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― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:52 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Kris (aqueduct), Monday, 3 May 2004 15:58 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, 3 May 2004 16:02 (9 years ago) Permalink

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 3 May 2004 16:03 (9 years ago) Permalink

Apropos of nothing in particular, gygax!, did you enjoy B&S on Friday?

― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, 3 May 2004 16:05 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 3 May 2004 16:13 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 16:47 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 16:51 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 16:53 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 16:58 (9 years ago) Permalink

this guy's coming to get me

― JaXoN (JasonD), Monday, 3 May 2004 16:59 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:03 (9 years ago) Permalink

― waxyjax (waxyjax), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:06 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:07 (9 years ago) Permalink

Southern belle gentility in Oakland. Who knew?

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:08 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:13 (9 years ago) Permalink

Dunsmuir House. It's owned by the Oakland Parks Dept.

― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:26 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:27 (9 years ago) Permalink

Spencer...what is that in your third post?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:27 (9 years ago) Permalink

You can now tour the port of oakland by boat.

www.portofoakland.com

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:28 (9 years ago) Permalink

Mormon temple in the hills.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:28 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:32 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Michael White (Hereward), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:35 (9 years ago) Permalink

JUICY GOTCHA KRAZY!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:37 (9 years ago) Permalink

Spencer, did you know that Fenton's burned down? My XGF lives right by there and we heard the sirens one night and the cops were there taking the manager and 2 workers away in cuffs in the parking lot while the place erupted in flames despite several firetrucks on the scene (must have been gasoline).

The employees had a rental truck filled with the safe and the jukebox (?).

It reopened after a year but I never went back.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 3 May 2004 17:43 (9 years ago) Permalink

wow! I had no idea. when did this happen???

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:38 (9 years ago) Permalink

mmmm... summer 2002-ish.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:42 (9 years ago) Permalink

actually, just looked it up. November of '01 and reopened in '03

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:44 (9 years ago) Permalink

haha, so much for my memory.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:44 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 20:25 (9 years ago) Permalink

I will be at Oakland airport Sunday morning for two hours close to 10am. Anyone wanna come over and have breakfast with me?

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:38 (9 years ago) Permalink

@d@m will be bringing MARMALADE!...(in case you missed that from the LA FAP thread)

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:38 (9 years ago) Permalink

(Sunday May 14th that is)

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:38 (9 years ago) Permalink

It's tempting, but the traffic can be awful on Sunday mornings. That would probably be one of the most bizarre FAPs ever, though. Which appeals to my perverse side (i.e. all of me). Won't you be "airside" (see? I know) for the majority of your layover?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:40 (9 years ago) Permalink

Okay I just scanned the LA FAP thread and I'm still totally mystified by the marmalade thing. But don't explain...mystery is good.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:43 (9 years ago) Permalink

Haha, I have no idea. I've just been jesting. Don't get me wrong.. I would love to meet up with you, however brief, if possible. But I think I'll be too busy running around a new airport figuring out where to exit and re-enter security, new flight, etc. making sure I get a window seat, etc. (since Southwest does this first-come-first-serve thing when it comes to seat assignment) to have time for any sort of Oakland airport FAP sadly. :( In any case, I wouldn't expect anyone in the bay area to go out of their way or care about lil' ol me...

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:45 (9 years ago) Permalink

I might be able to squeeze in a flight to SF sometime in the next month and a half, though.. who knows.

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:46 (9 years ago) Permalink

But forget I said that.. back to OAKLAND!

WOOO WOOOOO!

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:47 (9 years ago) Permalink

The best train-side graffiti I've ever seen in my life was in Oakland, just north and just south of Jack London... it is spectacular.

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:48 (9 years ago) Permalink

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 15:31 (9 years ago) Permalink

The best train-side graffiti I've ever seen in my life was in Oakland, just north and just south of Jack London... it is spectacular.

Oh, I'll second this!

― Kris (aqueduct), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 15:58 (9 years ago) Permalink

the oakland airport is tiny. you can run the length of the whole thing in ten minutes, probably. I love that airport! when I didn't travel very often, going to SFO was fun and exciting and exotic, but now it's just a headache.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:16 (9 years ago) Permalink

SFO is a stylish airport, but it is a bastard to find your way around.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:18 (9 years ago) Permalink

it's not as confusing as de Gaulle or something though.

