San Francisco and what to do in it

I'm going to be in the area from late on the 18th through the morning of the 25th. Anyone want to grab a beer? Any places I just can't kiss?

well Alcatraz may still be closed, if you were planning to do a Blarney Stone.

can't make the 16th thing but am up for something when EZ's here - where are you staying etc

I'm staying in Alameda but will be wandering through both sides of the bay. Happy to meet wherever.

I apologize for any fat finger typing errors like the kiss/miss one above. Shouldn't even try on my phone but such is life.

Pot Sticker was good last time I went.

EZ, I'll be on the East Coast that weekend.

Bummer!

It's my first trip to the area so any advice you'd give a total noob is appreciated.

what do you want to do? see shows? shop? see nature? people watch? eat?

Pacific Pinball Museum is in Alameda if yr into that sort of thing

Actually, I'm back on the 23rd... If you're in Alameda and you like pinball, go to

http://pacificpinball.org/

Damn you, Shakey...

It's a mix between a vacation and a scouting trip. Not saying we plan on moving ASAP but there are some opportunities there so we thought it worth checking out.

Probably won't hit up any shows, though Goblin is tempting on the 20th. I think it's more food, people watching, neighborhood wandering, and at least one day trip out to see the redwoods.

I think that Goblin show is sold out?

Well, that makes it easy!

and Hawkwind just cancelled/postponed :(

Saw that, too. Anyways, my ears need a week off.

I'm planning on being in Yosemite that weekend but I could probably meet up somewhere in SF the night of the 22nd or 23rd

Michael, you said you'd be back on the 23rd. Would that be back and coherent enough to say hello?

Coherent, I cannot guarantee, but I'll be back at work.

I'm planning on being in Yosemite that weekend

so

we're planning a meetup (do people still say "FAP"?) at 15 romolo on oct. 16 around 9pm. if it's too crowded, we can figure out something else, but it should be doable on a wednesday night. my stipulation was "good cocktail menu and cheap/interesting/veg-accommodating bar snacks."

hope to see you tonight!

re: Yosemite

my company has an annual retreat in Wawona, which is private land but within the park boundaries (I've been assured we should be able to get past the ranger gate)

Where, Shakey? I lived in Wawona for seven years.

here. One of the company principals owns a cabin.

Sweet!

yeah it's pretty cool. I can't really imagine what living there would be like tbh - beautiful, but pretty isolated I would think...?

Moved in '80; evangelicals and hippies, hour-long commute to school for four of those years, population varied from several hundred in the summer to maybe a hundred in the winter. My back yard was as awesome as anyone's, though. We lived in the penultimate house on a north/south street (Spelt Road) about a half mile from the Redwoods' business office. More bear interaction than most people that didn't grow up going to the Eagle.

Wawona, more than anything, made me love big cities. First time I could I went to London.

Run for your lives everybody!

anyone else up for FAP next Wednesday...?

Yes - depending on time + place

I'm game!

would fap with all this baylxors

can't do next Wednesday but would love to crash the party

ILX's own Dominique Leone is playing at the Knockout on the 23rd starting around 10, opening for Fred Frith. Should we FAP somewhere nearby? I want to be able to do both.

hmm I think everyone's got competing agendas - would be best if I could meet somewhere after ye olde dining hour (ie around 8pm or so) as I have to get my mom dinner and drop her off at BART that evening after she's done babysitting my daughter. Which would work out for a pre-Knockout meetup (seeing as how that's also in my neighborhood) but EZ said earlier would be better and I don't know about Michael White... may have to scrap the plan

I might be able to do later but that's definitely not my preference.

afraid I have to bow out, mom making things difficult - sorry to miss ya EZ

That's a bummer! I'm loving the area so I'm sure I'll be back. Next time.

EZ, I can meet you in the Lower Haight if you want - earlyish - since I have a boatload of laundry to get started. Let me know.

We'll that was a bummer. Michael and I were in the same bar for nearly two hours and didn't manage to meet. Sorry, sir. Sincerely sorry.

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Woman-slain-in-S-F-after-fender-bender-4991275.php

goddamn

it creeped me out even more because it happened half an hour after I left a party that was 2 blocks away

That's sad

man I hate SOMA at night, would never hang out there. loonies come from out of town to party and shit happens.

totally sad.

meanwhile, servin' and protectin:

http://blog.sfgate.com/crime/2013/11/18/video-prompts-cries-of-s-f-police-brutality/

so glad they're fighting this epidemic of people riding their bikes on the sidewalk

and also fighting the epidemic of 'resisting arrest.' i'm still baffled that a person can be cited for nothing but resisting arrest.

he's being charged with assault with a deadly weapon. guess.

Professor Murder, on the sidewalk, with a bicycle!