Re: Meet-up -- Charley in the Bay Area

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Which bay?


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 04- 2-23 9:03 AM
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I assume Bay of Biscay?


Posted by: Otto von Bisquick | Link to this comment | 04- 2-23 10:40 AM
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I assume Bay of Biscay?


Posted by: Otto von Bisquick | Link to this comment | 04- 2-23 10:40 AM
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More seriously and less duplicatively, since we are likely referring to the San Francisco Bay Area here, I will note that I surely can be available for part of the 26th, if we reach quorum.


Posted by: Otto von Bisquick | Link to this comment | 04- 2-23 10:51 AM
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i think i'll be around, work permitting, would be lovely to see you cc!


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 04- 2-23 3:48 PM
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Yes, the San Francisco Bay!

dq!!

OvB!!


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 04- 2-23 4:34 PM
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I can likely make it!

Where is your home base?


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 04- 2-23 8:24 PM
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7 I haven't booked rooms yet. I'll spend the day before in Concord, and am not clear about the day after: maybe SF, maybe somewhere else. I can sleep anywhere on the night of the 26th. Near East Bay, maybe? I'll be looking for cheap but safe enough to park an SUV full of boxes. I guess I ought to get that resolved.


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 04- 2-23 10:31 PM
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8: A lot of the cheaper areas, it may not be safe place to park an SUV with visible contents outside. I'd either look further out (BART-adjacent of course) or somewhere with a garage (not all that common in Airbnb land).


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 04- 3-23 10:03 AM
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I've blocked out that time. Do you have any more constraints on what parts of the Bay or what kinds of places work better/worse for you, Charley?

If none in particular, I might suggest Mad Oak. It's pretty big and relaxed, near Lake Merritt BART, and very Oakland.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 04-20-23 1:14 PM
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OK, so I'll wake up in the am in Concord, and need to be in SF the next morning. Mad Oak seems to fit that bill.


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 04-20-23 5:54 PM
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I'm no longer living in the Bay Area but will happen to be there next week for work. But I'll be down in the south bay and it's not looking likely that I'll be able to get up to Oakland.


Posted by: fake accent | Link to this comment | 04-20-23 7:12 PM
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6pm works for me, once again to pencil a time.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 04-21-23 6:02 AM
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Let's do 6 pm! We can sit outside?

Sorry to miss you fa.


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 04-21-23 7:39 AM
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14: Yes! Most of the seating is outdoor; even the roofed part is mostly sliding doors kept open. If you can do some stairs there's an upper level of seating, but plenty at ground level too.

Coming in the address looks like a decrepit old building; look to the entrance to the right of the building, through the wrought-iron gate.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 04-21-23 7:55 AM
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i have to be in bh mon-tues & depending on lung status & how late i get in on tues may or may not make it. hope i can swing it, wld be lovely to see you cc & minivet!


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 04-21-23 8:46 AM
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I'll try to make it!


Posted by: Dave W. | Link to this comment | 04-24-23 3:37 PM
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I'm in SF and heading across the Bay shortly.


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 04-26-23 3:32 PM
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I'm in SF and heading across the Bay shortly.


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 04-26-23 3:32 PM
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I'm heading up now. Bike to BART.

If a mod sees this, can it get another bump please?


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 04-26-23 4:52 PM
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We got here first.


Posted by: Opinionated Rocker | Link to this comment | 04-26-23 4:58 PM
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Heading to BART shortly. See you all in a bit.


Posted by: Dave W. | Link to this comment | 04-26-23 5:04 PM
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I wish I could see you guys! Apologies! I think my social skills are currently rated somewhere between awkward and horrifying, though, so you may be about to dodge a bullet.


Posted by: lurid keyaki | Link to this comment | 04-26-23 5:08 PM
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Take care of yourself, lurid!

I got here early. I snagged the picnic table closest to the bouncer. Look for my blue buttoned shirt and receding hairline.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 04-26-23 5:39 PM
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Im here too. Wearing red and black.


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 04-26-23 6:08 PM
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Rouge et noir for you francopliles.


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 04-26-23 6:09 PM
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sorry to miss - work obligations & creaky lungs.


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 04-26-23 7:27 PM
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Two words: ed-ibles.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 04-26-23 7:34 PM
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Sorry to miss you all. Got out of work too late to make the trek up.


Posted by: fake accent | Link to this comment | 04-26-23 8:07 PM
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A good meet! I didn't realize the bar would be full of people watching a big Warriors playoff game, but still.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 04-27-23 7:36 AM
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Very enthusiastic Warriors fans! Nice to see joy requited.

And all because a woman at our table had remembered to wear her lucky hat.


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 04-27-23 9:15 AM
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Good to see Minivet and Charlie there. Aside from the long lines for more food/drink after the game started, it was a great location. We got to eat outside, which was a definite plus.


Posted by: Dave W. | Link to this comment | 04-27-23 9:18 AM
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32 Thanks, I love a good meet up after action report


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 04-27-23 2:27 PM
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