ANNOUNCEMENT: BAD meeting at Siam Kitchen, S.F. 2005-12-12

[Tony Godshall]

Let's do it again!

BAD meeting at Siam Kitchen, S.F. 2005-12-12.  

We are going to Siam Kitchen, in San Francisco, for the
December 12, 2005 BAD meeting.  Meeting will start at 
7:00 P.M.

It's just six blocks from Montgomery BART, according to 
Google.  Here's a URL with directions, suitable for devices,
even as small as cell phones...

  http://www.google.com/xhtml?q=Siam+Thai&site=local&hl=en&lr=&sa=G&near=Montgomery+St+and+Market+St,+San+Francisco,+ca&latlng=37788770,-122401990,6349910158129346346&radius=0.000000&zp=ID

Or, for the wordwrap-impaired and the retypers among us...

  http://tinyurl.com/az8gp

All other details are the same as the October meeting, 
so lazy^H^H^H^Heffective, efficient /me (can you tell 
I've been working on my resume?) will just quote Michael 
Paoli's well-written ANNOUNCE (can you tell I've been 
working on my resume)...

> Who: Bay Area Debian (BAD) folks and those that want to attend our
> meeting.
> 
> What: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting at Siam Kitchen (very good /
> excellent Thai food, reasonably priced, in evening typically
> not too crowded and may have more menu selections (usually
> packed/overflowing for weekday lunches and may have a shorter menu for
> weekday lunches)).  See also Details, etc.
> 
> When:
> starting at 7:00 P.M. PDT, October 12, 2005
> running until ~9:00 P.M. or ~9:30 P.M. PDT or possibly later
> (I did call the restaurant again to confirm date and such,
> they said they're open until 9:00 P.M., but if it's as I always remember
> it and have seen it before, they close the kitchen and stop taking
> additional customers at 9:00 P.M., and generally want to be able to shut
> their doors around 9:30 P.M., or when the last customer leaves,
> whichever comes first.).  If folks are interested in continuing
> "meeting" beyond about 9:00 to 9:30 P.M. or so, we, or at least those
> interested, could move to another venue/location, to be decided
> at/around that time (there are many other possible locations, many quite
> conveniently close by, that are open quite late).
> 
> Where:
> Siam Kitchen
> 668 Sacramento St.
> San Francisco, CA 94111-2510
> USA
> 1-415-391-8988
> It's in the Financial District, between Montgomery and Kearny.
> See also Details, etc.
> 
> Why: Yummy Thai food :-), I was looking for an "excuse" to go there
> again (haven't been there in a couple months or more now, and I keep
> getting *very* tempted to go there again), and because nobody else has
> yet called the 2005-10-12 BAD meeting (of course this notice/posting is
> null and void if someone beats me to the list in calling the BAD
> meeting).  See also Details, etc.
> 
> Details, etc.:
> 
> Location/Directions:
> Siam Kitchen (668 Sacramento St.) is conveniently located in
> the Financial District in San Francisco, a fairly short walk from the
> Montgomery St. BART and MUNI underground station, and is rather to quite
> close to several MUNI lines.  It's also a moderate to fairly longish
> walk from the Transbay Terminal or CalTrain.
> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=668+Sacramento+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&spn=0.023392,0.042563&iwloc=A&hl=en
> 
> (the following directions are probably within about 15 degrees of their
> true geographic direction)
> 
> >From BART or MUNI underground:
> A) Go to Montgomery St. station, escape to street level, that should
> put you on or exceedingly close to Market St.  If you're not already on
> the North side of Market St. (or on Montgomery or Sansome streets (but
> not New Montgomery)), proceed North (or Northwest) to the North side of
> Market St.  (where Montgomery (but not New Montgomery) and also Post and
> Sutter streets may be found - all on the North side of Market St.).  If
> you're not already on Sansome or Montgomery street, proceed to either of
> those streets (Montgomery is probably slightly preferable, but if you're
> already on or much closer to Sansome, then Sansome would be the shorter
> route from there). (continue with B))
> B) Proceed North on Sansome or Montgomery St - if
> you're not already on the West side of one of those streets, you may
> want to cross to the West side when it's convenient - continuing until
> you're on the North side of Sacramento St.  Then proceed West on
> Sacramento St. to Siam Kitchen, 668 Sacramento St.
> 
> >From the Transbay Terminal or San Francisco CalTrain station:
> These are longer walks (or one could hop local transit).
> Proceed in a generally Northwest direction, typically along one of the
> numbered streets (e.g. 1st St. or 4th St.) to Market St. and cross to
> the North (Northwest) side of Market St.  Proceed Southwest or Northeast
> along Market to the closer of Sansome or Montgomery streets (Sansome &
> Market is Southwest of 1st & Market, Montgomery & Market is Northeast of
> 3rd & Market, the numbered streets increase in number as one goes
> Southwest along Market St.).  Proceed from B), above.
> 
> Driving:
> I'm not going to attempt to tell you how to drive there, but parking can
> be semi-reasonable (at least as far as San Francisco goes), particularly
> if one's timing is good.  Most notably right after all the tow-away no
> parking (generally many westbound curb lanes in the Financial District)
> P.M. commute areas become available (~6:00 P.M.) there is ample free
> parking ... at least for a while.  There's probably still a fair bit of
> parking even later, but it might take some hunting to find a spot.
> 
> Rationale, etc.:
> Venue meets shotgun rules requirements, and also does pretty well at
> meeting much of the non-binding part part of the rules too.
> I really like the food there lots :-).  So far, everyone I've "dragged"
> there has also liked the food there quite a bit to a lot.  It's pretty
> reasonably priced (figure roughly $8.00 to $16.00 USD for dinner,
> including tip - $11.00 to $15.00 being pretty typical).  If most or all
> of us are agreeable to it, I might suggest we eat "Chinese style" - i.e.
> we share all the food dishes and divvy up the tab (that worked quite
> well when we went to Henry's Hunan Restaurant for the 2005-08-10 BAD
> meeting).  Other than great food :-), the place isn't all that fancy or
> spectacular, but it's quite adequate.  The service isn't superb, but
> it's generally quite nice and friendly.  The place is pretty conveniently
> located for a San Francisco location (reasonably close to BART and MUNI
> metro, and other MUNI lines), and also conveniently generally not too
> crowded in the evenings, and has sufficient tables and seating and staff
> to reasonably accommodate a typically sized to somewhat larger BAD
> meeting.  I haven't checked to see if there's any WiFi access there
> (none provided by Siam Kitchen last I was there), and there's probably
> some AC power available but it may not be that conveniently accessible.
> See also What and Why, above.
> 
> references:
> http://bad.debian.net/
> http://bad.debian.net/shotgun_rules.txt
> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=668+Sacramento+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&spn=0.023392,0.042563&iwloc=A&hl=en
> http://www.511.org/
> http://www.bart.gov/
> http://www.mapsonus.com/

Thank you Michael.

Tony