Language

Kafi's friend from college and sorority sister from the east coast/south came to town to visit and on our way to the get something to eat her first day, we were stopped at the light and she said "Why do I not hear the engine?" We explained that we have a hybrid and that the engine shuts off at red lights. She exclaimed "That's so California! I love it!" That inspired this blog entry, the difference between the Bay Area and Wall Street.

Diversity
Bay Area it means having black people on staff

Wall Street it means a stock portfolio with mid cap and large cap companies and moderate to aggressive funds

Agreement
Bay Area it means a ground rule for a workshop like "no put downs", etc.

Wall Street it means 14 pages of policies and procedures detailing your brokerage firms feduciary relationship with your account

Illegal Trade
Bay Area it means selling weed.... and you might get a ticket

Wall Street it means selling stock.... and you might go to jail

COOP
Bay Area it means a housing commune next to the University

Wall Street it means an extremely expensive building that even very rich people get turned down to buy into

Rally
Bay Area it means a protest, usually a war or something

Wall Street it means a Bull run of stocks prices going up

Equity
Bay Area it means black and brown people having access to resources typically reserved for whites

Wall Street it means the value of a house above what you paid for it

Green
Bay Area it means redwoods, oceans, animals, and sustainable business practices that reduce or zero out the carbon imprint.

Wall Street it means cold hard cash