Bay Area August 2011 dinner: Thurs Aug 18, 7pm

[bluepoof]

The next dinner will be at:

Max's Opera Cafe
1250 Old Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650) 342-6297

Note the Thursday night for August!

Roll call:
bluepoof, katego, Andrew, Explorer, Nny (yay! looking forward to seeing you again!), xsrider, maybe goldylocks, foobert, maybe bsd43, maybe nevinfs327, maybe safedoctor

[katego]

I'm totally there. Anyone have a couch I can crash on for the night?

-k

[Kootenanny]

Oh, fine.  Wait until I'm long gone from there...


(actually, my wife and I had a great time, and some great food, in SF--disappointed I didn't meet you, Carolyn, but--I will return!)

[Nodaclu]

I *so* want to attend one of these, but that's a long trek back to Sacramento for work on Friday.

Eventually, I'll take a Friday off so I can venture out that way.

Or maybe it would be easier to just find a job on the Peninsula so I could be closer. Anyone need an HR Generalist?  

[Andrew]

 

[Explorer]

 

[Nny]

I'll go.  

[xsrider]

I'm in.  I just hope I don't forget to go because dinner is on a Thursday.  

[Andrew]

I'm in.  I just hope I don't forget to go because dinner is on a Thursday.  

No worries, see you here wednesday  


OK hope I remember as well

[hovmaven]

 

One day too late.  Just one day.  Rats.

[goldylocks303]

I'm a maybe.  the wife is coming home from vacation that day.  She'll probably want to see me, or something.  

eD

[bluepoof]

I'm a maybe.  the wife is coming home from vacation that day.  She'll probably want to see me, or something.  

Whatever -- WE want to see you too!  

I'll be there; Peter's a maybe.  

[foobert]

See y'all in a couple  

[katego]

Oh sigh. I totally need to be heading north after my class that day. I get out at 5pm. What is a realistic travel time from downtown to Max's?

-k

[5OUTTA6]

I've never been to one of these dinners.  I'm going fishing out of Oyster Point. If we come in late, I may stop by.  But be warned; I hope to smell like fish.......

[bluepoof]

Oh sigh. I totally need to be heading north after my class that day. I get out at 5pm. What is a realistic travel time from downtown to Max's?

Downtown which city?  

[katego]

From sfo Union Square.

-k

[bluepoof]

I'd guess around a half hour, but I'm never in San Francisco in rush hour (thank god) so someone else may know better.

[Blunder]

Union Square to Burlingame? If traffic behaves think 45 minutes. No guarantees.

[bsd43]

The worst of the traffic at 5pm in Downtown SF will be getting onto the freeway. From Union Square, go west a bit to somehow get on 6th Street (i.e. Geary west to Jones south to Golden Gate east, cross Market to 6th south), then straight on 280 South to 101 South for a slightly faster route. Avoid 4th Street or anything southbound east of 4th/Stockton.

(Style note: locals only refer to the airport as SFO. It's SF or "the City".)

I'm a "maybe" on dinner -- let's see how tomorrow goes...

[bluepoof]

(Style note: locals only refer to the airport as SFO. It's SF or "the City".)

And never, ever, EVER "Frisco"!  

[katego]

Style points deducted. Will see how I feel tonight after class.

-k

[nevinfs327]

The worst of the traffic at 5pm in Downtown SF will be getting onto the freeway. From Union Square, go west a bit to somehow get on 6th Street (i.e. Geary west to Jones south to Golden Gate east, cross Market to 6th south), then straight on 280 South to 101 South for a slightly faster route. Avoid 4th Street or anything southbound east of 4th/Stockton.

(Style note: locals only refer to the airport as SFO. It's SF or "the City".)

I'm a "maybe" on dinner -- let's see how tomorrow goes...

Good info on all of the above.  If regional newbs are acceptable (and you can handle the possibility of 2 Nevins!), I may try to meet up with you all too.  Depends on what time I can get out of work here in the City (see how I already put that knowledge to use )

Katego - drop me a line if you want a lane splitting partner around 5:30 at nevinreilly@yahoo.com - I'll know by then if I'm stuck at the office or free.

Nevin

[bluepoof]

TWO Nevins?!?!   We can barely handle the one we've got!  

I keed, I keed, of course you're welcome!  