It also has shitty food in the international terminal. They could do better.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:23 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Kris (aqueduct), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 17:42 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Kris (aqueduct), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 17:45 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Kris (aqueduct), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 17:47 (9 years ago) Permalink

― gareth (gareth), Saturday, 15 May 2004 11:09 (9 years ago) Permalink

― gareth (gareth), Saturday, 15 May 2004 11:10 (9 years ago) Permalink

Sadly, @d@m, even our proposed M@rm@l@de Oaktown airport breakfast FAP won't happen since I won't be leaving the gate/ticket holder area. :( I'll probably be lying on the floor in line somewhere at some gate hoping to get a good seat for my flight back to Seattle. Think of me, and M@Rm@l@dE around 10am on Sunday.... please?

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 15 May 2004 16:04 (9 years ago) Permalink

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i miss the bay so much ;_;

― the late great, Friday, 10 May 2013 19:08 (1 week ago) Permalink

Shakey, did you see the thing about the human head being found in the West Oakland recycling center?

― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Friday, 10 May 2013 19:37 (1 week ago) Permalink

um no?!?

― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 May 2013 19:45 (1 week ago) Permalink

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Homicide-suspected-in-human-head-find-4505697.php

― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Friday, 10 May 2013 19:48 (1 week ago) Permalink

may have been that of a homicide victim, police said

hmm ya think

― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 May 2013 19:50 (1 week ago) Permalink

could have been a suicide

― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Friday, 10 May 2013 19:52 (1 week ago) Permalink

i'm going camping in early june in big basin, want to cap it off w a weekend in oakland. what's a nice hotel / motel / hostel / campground?

― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 01:54 (1 week ago) Permalink

there's the claremont hotel, but that is super pricey. very nice though. Only hostel I know of is the one at like 14th and Center -- about 7 blocks to West Oakland BART but plenty of street parking.

― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Monday, 13 May 2013 18:03 (1 week ago) Permalink

do air bnb

― 69, Monday, 13 May 2013 18:20 (1 week ago) Permalink

i would love to stay at the claremont, roll out of bed and pad down to rick and anne's for some red flannel hash. but no, too pricey for me.

― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 18:26 (1 week ago) Permalink

the scenic Chaparral Motel, in the heart of the Golden Gate district, at the end of my street

― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 13 May 2013 19:12 (1 week ago) Permalink

I've always wanted to stay at the Capri Motel on W. Macarthur. I think it has HBO and air conditioning even!

― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Monday, 13 May 2013 19:15 (1 week ago) Permalink

yelp says capri motel closed, but that was a good suggestion!

― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:19 (1 week ago) Permalink

chaparral motel looks kinda bleak

― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:20 (1 week ago) Permalink

xp - damn, for years I've wanted to do a road trip and stay at all the Capri Motels

― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Monday, 13 May 2013 19:21 (1 week ago) Permalink

you can't camp in tilden, can you?

― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:29 (1 week ago) Permalink

well, I imagine you can camp there in the same way as you can camp at the Albany Bulb

― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Monday, 13 May 2013 19:31 (1 week ago) Permalink

fuck it i should just crash in the park

― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:33 (1 week ago) Permalink

Chabot is the main option for family camping in the east bay. I think you have to make a reservation though.

― polyphonic, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:35 (1 week ago) Permalink

wish I'd know about that sooner, all booked up :-(

― the late great, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:39 (1 week ago) Permalink

high speed chase went down our street today. cars were going 60 easily.

― wmlynch, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 02:41 (1 week ago) Permalink

what neighborhood?

― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 03:29 (1 week ago) Permalink

glenview. my wife and daughter were out for a walk at the time. i think the chase ended in dimond, but i haven't seen any news.

― wmlynch, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 04:11 (1 week ago) Permalink

I guess proximity to the 580 can send chases ripping through. hope nobody was hurt

― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 05:45 (1 week ago) Permalink

Realistically, w/ all the hype Oakland has been getting, there are no real hotel options beside the Claremont and the downtown Marriot. Best to check Air BnB. From a worldly native.

― Leon Septamost, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 07:35 (1 week ago) Permalink

I got a solid chuckle at the Chaparral Motel recommendation, that place has terrified me for years.

― today's tom soy yum, mean mean thai (Spectrist), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 07:46 (1 week ago) Permalink

It is a total creepout and a blight on my neighborhood.

― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 14:07 (1 week ago) Permalink

There's a double tree at the berkeley marina that's ok and a super 8 in el cerrito that's decent

― just1n3, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 14:41 (1 week ago) Permalink

and then there's the Jack London Inn!
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oaklands-dirty-hotel/Content?oid=2862352

― You must be very cold in the sack. (sarahell), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 04:09 (1 week ago) Permalink

whoa

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 04:28 (1 week ago) Permalink

i might as well just crash in people's park

― the late great, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 09:06 (1 week ago) Permalink

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