtv: Broken Social Scene interview and live performance (music)

Boing Boing tv is wrapping up the work week with a music feature on Broken Social Scene, a Canadian indie rock music collective with about 20 members. Like a giant litter of hipster kittens! Together, they create a sound best described as Baroque Pop. Each musician contributes their own unique style into an fusion of rhythm and ambience. They?ve won two Juno Awards (sort of like Canada?s Grammys) for Alternative Album of the Year. BBtv's UK-based music correspondent Russell Porter caught up with Brendan Canning, one of the band?s founding members, at the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco. Link to Boing Boing tv blog post with downloadable video and instructions on how to subscribe to the BBtv daily video podcast. Note: this episode, and other BBtv music features this month, are sponsored by the Crowdfire live music social media project. You can find images, video, and audio about the band featured in today's show at Crowdfire -- here's the search link for fan-uploads related to Broken Social Scene. Related Boing Boing tv episodes from Outside Lands: * Galactic's "Modern New Orleans Funk" with Xeni and Russell (music) * Interview with Cold War Kids frontman Nathan Willett (music) * Andy Gould, rock band manager, dances on the labels' graves. * Primus: Xeni interviews Les and Ler (music) * Kaki King, guitar hero: performance, interview with Xeni (music) * BB Gadgets' Joel at Outside Lands: Crowdfire deconstructed * Carney at Outside Lands - a "Boing Boing tv Bus Session." (music) * Steel Pulse founder David Hinds at Outside Lands (music) * Boing Boing tv backstage at Outside Lands: (Xeni + Russell Porter)...