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Back in town Labor Day weekend, mostly booked but Saturday afternoon/evening is potentially open. Anything happening?

wait what's happening to them

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Back in town Labor Day weekend, mostly booked but Saturday afternoon/evening is potentially open. Anything happening?

I'm gonna be out of town (wife's bday) :()

I'll be in Healdsburg, Ned.

Ah well!

Thinking about having an early Labor Day bbq on Saturday...

Indeed? Keep me posted. (Also, there's a half chance my girlfriend and I might need to stay at a hotel on Saturday night -- any recommendations? Obv. we're thinking cheap, clean and comfortable, preferably near downtown and/or Bart/MTA lines.)

Actually, cancel that hotel request, at least for now! But yeah, Labor Day BBQ on Saturday, noted, noted... Meantime, if anyone is free on Friday night, that's actually open for me as well.

probably in for Saturday SchwantzQ - been thinking of heading out of town at least one day this weekend but will kinda depend on the weather

http://cdn1.uptownalmanac.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/full-post-width/images-on-cdn/bart-protest-demands-lulz.jpg

More than half of these seem within the realms of possibility

if any of you are near gg park on the weekend, come to the sfzinefest and say hi! we will be at the chance press table.

who wants to bet it turns out this guy didn't pull a gun at all

cops approached a man not wanted for anything (presumably, as it's not mentioned in the article), shot at him (injuring two bystanders) and then arrested him for crimes committed while they were shooting at him. incredible.

SFPD is really on the ball, aren't they... jeez.

meanwhile in Oakland

I go to SF.

But I am scared of the BART police!

So I'm not supposed to go outside: http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_19045979?nclick_check=1

what didn't you bring your gun to work today

If only EVERYONE had concealed guns...

someone just sent that link to everyone at my work too, yikes

RT iPhone lit vigil in San Francisco's Dolores Park tonight at 9pm to celebrate life of Steve Jobs. Pass it on

lmbo

'iPhone lit vigil in San Francisco's Dolores Park'? seriously?

i am starting to reconsider my move

pouring a 40 on my iphone tonight

See ME:

http://www.atasite.org/2011/10/glitch-vs-scratch/

If you are looking for something to do in SF next week, go check out the Richard Serra show at SFMOMA, it will rule.

OK!

oh hey, adam, my friend C@rrie is also part of that ATA show!

Cool!

U shld come, milton parker should come I haven't seen him in a while

I guess it is time for my annual post to complain about our tax dollars funding Fleet Week, esp 10 years after the fact that for hundreds of minutes, our air military defense was impotent against known hijacked planes aimed at the USA's biggest city and also the headquarters of USA military operations.

Less military entertainment and more military defense.

This is part of their 'advertising budget'. I find it stressful and if I do, imagine what the City's pets and wild animals/birds feel about it. Suits them for not voting, though, right.

it was awesome when 2 jets flew over the city on the 9/11 10yr anniversary. scary as shit

Less military entertainment and more military defense.

preach on brother

I wouldn't worry, jaxon, nobody is going to crash jet into SF. Unless

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/10004302/ns/today-entertainment/t/bill-oreilly-takes-aim-san-francisco/

we have completed the Serra show-- it's open for business and looks amazing, check it out. Artist lecture & book signing tonight starting at 6pm.

Every time I've been before I stayed in a hotel near Union Square/Tenderloin - kind of want to stay in a different part this year if I go for a week or so in May.
Going to use Airbnb this time - thinking maybe Outer Sunset? I've really not explored any of that side of SF. Sounds like half an hour to downtown via bus, is there enough to do in the neighborhood as far as bars and restaurants at the end of the day?

nope

it's pretty foggy and residential. sf is small enough that it maybe doesn't matter thaaat much where you're staying but I def wouldn't recommend outer sunset if you have a choice.

do chaki

Friend of mine stayed way out there for some reason when she visited and somehow it took her like 3 hours to get somewhere in town on buses. She changed hotels after one night. Don't do it! I'd stay in Mission or even Noe Valley or something if you want to get a little away from downtown.

Yeah a half hour to downtown sounds really optimistic. When visiting SF you still wanna put yourself in the NE quadrant of the city or you'll have a tough time getting places. Maybe try the Castro, Lower/Upper Haight, Nob Hill, etc?
Some friends of mine have often had good luck with airbnb type places in the Castro fwiw.

Metro Hotel on Divisadero has been mentioned on here I think a few times and is pretty close to Haight/Castro etc.

That was the best thing about the Hotel Carlton when I stayed there - area was sketchier than expected (wouldn't have worried me but I was with alcoholic then-girlfriend), but it took no time at all to get to the bus lines on Van Ness.

I'll check those areas. North Beach via airbnb a good option? I've seen most of the attractions now, I'm basically just aiming for a Giants game, new SFMOMA and De Young plus days of wandering.

We used to hit Beck's Motor Inn in the Castro a lot, the price has gone up a lot though... but it was always good to get to most parts of SF, close to BART, buses etc.

north beach is still less central than other options might be but it's a nice place to be for a week

Things to do in San Francisco: hide out from the law as a spiritually-uplifting street-saxophone player after murdering your wife

^^^anybody who went through Embarcadero BART station over the last decade ought to recognize this guy

Things to do in San Francisco: also you can beat up your wife if you are the sheriff.