San Francisco and what to do in it

i'm shocked there are porn starish anything in berkeley

crusty pierced bulldyke lesbo porn stars maybe

i'll be there on friday! staying four days in montara/palo alto with friends, devoting at least one day to berkeley and probably the remainder to SF, weekend party recommendations very welcome

!@#

I'm out of town this weekend, alas.

whats this about me and remy and porn?

He'll fill you in on the details when you arrive.

I didn't mean that literally.

i know there's lots of mention of bars on this thread, but does anyone have a list of absolute musts?

xpost: "All Holes Filled with Hard Caulk"

mandy, did i see you at amoeba on friday afternoon? i was walking out, and you were walking in, wearing a blue jacket?

morbius: yes, yes you can.

mandy: are you stll here?

must bars:

orbit room
toronado
esta noche
zeitgeist
big 4
moby dick

Cosign on Zeitgeist in particular.

Must get back to the Toronado.

also

hotel biron

Hotel Biron?! Horsefeathers! Go to CAV next to Zuni.

jaxon yeah you did! I was TOTS THERE

i am back in denver now

CAV is where all my annoying coworkers go, so follow M.White there while I bask in the romantic glow of Hotel Biron.

i didnt end up going to many bars while i was in town. just a few while i was already wasted! anyway A++++ time yet again.

moby dick

dude come on - the mirrored bathrooms there creep even my gay friends out

they obviously aren't english beat fans.

haha actually THEY ARE

its the other people in the bathroom they don't like

It's not that I dislike the look of Hotel Biron (incidentally the Hôtel de Biron in Paris is where the Rodin museum is housed) but their wine selection is nothing next to CAV, Sunset Magazine's 2007 wine bar of the year.

HAHAHA

(Also, I know one of the owners and one of the bartenders and they always hook me up with really good stuff)

Mandy, you missed an excellent opportunity to see wine snob power lesbians in their native environment.

and you haven't invited me with you because....????

also, Sunset Magazine... :-D

i liked moby dick! but i didn't use the restroom there

also, Sunset Magazine... :-D

I know! When was the last time you even opened Sunset?

April 26th

http://www.sfbeerfest.com/

Sample over 300 incredible beers from some of the best craft brewers in the world. Taste a delicious variety of offerings from some of San Francisco’s best restaurants.

$60 admission includes unlimited beer tastings
and noshing.

Patrons must be 21 or over. ID checked at the door.

yay!

anything going on this weekend???

dancing/shows

so say I want to ride Muni over a day or two. do I understand right that my best options are:

a) cash, i.e. carry lots of quarters around (are bills accepted on buses?)
b) buy a 10-ride token coupon booklet at a muni vendor?

where would be the closest vendor to market and embarcadero?

i think i figured it out

Bills are accepted. They take pennies, so bring tons of them. If it is for more than two days, maybe look into getting a weekly pass, they are around 15 bucks I think and you can access Muni metro easier. If you use one of the tourist ones, you have to go to the gates with the attendants.

i bought my muni pass at HO HO SMOKE SHOP on geary and kearny (i deffo know it was geary but unclear on whether it was kearny)

and the weekly pass was 15 bucks and i rode the bus like 3-4 times a day so it was worth it (i was in town for 5 days)

gabs, if you're up here you better hang w. me

does anyone know if Hercules and Love Affair is playing live @ Mezzanine on april 11th? it's prolly a dj set but i can't find info. thanks buddies.

yes

HAI GUISE thank u for this thread - I'm moving up in six weeks or so and this is definitely helping to ease the trauma of leaving my 13-year life in LA.

Cosmo - movie night!

Chaki - drink and smoke!

M White - ascots and absinthe?

I don't really know who-all else is up there yet...

rogermexico, where are you moving?

I don't know yet!

I've been advised by a few who know me to look in the Mission first, with Potrero Hill, Bernal Heights, Hayes Valley and Noe Valley worth looks as well. Everything is of course priced 10% above what I'd like it to be...

From what I gather from the people I know who are looking, the real-estate downturn appears to have fed the rental market.

I have friends in all those 'hoods. Do you know where you'll be working?

Do you know where you'll be working?

Not exactly... it's a startup so it'll be moving a few times by the end of the year. Probably ending up in the tech ghetto eventually.

But the CEO lives in the Mission, and it's rare for an HQ to be placed too far from the CEO's home address.

Mission or Noe Valley or Bernal Heights seem best, then. My best friend lives in Noe Valley. It's a little too cluttered with stroller pushing, stuff-white-people-like types for my taste, but if I found the right place, I wouldn't turn my nose up at it. Bernal is cool but a tad residential to me but getting around isn't too hard and I think the parking out there is slightly less insane than in the Mission. I really like not having to drive in SF - I'm well placed for buses and walking.

I'm in the Mission, hit me up yo. M White OTM about Noe Valley.