Time Off! The Unemployed Guide to San Francisco - Softcover

LaTourrette, Dean; Enea, Kristine

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9780974108407: Time Off! The Unemployed Guide to San Francisco

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974108405 ISBN 13: 9780974108407

Publisher: Leisure Team Productions, 2004

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For vacationers and permanent residents alike, Time Off! The Unemployed Guide to San Francisco offers practical advice for spending free time in the City by the Bay. More than just a travel guide, this book imparts a philosophy of leisure, showing how to get time off and use it without guilt. Practical advice, including finding odd jobs and one-day-long projects, provides innovative strategies for getting by without a regular job, while tips on saving money help make scant savings last. Chapters on volunteering and going back to school help readers use their leisure time wisely. For those who prefer to sightsee, little known facts and oft-ignored attractions complement the more established sights featured in the book, and primers on "Leisure Lingo" and "San Francisco's Wild Characters" can make anyone a seasoned leisure seeker in no time. A fun magazine-style layout, with punchy graphics and playful prose, helps keep readers' minds on leisure, while a full index of resources and topics makes navigation simple.

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About the Author:

The founders of leisure itself??? Well, not quite. Dean LaTourrette and Kristine Enea grew up in the same hometown and have lived in San Francisco for the past 15 years. Both worked in the technology industry during its peak and subsequent bust. They have been successfully unemployed since 2001, pursuing creative interests and attempting to perfect the leisure lifestyle.

Review:

Take this book to heart and you'll someday consider your job loss as the best thing that ever happened. -- Ethan Watters, author of Urban Tribes

Time Off! gave me a wealth of ideas for enjoying life after City Hall. The book beautifully represents San Francisco. -- Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr.

Time Off! is full of practical ideas and thoughtful medicine, delivered with a big, funny spoonful of sugar. -- John de Graaf, national coordinator, Take Back Your Time Day and co-author, Affluenza

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