With any luck, I may also be actually riding a motorcycle to dinner!   My Teiz suit is supposed to arrive in the mail today so if I can leave work early enough, I'll stop home for it and the bike and head to Burlingame.  

[nevinfs327]

Good news on the riding.  

I'm hoping work pans out better today than yesterday and I can get out at a reasonable time (especially considering my 8:30am New York time start).  Sounds like I need to be on the road by 6 to be on time.

[safedoctor]

I havn't been on this Forum much but a Dinner sounds good I'll try to make it.
Flip

[katego]

I want to see that suit ! Post up if you are going to wear it C.
As for the lane splitting... I am a pretty wide load.... GS with boxen.

-k

[bluepoof]

Looks like we've got 7 "yes"s and 4 "maybe"s.   I'm going to call for a reservation hopefully between 3 and 4 (depending on my meeting schedule   ).

[bluepoof]

Reservations made for 8-10 people at 7pm, under Carolyn.  

[xsrider]

I'm sorry but I won't make it to dinner tonight.  It turns out I will have surgery for a hernia next Monday and I have a lot to do before then.   Surgery will include a big incision with a piece of mesh put in to keep my insides from falling out again.    After the surgery, there will be no riding for 4-6 weeks.  

[Nny]

Oh man that sucks...  Good luck man.

I will also be bowing out, as I don't feel well.  

Someone please order one of their rubens for me...  

[katego]

Looks like I am out too. Stuck at  rei  with a non starting bike.

-k

[Andrew]

OK so  got home after the dentist and had a beer while sitting down to the computer, read this thread realized it is today as I finished the beer...  DAM IT now I can't drive     I know one beer, I have a CDL so YA One Beer is TOOOO much. I feel like such a dope

See you next month,  

And I was really looking forward to Max's  

Heck just going to have another beer

[nevinfs327]

Need assistance Katego?

edited to add - use my email from earlier in the thread as I'm hitting the road.

[katego]

I called my roadside assist. I hope that to just need a jump start. Probably a few min on a battery tender would do the trick too. Should know in 30 min or so.

[safedoctor]

I'm out also work got in the way...
Flip

[Nodaclu]

Poor Poof. She's going to go to all that trouble to go home, get the new suit, hop on the bike, and ride down there......to eat by herself.  

[bsd43]

Nah, we had 5, which is fine...

Katego: everything OK?

[Nodaclu]

Nah, we had 5, which is fine...

Cool.  

[katego]

Indeed. I should have bought a lotto  tix yesterday. The roadside assist arrived within 20 min of the dispatch. Hurray. I had already pulled the seat and lifted the tank for battery access. The two of us tried to get it going with no luck. Just a erp or 2, but mostly nothing. As we were working on it a fellow stopped to chat. He mentions that he has a GSA. Ge says that the BMW dealer is just around the corner and starts to make a call. Keep on.mind, this is now well after 6pm. Shop is closed. he reaches Larry. ? Ok. Next he offers to drive me over there to get a battery. On the way over he explains that he used to own the dealership. Nice! We get there as Larry is geting pizza delivered for his guys that are working IT for the first time in a month. we talk over the symptoms and agree that it probably us not battery. So if I can get it over to the shop they will look at it. Whew. Michael takes me back to rei where the road assist guy has got the bike started. I quickly put the tank down and secure my stuff and ride the three blocks to the shop. The master tech starts in on diagnosis and finds that the contacts in the starter button are flaky. They don't have a new replacement so Mario canabolizes a part leftover from another job as a temporary fix that will het me home. It took about an hour from start to finish. They fed me pizza, fixed my bike cheerfully, and sent me on my way with good directions and big smiles. Many thanks to Michael. Of SF Mini & BMW (cars), an Larry, Mario, Freddy, and crew at SF BMW. I made it to Grants Pass tonight where I tap this out on my phone. Sorry I missed dinner!

-k

[Nny]

Wow..  At least you got pizza out of it.  

Sounds like you found a good shop too.  

[5OUTTA6]

Sorry I couldn't make dinner.   The wind came up around noon so we came in  and then I headed north to beat the traffic. Maybe some other time.  We tried a dinner once in the North Bay and only 3 of us showed up....  
I guess not many   STn'rs  in the North Bay.